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Ideal teachers' characteristics are widely discussed these days. An ideal teacher is a true

builder of the nation. He/She is fearless, sincere and serious in the discharge of his duties

towards the students. An ideal teacher is also said to be an object of admiration and

attachment for the students. These days, students do not like to study from harsh and

unsymathetic teachers. An ideal teacher creates such self!assurance in his students. This

situation makes the students to sacrifice for the cause of their teacher. "esides that, #acobs,

$regory, Hoey, and %endol!Hoey &(()* categori+e good teachers as those who use

their knowledge and eerience to enhance their teaching and benefit their students. As such,

ideal teachers make use of their eerience and intuition, and their rofessional wisdom, to

formulate changes either in the curriculum materials used in the classroom or in their own

teaching and assessment methods.. Some other characteristics that could be determined to

judge o-er how ideal a teacher is are as follows.

irstly an ideal teacher ought to teach his students to think indeendently. earning is not just

about ac0uiring study techni0ues or mastering rote memori+ation skills, but rather about

de-eloing an understanding and areciation for the subject material being studied. I belie-e

that learning is imortant for the sake of understanding the world in which we li-e so that we

will know how to relate to, coe with and succeed in it. To coe of with this, an ideal teacher

reares the students to think themsel-es.

It is belie-ed that ideal teacher has a lo-e for the subject he teaches. As such, the teacher

encourages students to de-elo an interest and lo-e for this subject as well. In order to

maintain his students' interest in the subject, he creates lesson lans which are student

oriented. Ideal teacher1s lessons are also belie-ed to be engaging, interesting and highly

interacti-e. Such lessons should be built on their rior knowledge and the teacher must ask

0uestions that would cause his students to think deeer about the lesson taught.

An ideal teacher will always be a heling hand for his students to reach their full otential in

learning by teaching them to think. These teachers will also challage the students with

thought!ro-oking 0uestions. This will whereby encourage the students to 0uestion and

discuss ideas in order to de-elo a fuller understanding of the subject material. 2e ha-e to

know that a student's attitude towards learning is influenced by the family and social

background that he or she comes from. A teacher becomes a n ideal teacher when he/she tries

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to understand these backgrounds and, with them in mind, de-elo aroaches to teach. An

ideal teacher aims to eliminate negati-e attitudes and enhance the student1s desire to learn

regardless the background of the students. Ideal teachers should be firm, yet caring in

ursuing their ultimate goal, and demand ecellence both from themsel-es and their students

It is agreed that an ideal teacher dislays etreme simlicity in site of his etra ordinary

academic attainments. He dedicates his whole life to the cause of education. He ne-er allows

his students to be idle or indiscilined. The -astness of his knowledge imresses e-ery

student yet, an ideal teacher is ne-er roud of it. It is belie-ed that ideal teachers ne-er get

retired since, with age, their deth of information and knowledge goes on increasing. They

always remain a source of knowledge and guidance.

"esides that for an ideal teacher, all students are alike. He is ne-er artial to any student and

is always fair. An ideal teacher does not fa-our any student on grounds of his social status.

He treats each student e0ually. He always remains simle in his habits. airness lays an

imortant role for teachers in their dealings with students in any situation.

A teacher's creati-ity lays a essential role in establishing ideality in his/her teaching

methods. This would also e-entually lay an imortant role on the student1s erformance. A

creati-e teacher would always try different ways of instructional strategies to ro-ide the

useful information in an interesting scheme. An ideal teacher would definitely take his/her

student1s le-el and interest in count.

In today1s modern era students eect the teacher to be a walking encycloedia. This is

because they think a teacher is with a wide knowledge of e-erything. The ideal teacher in

their -iews should be able to answer any 0uestion that comes to their minds. As such, ideal

teachers should ha-e sufficient information in their fields and subjects and should always

search for new ideas related to their teaching.

3esite all this, an ideal teacher should also be caring. A caring teacher becomes -eryoular among students. It is a -ery imortant 0uality that shows how much a teacher -alues

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the humanity of their students. Students are said to feel comfortable ha-ing such a teacher.

This would also imly the comfortability that students get in dealing with such a teacher.

Students can seak about their ersonal roblems and ri-ate concerns freely and eect a

secial treatment from these teachers.

The old idea of controlling the students through fear of unishment is out of date in the

culture of today. An Ideal teacher should be sensiti-e and understanding so that he

establishes a strong raort with the class. He will also find his uils willing to

learn from him. In this way, an Ideal teacher can lay the role of a good friend,

hilosoher and guide for their students. Thus, it can be said that the teachers role ismulti!faceted ersonality and the teacher should take recautionary stes to follow

the right ath keeing in mind the ros and cons of their thoughts, seech and action

which will lea-e an e-erlasting imrint in the young minds. Ideal teachers ha-e got

to shoulder the greatest resonsibility of moulding the character of their students and

they should try to hold on to strict guidelines and their tremendous contribution to

the society and also for the new generation ahead will be multi!fold.

An Ideal Teacher should ne-er tolerate any negligence of his students. In the formation of his

student1s character a teacher must lay the role of a friend and hilosoher whom they may

easily understand .An ideal teacher should treat his students with affection but should ne-er

allow them to indulge in indisciline. 2hen each students get an ideal teacher they won1t

ha-e to look back in their li-es e-er. A teacher teaches only in class but an ideal teacher

teaches for a lifetime.

As conclusion, students basically want to tell us as teachers what they eect from us and

secifically what would make them satisfied with the kinds of teachers they ha-e. If teachers

try to aly such 0ualities, they will notice romising imro-ements in their students'

attitudes and ercetion le-els. This will automatically ha-e an effect on the students'

erformance and learning outcomes. Teacher education rograms should stress such concets

and imlant them in teachers to 0ualify them to be future ideal teachers.

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