Running Head: REFLECTION ON HIGLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS

Nabin Duthraj

Summary and reflection on Highly Effective Teachers

International Teachers College

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Summary

The article Highly Effective Teachers by Adelle Faull talks about the way to make

highly effective teachers by checking teachers pedagogic and dispositional characteristics.

There are two theoretical frameworks to check teachers pedagogic and dispositional

characteristics. That are the New South Wales Quality Teaching Model (QTM), and the

Dispositional Cluster Model (DCM). The QTM helps to check the teacher is effective or not. It

also helps to see teachers mistakes. The use of QTM will support students to grow their

intellectual quality. The use of effective DCM stimulates teachers teaching quality, talent,

creativity, intelligence, and dispositions. QTM has three dimensions Intellectual quality,

quality learning environment, and Significance. The elements of this dimensions are deep

knowledge, deep understanding/explicit quality criteria, students direction/background

knowledge, cultural knowledge. These elements help to improves students academic

performance. The teacher DCM also helps to stimulate students academic performance because

DCM teachers are creative, communicative, passionate, authentic, and committed to teach and

they know how to teach effectively.

Evaluation

I agree on Adelle Faulls point to make highly effective teachers because pedagogic and

dispositional characteristics of the teachers will definitely makes teacher highly effective. She is

right because when teachers are highly effective, the students will learn effectively. The students

will be effective and actively engage in the classroom activity. The students will have stimulated

their intelligent and do their best in the academic activity. When the teacher is able to teach

effectively the students will understand the lesson effectively and they may not forget the lesson

easily. As a result, their parents will be thankful to the teachers and happy with their children.
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So, Adelle brings very effective way to make teacher effective and it is important to have the

quality teaching model and dispositional cluster model to run the school effectively and

especially important to give true, genuine, and effective knowledge to the students as an effective

teacher.

Reflection

After I read this article, I understand that I should have to practice the quality teaching

model and I should have dispositional cluster model characteristic. Just like God created Eve

to communicate with Adam and have relation with God, to be a highly effective teacher, I need

to have good communication with the students, so the students can have clear meaning of the

subject. In my last teaching practicum, I taught but it was not that effective like this article talks

about. When I teach again, I will practice this model. I will have deeper understanding first and I

will teach. I will teach simply by providing students the meaning of new vocabulary words. I will

have some opening activities and closing activities, so that the students can focus on learning and

learn at least something. I will correct myself by being new and creative, organized and

highly prepared. I will give my attention and improve my dispositional behaviors.

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Works Cited

Faull, Adele (2009) "Highly Effective Teachers," TEACH Journal of Christian Education: Vol. 3:

Issue. 2, Article 8.