The authentic teacher manifests joy that comes from discovery and creativity.
Becker et al. (2014) analysed experience-sampling data from 149 students in grade 9 classes, who rated their teachers' emotions (joy, anger and anxiety), instructional behaviours and their own emotions during 15 lessons in four academic subjects.
She concluded that "the subtle interpretation she insisted on giving" kept the focus on the teacher's "sheer joy in imparting knowledge".
Albert Einstein once proclaimed, "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge".
A female leader in literature and Nobel Prize winner, Pearl Buck, gave me one of my favorite quotes and approach to my life as a leader and a teacher, "To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth".
On a shelf in the chamber of the barn are some clues to Liza Joy, music teacher and spinster, who once owned the farmhouse.
In the same conference, I spoke about my "podcast year" -- when, as a first-year teacher, I discovered the joy of digital microphones.
By Hazel Hawthorne The New Yorker, September 11 , 1937P. 73 On a shelf in the chamber of the barn are some clues to Liza Joy, music teacher and spinster, who once owned the farmhouse.
As a teacher, it's a joy to see students happily stepping out of their comfort zone for a good cause – memorable moments included watching some of the now coolest students in school donning tutus for a unique version of the Sport Relief dance.
Mindfulness Teacher, Author of The Joy Plan.
