1. Read the document entitled Learning to Teach (9th ed., pp. 25-35), by Arends, R.

(2014) found in
the references for unit one, and in the group respond in one

paragraph per question to the following questions:

a) What are the main characteristics of effective teachers? Do they consider themselves as
effective teachers?

effective teachers? Explain your answer.

Within the teaching models that are broad and complex we can see that effective teachers are able
to embrace them and put them into each of the different situations that occur in the classroom;
therefore the main characteristics of effective teachers are;

Leadership: where the teacher is expected to plan, motivate, coordinate so that demands both
students and students can work independently, also helps to set important goals and objectives
within the classroom so that learning is optimal. Within this leadership it is expected that the
teacher does not violate the artistic side of teaching where creativity is a tool to develop their work
in the classroom.

Instruction: consists of the process of transmission from one person to another of the instruments
that allow to act freely, and that traditionally is identified with the domain of reading, writing and
doing the accounts and, through them, to be able to acquire culture, however in this aspect of
teaching comes mainly from three sources;

1.The concept of the teaching model (Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil (1972) and Joyce, Weil and
Calhoun (2003) ).

2. the pedagogical strategies and procedures resulting from forty years of research (Gage, 1963;
Richardson, 2001; Travers, 1973; Wittrock, 1986).

3. the wisdom of practice contained in the repertoire of experienced teachers (Shulman, 2004).

Organizational: teaching is centered on the interactions of teachers and students in the classroom;
it is the teachers who organize how to create a classroom in order to establish a connection with
students. Educational schools are not only places where students learn but where adults such as
teachers, principal, psychologists, aides, etc., perform various educational functions.

Effective teachers learn unique situations with a problem-solving orientation and learn the art of
teaching through reflection on their own practice.

If I consider myself an effective teacher, since within an educational environment I give the best for
the improvement of a class within the classroom, I seek to develop good relationships with
students and that they also have them with their peer group, within the process that I have had
with the practices I have also sought to have an interaction with parents.

b) Why should a teacher's repertoire of strategies be as diverse and flexible as possible?

What is possible?

Students have different ways of learning so teachers must address these strategies to get students
to learn a single topic but in different teaching methods, "One of the reasons why teaching is a
complex practice is that many of the problems a teacher must address to get students to learn
occur simultaneously, not one after the other. Because of simultaneity, several different problems
must be addressed in a single action" (Lamperrt 2001).

Therefore a teacher's actions are performed independently within a group of students or with each
student individually.

c) What do you think of the organizational aspects of a teacher's work?

The work of teachers and students is conditioned by a set of structures, norms and practices that
organize the space and time of teaching. It could be said that organizing one's own work or that of
others-is a work in itself, a pedagogical practice to reflect upon.

The skills that are part of the organizational aspect of a teacher's work is to maintain a good
relationship with colleagues, as this is one of the important bases of a good organization.

Do you value them? Why? Why not?

Yes, I value them, because from there we can have an effectiveness within an educational center, it
is important to learn from each teacher, attend to their proposals and organize them according to
their rank of importance, as long as we attend to all of them.

d) Have you had teachers who did not continue to develop and grow? Why?

Yes, when I was in high school, because their methods have remained the same for 20 years, I
think that part of teaching is to evolve.

Why do you think this happens to some teachers?

Lack of training.

Shortage of support staff.

Low pay and lack of opportunities for professional development.

Little respect for their figure.

Inconveniences when it comes to awakening the interest of students.

Self-motivation.

What precautions can you take to make sure it doesn't happen to you?
One of the achievements towards work success within the education environment we can take as a
precaution innovation, to continue studying new approaches or methods that provide us with
quality in teaching.

Being able to observe the patterns of what happens in the classroom that may seem chaotic, we
must remember that you can dance in the rain without waiting for the storm to stop.

e) What are the stages that teachers usually go through in the process of becoming effective
teachers?

becoming effective teachers? Explain the stages.

The stages were initiated by Fuller and were improved and defined by Feiman-Nemser, where up
to now they are of great help for teaching, these are the stages of teacher development:

Survival stage: in this stage the most worrying thing for the new teacher is his personal survival,
one of the worries in this stage is that everything gets out of control, or not being able to control
situations in front of supervisors or students.

Teaching situation stage: this is where teachers begin to focus their attention and energies on the
teaching situation, however they begin to face time, inadequate didactic materials, too many
students in a classroom, etc.

Student outcomes and mastery stage: here teachers are already dealing with situations and
survival, mastering the problems, the fundamentals of teaching, managing and adapting teaching
materials in the classroom.

This is where teachers question themselves and see the problem at a different level, i.e. social.