If you don’t have these skills and qualities, stop calling yourself a professional teacher

Being a teacher can be a talent and also emanate from training. But ff you don’t have the 5 skills and qualities enumerated by Eric Wireko, then you must stop calling yourself a professional teacher.

According to the educationist, those who call themselves teachers must master the PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING, METHODS OF TEACHING, must have QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEACHER, know the ROLES OF A TEACHER and must be gifted with TEACHING SKILLS through training and experience. Below is the complete set of key issues under each of the 5 skills and qualities to measure yourself.

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5 skills and qualities a professional teacher

PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING
1. Proceed from simple to complex
2. Proceed from known to unknown
3. Proceed from part to whole
4. Proceed from particular to general
5. Motivate learners to learn
6. Do not teach in isolation
7. Teach to learners’ individual difference

Now that you know the 5 skills and qualities a professional teacher, would you say, you meet the standard? Let us continue to improve ourselves no matter our conviction after reading this piece.