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People who argue that good teachers are born and cannot be made, or trained, usually base their view upon the teacher's personality.They think that with the right personality, training is not necessary; with the wrong personality, training is useless.It seems to me that this is a personal impression.
Obviously, a really weak personality is an unfavorable disqualification(不合格)for teaching.On the other hand, a teacher's personality that is too powerful may also be a disqualification, because of his or her tendency② to rule the classroom situation.He or she may fail to develop personality and individuality(个性)in his or her own students.
However, this consideration of the teacher's personality, from the point of view of training him or her to teach in a college or university, does not seem to weaken the case for good teacher training.On the contrary, it may strengthen it if the training course includes effective psychological③ analysis of the classroom situation, and the interaction(合作,一起活动)between teachers' and students' personalities.
Then, we must keep in mind that students expect teachers to teach.They value clear statement of problems, and guidance in their solution.Personal qualities of kindness, sympathy and patience are secondary④.Students value their teachers mainly for their intellectual⑤ abilities.Enquiries carried out in England and America over half a century have pointed to this conclusion.
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