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A Holistic And Authentic Teacher Essay

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I believe that every student is a future employee; every person’s intelligence and abilities are far more complicated than his or her scores on standardized tests. To become a holistic and authentic teacher, begin by knowing yourself. Knowing what you can change and what you cannot change as a teacher is very important. A teacher’s values, beliefs, integrity, emotions, and needs determines who they are as a teacher. Being authentic and credible as a teacher will help gain the confidence and courage to acknowledge your limitations and your authentic self. Holistic and authentic teachers should value and embrace diversity and different learning styles that makes all of us unique human beings. They should foster collaboration instead of competition that will help students feel connected. Teachers should use real-life experience and current information in presenting ‘facts’ to the student about today’s trends and issues.

Keywords: holistic, authentic, credible, teacher, beliefs, values, integrity

TELLING MY STORY: THE HOLISTIC/AUTHENTIC/CREDIBLE/TEACHER

Holistic teachers, from my perspective are those who are able to utilize their authenticity to create meaningful learning experiences for their students and to transform their conscious state to a higher level of learning in order to be credible. A teacher should work hard at maintaining credibility. According to Brookfield (1990), a student perceptions of credibility are based on the following four behaviors: (1) a

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