Abstract
The educators of the 21st century have a great task ahead. In today’s world, the educators are expected to have a great deal of professional and personal qualities, and extraordinary skills. This descriptive-correlational study aimed to determine perceptions of college students on a well-qualified educator. The study included 123 selected college students from different colleges in Central Luzon, Philippines using a convenience sampling technique. As data collection tool, a questionnaire prepared by the researcher team was used. Some of the findings of the study include: (1) the respondents answered agree on the context of professional and personal qualities that a teacher should have; (2) while in terms of the skills exhibited by an educator, it got an answer to Very Satisfactory. We also found significant differences in professional qualities, learning and innovation skills and life and career skills when grouped according to the respondent’s profile. There was low-to-moderate evidence of the relationship that existed between the qualities and skills of an educator. The results further confirmed the relationship through regression analysis and found that communication skills affect the qualities of an educator. Based on the results, we discussed and recommended practical suggestions on professional, personal and skills improvements of an educator.
Highlights
The educational system of the 21st century is at par different from the previous decades
The findings show that the higher the skills of an educator, the higher the professional and personal qualities, the lower the Skills of a teacher, the lower the professional and personal qualities
Tunca, Sahin, Oguz, and Guner (2015), listed five main themes regarding the qualities that an ideal teacher educator should have and some of the themes were mentioned in the table
Summary
The educational system of the 21st century is at par different from the previous decades. Chance always plays a vital role in adopting a newer and better set of teaching strategies and principles which will again put teachers into the test of tides in terms of their teaching attributes and skills. Teachers are more than just an educator. Education is a great motivator and a source of investment. Policymakers are revolutionizing teacher evaluation by attaching greater stakes to student test scores and observation-based teacher effectiveness measures, but they know little about why they often differ so much (Harris, Ingle, & Rutledge, 2014). The results will not decide the future of students, reality will hone their skills and merging with the society will have a great impact on the holistic development of students
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