What is passion?
Passion is a strong inclination or desire for an activity that one likes and finds important, and in which one invests time and energy.
Who is a passionate teacher?
A passionate teacher is someone who is in love with a field of knowledge, who is deeply involved with the issues that change our world and who is drawn to the dilemmas and potentials of young people who come to class every day.
Basic characteristics of a passionate teacher:
- Likes working with young people
- Takes interest in knowledge and ideas
- Cares about students and respects them
- Is aware of world issues and current events in the classroom
- Is aware of the importance of education in a student’s life
- Is serious and has a sense of humor
- Tolerates apparently meaningless things that students exhibit in their behavior
- Establishes and maintains a learning environment where students can learn from their mistakes
- Willing to make changes
- Makes no concession in upholding occupational ethics
Is there any connection between passionate teaching and the quality of student learning?
Yes. Passionate teaching makes students take their studies more seriously. At this point, teaching ceases to be a job and turns into an inspiration for students. Moreover, it encourages active learning and promotes intellectual and moral development.
Teachers with passion, work with enthusiasm; their dedication and commitment increase and they believe in the importance of their job which in turn yields dramatic improvements in student learning.
Thus we can conclude that passionate teachers are the building blocks for a student’s successful learning and for their future.
Highlights
Passionate teaching makes students take their studies more seriously. At this point, teaching ceases to be a job and turns into an inspiration for students. Moreover, it encourages active learning and promotes intellectual and moral development.