Good Teacher Equals Good Education

The work of a teacher includes many different variables to become a presentable and successful teacher. In terms of successful, I mean in being able to transfer their knowledge to their students in a form that they understand and take it upon themselves to make it their own. Teachers have been held to standards over the years to educate others and in a sense prepare them for their futures. In terms of what makes a good teacher, many variables contribute into measuring good teaching. In a simple way that can be measured with a numeric factor, a good teacher can be measured by the amount of preparation he or she put into their lecture. Meaning, whether a teacher took the time to prepare for the next lectures and chapters relies heavily on how much education they’ll be providing to their students. In preparing themselves, not only do they give their students the best possible outcome of understanding the material, but they also continue to prove their capability as a good teacher. Not only does their effort correlate to measure their capabilities, but it also measures the amount of education they are providing and helping their students receive. For example, if a teacher comes into class one day with noting planned but rather says that for the day, they will be watching a movie and perhaps it’s a documentary. While the documentary itself can be insightful and educational, the teacher put in no effort to prepare or teach. When a teacher applies him or herself, they can make connections with students on topics they probably never understood before. However, the lack of time given to the students creates the disconnection on communication from teacher to student. This creates the separation from good teacher to good education. In measuring the both with a numerical scale, the most appropriate would simply amount to the time taken for the teacher to prepare to the amount of education given to the student. It can be hard to depict one single characteristic to a good teacher, as there are many, but in having education as a goal it is more valid to say time in preparation to the time in explaining would be the best measure.