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Ideal Characteristics of Teachers for Gifted Students
Several articles have been written describing the characteristics of successful teachers of gifted children. Gifted students themselves often describe working-well with teachers who have the following traits:
- Ability to accept and respect giftedness and differences in students
- Knowledge of the growth patterns and needs of gifted and talented children
- Enthusiasm; desire to teach gifted and talented children
- Skill at developing independent activities
- Familiarity with a wide variety of teaching methods
- Sense of humour
- Broad base of information and resources; one area at least of special expertise
- Ability to combine cognitive and affective areas in teaching
- Ability to study students and own reactions as teacher objectively, and to use these observations to improve teaching
- Self-assurance
- Ability to accept own mistakes and limited knowledge with graciousness and humour
- Originality, curiosity, and imagination
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