Personality Of Teaching

I found this video and thought is was intriguing, not too mention pretty hilarious. Talk about thinking outside of the box and using some dynamite leadership skill.

There is a common myth that all of society seems to be entrapped by. It is perhaps one of the reasons a lot of us get so nervous to teach anything to anyone. People believe that the ability to teach is a gift, you either have the gift or you don’t. The fact of the matter is that teaching is skill and so just like any other skill you can learn it. People aren’t born knowing how to carve, or play the piano, or sew. We learn those skills because that is what interests us. Our level of interest is often what drives our skill level.

If you have minimal interest then it only makes sense that you will have minimal skill level. We have to understand though that interest is more then just a desire it is a force that pushes us to action. Action is what ultimately takes you to great skill levels. You can learn to be an excellent teacher. Teaching is a skill and just like learning to carve or sew there are things you can study to become an expert teacher. So lets put that myth to rest and start now studying to be a teacher that students are effected by. People are not born great teachers they are driven by interest to that greatness.

I’ve compiled a list of skills (in no particular order) that every teacher must research, understand and then implement. There are 5 skills and my plan is to write a post about each one over the next couple of weeks. 5 skills, one post every three days or so, discussing: why it is so important, the impact it can have and where to go to find out more information. Here is a brief summary of each post to come. (more…)

The Personality of Teaching is a blog dedicated to one of my passions, teaching. My goal is to provide useful advice and helpful resources for anyone who has anything to teach. Not all of us are teachers by profession but we will all have the need opportunity to teach others.

Whether it is training a new group of employees, teaching your own family or teaching in church these skills and resources will help you capturing your audience and get your point or concept across effectively. You can teach a lesson or present a presenatation that is both informative and interesting to listen to if you implement an practice the right skills.

Teaching is a skill everyone should and can know. This is the first post on this budding blog so stick around and see what becomes of one blog, a passionate person and a little off the wall humo