What Makes a Good Teacher?

Take a fresh look at teaching and your own teaching practice. What Makes a Good Teacher? is a thought-provoking resource that offers 13 characteristics that in combination can produce a quality teacher. These traits relect both characteristics suited to education today and other more timeless elements of good teaching.

Ages: 5-17 years

About the Author

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John Hellner

John Hellner, a self-confessed "humorologist", has taught or worked as a teacher-educator in New Zealand secondary schools from 1975 to 2009. A former head of history at Auckland Grammar and deputy principal at Orewa College, he delivered the University of Waikato Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) at Tauranga. He is currently working at Overseas Family School in Singapore. John has published articles on education, and he believes humour is vital in a teacher-student relationship, which enhances learning.