Chapter two titled “What Really Matters in Teaching? (The Students)” really irked me. Right from the beginning I disagreed with what it was telling me. In the very first paragraph it says “To be an expert teacher is to continually seek a deeper understand of the essence of a subject, to increasingly grasp its wisdom.” I am a firm believer that what makes an expert teacher is the ability to connect to your students. This, to me, does not mean that you have to be the most knowledgeable person in your field, but someone who can make the kids relate and understand what you are teaching. Now this chapter touches on teacher-student relationships on page 18, but I don’t feel like a paragraph shows how important that portion of teaching is.
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