Reading material for Lesson 1.3 Essential traits of a good Instructor
4. Qualities of an Instructor
Qualities of an Instructor classified as
• Physical Quality
• Mental Quality
• Moral Quality and
• Personal Quality
Physical Quality
• Good Health: An instructor can be prompt, regular, enthusiastic, only if Instructor keeps good health.
• Dress and Appearance: An instructor's dress must always be simple and neat. Instructor must avoid attractive dresses which distract the attention of the learners.
• Voice: An instructor's voice must be clear and audible. It must not be harsh and monotonous.
• Language and Speech: The language of an instructor
should be simple
and clear, easily understandable. It should not be ornamental and grammatically incorrect.
Instructor should practice
himself to be a good orator.
Mental Quality
• Knowledge of the subject
• Knowledge of principles and method of teaching.
• Knowledge of psychology as learning is a psychlogical factor, which helps in learning.
Moral Quality
• Justice and impartiality: An instructor must be impartial in handling and dealing with their trainees.
• Self control and will power: Instructor must have good self-control and will power to face the trainees.
• Sympathy and Perseverance: Instructor should have sympathy, kindness
and immense patience.
Personal Quality
• Leadership: Instructor must have leadership qualities to guide properly and give instruction to the trainees.
• Class control: Controlling the class is also an important factor without which discipline cannot be maintained; when discipline is not maintained we cannot expect desired learning outcome.
• Class manners: His behaviours towards trainees should be very polite and gentle the instructor must avoid addressing them rudely and insulting them badly.
• Good habits: An instructor must have good habits like punctuality, regularity and honesty.