Eight Habits of
Highly Effective 21st Century Teachers
by A. Churches (2008)*
Andrew Churches identified
in this article the characteristics of a highly effective 21st
century teacher. I remember Henry Adam’s quotation about teachers: “The teacher
affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops”. If well lived,
the eight habits will absolutely liven teachers’ spirits to have great
contribution to the civilization today and beyond.
This
article opened my mind and heart about the positive attitudes that I must live
on as a teacher in this century: adapting, being visionary, collaborating,
risk-taking, learning, communicating, modelling behavior, and leading.
I need to be fully developed
with these characteristics so that they will become my habits. If I demonstrate
these habits, they will help me a lot to become an effective facilitator of
learning. I believe adapting, modelling behavior, communicating and leading
are my strong points. On the other hand, I need to improve on collaborating, taking
risks, being visionary and learning. It is because I have to enhance on my
online collaboration skills, taking risks in producing outputs, on being more
imaginative in creating learning tasks, and continue learning.
With right attitude and optimism, the characteristics will hopefully
become my habits.
*cited in SEAMEO GURO21 Required Readings Module
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