Abstract:
Teaching involves a number of qualities of a teacher that the teacher must
possess; it is not simply the human figure that matters. Rather the inherent qualities
of the individual that count the most if the teaching is to be successful and effective.
The article attempts to bring forth the rare and valuable qualities that an individual
must aspire to achieve and cultivate in practical situations. Out of the immediate
experience obtained from the bunch of newly recruited faculty in Daffodil
International University (DIU) the paper has been conceived and designed. It may
be hoped that the article will reveal a fresh perception at least in the mind-set of the
newly recruited faculty, who aspire to stick to teaching career for their life. Every
semester, DIU arranges an orientation cum training program for newly recruited
faculty members. During the training session for the semester of Spring 2015 there
were 46 teachers. The session dug into the perception of these teachers on their
impression of the qualities of a teacher, i.e., what qualities would a model teacher
have. A questionnaire was uploaded in Google Classroom for the participants to
decide the qualities of a model teacher, taken from their own experiences as
students. The results showed that about 50% of the newly recruited faculties were
influenced by the teaching of their own university teachers. Participants wrote about
the teacher with most influential characteristics. Among the qualities of the teachers
that they felt contributed to model teaching practices were giving theory followed by
examples, creating groups, asking back to back questions, encouraging students to
predict (empowering students) and giving pictorial view of every lesson as well as by
the personality of teacher, which included friendly behavior and the ability to
motivate. From the view of the newly recruited faculties, it is found thatone needs to
be friendly with a stable teaching technique in order to become a successful teacher
