Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A teacher’s ability to relate well with students is more important than the ability to give knowledge. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. |
There are many different opinions regarding whether teachers’s ability to relate well with students is more important than the ability to give knowledge. As far as I am concerned, being a friend with their students is important both for their teaching and character education. I will explain in details.
To begin with, getting along with students has a positive effect on their studying. If their teacher have some trouble in relating well with them, students might feel uncomfortable with the teacher and do not follow the teacher anytime with reliability. Especially young students tend to accept what they want and from whom they like. However, if the teacher socialize with their students, students are willing to follow her or him even in boring claas because they would not want to make him or her disappointed. Let me take my friends experience as an example. When he take on one class as a homeroom teacher, at the first time, the class atmosphere was somewhat distraction and students did not follow their teacher well. So my friends tried to be their friends by spending time together : playing computer games, participating sports, talking to them. Several weeks later, the students became accept their teacher as a friend, and concentrate on their study in the class not because of their own grade but their lovely friend. This shows that teachers can teach their class effectively when getting along with their students.
Also, character education would be possible. If the teacher do not socialize with students, and do not understand what they want to, the students never listen to their advice. But, if the teacher interact with students a lot, they accept their suggestions more easily as they do to their friends. According to the Korean National Research Center, more than two-thirds of the teacher responded that it is more easy for them to give advice for students when their relationship is better. Also, they stated that especially when the advice is for their behavior not just for their study, the close relationship is most helpful thing. This is one of the important reason why teachers make their every effort into relating well with students. In this sense, close relationship between students enables teachers to lead their students to the right direction.
In conclude, teachers do their best on getting along with their students because it is helpful not only for character education but also teaching knowledge. |