Whatever it is based on, it is NOT based on personality. Let's get that out of the way first. It is the underlying principles (do we hear a theme here) which the best teachers all follow, either consciously or unconsciously I would imagine.
As I read this chapter, as with the rest of the book yet more so, I considered where I would fall in the continuum of the instructors described. Do I care about the learning that takes place or that they can perform well on an assessment and that becomes the goal? I was inspired by the story of the instructor who knew his "stuff" (in this case calculus) AND students/people so well that he conducted an informal oral exam and through his interaction with the student, lessened that student's text anxiety such that he could actually get a decent grade.
Trust...
Openness...
Focus on learning....
Understanding...
Humility....
Investment in students....
I wonder what a wordle of this book's contents would look like?
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