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Sure it can. Here's the formula: Good teaching = subject mastery + good public speaking + good classroom management + lessons designed with a low floor and hig

• watwut 8y ago
  Your great teacher formula assumes one way communication where students are talked to but ignored. That is suspect.
  • DoubleCribble 8y ago
    That's actually completely the opposite. Low Floor High Ceiling lessons are the antithesis of monologues. Here's a primer:[0] [0]https://nrich.maths.org/7701 https://nrich.maths.org/7701
    • watwut 8y ago
      Still, there is nothing about ability to listen or interpret human children - no expectatin about understanding of brain development (that is not just difficulty, there is way more to it) nor how their emotions affect their behavior. Nor ability to figure out which particular thing it is they don't get and need to be told to move on. I can't recall good teacher thet would not had that.
      • DoubleCribble 8y ago
        What you describe falls under the good classroom management skill set. Maximizing student engagement and time on task requires some familiarity with concepts in child development, educational psychology, emotional intelligence and group dynamics. I'd also sprinkle in a little conflict resolution training for extra credit.
        • watwut 8y ago
          No it does not falls there. Not at all. Engaged studen on task does not imply what I wrote about.