45 beautiful phrases for teachers and teachers

The important role of the teacher

by Silvia Diez

Much is said about the influence of the family, but young people spend more hours in schoolin high school and university that in the company of their parentsa time of which its repercussion in the soul of the child or adolescent is completely ignored.

In this video you will find beautiful phrases that perfectly explain the role of teachers.

Purification Gato Garciaa professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of Extremadura, wanted to address this issue and, between 1995 and 2004, collected countless letters from students to teachersamong which he selected 180 in his book Teachers who leave their mark.

The work shows how complex and diverse the relationship between student and teacher can be, and the importance that a simple detail can acquire or gesture of the teacher without him being aware of it.

Purification Cat Points three ways to leave a positive mark: educate for what one is and for the values ​​that are transmitted, give affection and attention, and motivate students.

Whereas when a teacher is usually remembered negatively it is because of his incompetence, his distance and impersonality, or by fear that caused

The secrets of the good teacher

Be genuine. There is no worse teacher than the one who leaves no trace, something frequent in the current education system. A good teacher should be demanding and convey a taste for learning.Combine facets. To teach well, it is said that one must be part actor, part clown, part sergeant, part friend and part father.Treat each student. The needs of a good student are different from those of one with learning problems. The first requires demand; the second, understanding and appreciation.Encourage autonomy. The imprints of the teachers are important in the evolutionary process of the child, because school is the first way out of home and enter the world.positive reinforcement. Better results are obtained reinforcing achievements and effort than punishing or criticizing negative behaviors. Words of encouragement motivate more than exemplary punishment.A space for reflection. In the face of an undisciplined or low-performing student, it is worth considering the possible reasons. “Sometimes children do what they can, not what they want. Indiscipline and lack of concentration may be related to family tensions. No need to judge hastily“, says Anna Forés.A more systemic pedagogy. Marianne Franke-Gricksch explains how systemic pedagogy helps to solve many problems thanks to its approach that goes beyond the individual. One of his students was disturbing the class and his classmates confronted him. Then the boy came crying asking his teacher for help. “I just told him: ‘You are one of us!‘ And I asked the other children to do the same. From that moment on, everything changed,” says Marianne.Maintain consistency. When a problem arises, parents must continue to show respect for the teacher’s work. Criticizing it means losing coherence before the child, since the family has been the one who has chosen the school for him. And it hinders resolution.Strengthen the link. When the student is young, the signs of affection They will help to strengthen the bond, which will motivate to learn. During adolescence, one should look for complicity. use humor and leave the classroom It allows establishing relationships where discipline is left out.

Types of teachers who leave a positive mark

1. The passionate teacher

Who does not fondly remember that teacher who enthusiastically devoted to teaching of his material, often spreading his love for it?

It is easy to confuse the subject with the teacher who teaches it and these teachers arouse the pleasure of learning and even more than one vocation.

“Sincerity and authenticity are paramount: the student has a special radar to detect when a role is being interpreted and when one is speaking from the feeling”, points out Anna ForesPhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences.

2. The teacher admired for his personality and values

The teacher can be a reference or a model that the child or young person would like to resemble in certain facets.

this admiration facilitates the integration of positive values such as honesty, humility, commitment and a sense of humor, as well as ways of behaving and facing life.

“In addition to mastering his subject, the teacher must be aware that he is dealing with people at an important stage in their life. You should be humble and reflect on what each student needs. If there is good ‘chemistry’, each teacher is for the child a way of expanding the universe shown by the parents and of glimpsing other ways of being in the world,” he specifies. Neus Figueraschild psychology.

3. The teacher who believes in his students

The way a teacher values ​​a child influences its performance.

A study was carried out with a group of children similar intelligence level which split in two.

The first subgroup was assigned a teacher who was told to his students were gifted. The second subgroup was placed in the hands of a teacher who was told to children were slow to learn.

One year later, the subgroup qualified as “gifted” got higher scores than in the first evaluation, while the “slow” obtained scores much lower than those of the first examination.

That a person as relevant as the teacher trusts the child’s abilities can change the way in which he evaluated himself up to that moment.

A positive comment made in a timely manner can erase tags that weigh like slabs in the present or in the future.

Trust and support are the best springboard to progress, especially if the student is going through a difficult period.

“Phrases like: ‘you’ll be a wretch, like your brother’, ‘you’ll never do anything right’… engraved on fire, like the punishments, distance and impersonality. In these situations, teamwork should be intervened,” says the educational psychologist Monica de la Calva.

Types of teachers who leave a negative mark

1. The teacher who demands and demands

the child needs many doses of affection and demand. Without this there is no motivation or performance.

“The master’s art requires knowing gauge where the limit is in each case, because it fails both when more is demanded and when less is demanded. It tends to tend to the minimum effort; stimulating the student implies, then, get the best out of him and convince him of his potential. But if we go too far, we can plunge him into anguish,” says Anna Forés.

What to do if the child calls his teacher demanding and unfair?

“Overprotection prevents the development of autonomy. Parents who study and do their homework with their children feel evaluated with the grades and can get carried away by anger if they are not what they expected. Before reacting, it is a good idea to let the child vent without taking sides or acting. Often the child seeks confrontation to gain comfort.”

“The student’s complaint against the teacher is frequent, but it is rarely justified. For example, they often complain about homework. But 75% can assume them perfectly and only 25% have a real problem. Parents and teachers need to support each other and dialogue constantly”, advises Mónica de la Calva.

2. The distant and indifferent teacher

Undesirable influences include teachers who limit themselves to releasing their roll and leave.

How are problems addressed? that arise in class and in the lives of students, which may include the separation of parents or the death of a family member, without strengthening human ties?

The role of the teacher is decisive to channel experiences that can be traumatic.

Teachers who could be classified as “absent”, fearing to do it wrong, choose not to intervene.

But, the first norm to educate a child is teach him to love himself. When distance is placed, the message that is emitted is: “You are not important to me.”

Good students tend to adapt, but those who have difficulties are the most affected.

3. The scary teacher

Even more damaging is the mark left by a teacher who instills fear for his threats, punishments or his way of being.

It is usually about authoritative teachers and undemocratic more concerned with discipline or to sacralize the subject that for the well-being of people.

Fear hinders communication and alertness blocks the learning process and kills the pleasure of learning.

A hostile environment decreases performancealthough it is true that having control of the classroom is essential in the task of teaching.

“It can’t be done confuse authority with authoritarianism and a teacher must always measure his words. The worst thing that can be done is ridicule or bring up before the class a confidence that the student has made at a certain time. They are actions that mark for life“, points out Neus Figueras.

Toshiro Kanamori’s Open Class

Respect is not imposed, it is earned hard. So does Toshiro Kanamori, a Japanese teacher whose way of teaching has gone around the world through the moving and award-winning documentary Children full of life.

“What is the most important thing in this course?” Toshiro asks on the first day of class. “To be happy”, the students respond.

“Yes, because we only have one life and it is preferable to live it with joy. The key: think of others authentically“.

in class every day three students express in a letter what they feel and think.

One day a child narrates the death of his grandmother; the letter serves to open the feelings from the rest of his colleagues in the face of the loss of a loved family member. Another day the taunts against a partner are addressed.

Kanamori teaches schoolchildren to delve into their emotions and those of otherstransmits the value of empathy, compassion, friendship, teamwork… the value of life.

We would all like to have more teachers like him. Or be.

To know more

Teachers who leave their mark; Purification Gato, Univ. of ExtremaduraChildren full of life; documentary available on YouTubeYou are one of us; M. Franke-Gricksch, Ed. Alma Lepik