Situational Framework The Article “What Makes Good Early childhood Teachers” by Sally Cartwright writes about how she traveled New Zealand and met other teachers as she visited five kindergartens. During her trip she conversed with other teachers from New Zealand and they came to the conclusion that both American and New Zealand schools struggle to obtain first-rate teachers. This discussion led to the group of educators to derive a list of the values and qualities that typically make up a first rate teacher.
Summary and Discussion Both the American and New Zealand teachers agreed that a quality educator requires more than just training and experience, and that a teacher’s maturity level and values such as kindness, courage, and integrity, …show more content…
A superior educator is made up of much more than experience, as most of the qualities and skills listed by Cartwright are characteristics and values that cannot be learned, such as unconditional caring, warmth, and intuition. While it is true that some skills such as content knowledge, self-awareness, respect, and inner security can be learned and developed throughout one’s life, it is extremely difficult to establish core values that a person does not hold. Because of this, schools in both New Zealand and the United states are struggling to hire these first-rate teachers, as it is challenging to find educators who deeply hold all of these core values. In addition to this, I can conclude how important it is for schools to hire these quality teachers, as the physical and intellectual development that takes place in a person’s childhood greatly impacts the person throughout their life. Because of this, first-rate teachers who retain the characteristics Cartwright discusses are necessary as they are capable of nurturing students in a developmentally appropriate way, while also acting as a model of “emotion, thought, and behavior for the children in their care” (Cartwright, 1999, p.
Summary and Discussion Both the American and New Zealand teachers agreed that a quality educator requires more than just training and experience, and that a teacher’s maturity level and values such as kindness, courage, and integrity, …show more content…
A superior educator is made up of much more than experience, as most of the qualities and skills listed by Cartwright are characteristics and values that cannot be learned, such as unconditional caring, warmth, and intuition. While it is true that some skills such as content knowledge, self-awareness, respect, and inner security can be learned and developed throughout one’s life, it is extremely difficult to establish core values that a person does not hold. Because of this, schools in both New Zealand and the United states are struggling to hire these first-rate teachers, as it is challenging to find educators who deeply hold all of these core values. In addition to this, I can conclude how important it is for schools to hire these quality teachers, as the physical and intellectual development that takes place in a person’s childhood greatly impacts the person throughout their life. Because of this, first-rate teachers who retain the characteristics Cartwright discusses are necessary as they are capable of nurturing students in a developmentally appropriate way, while also acting as a model of “emotion, thought, and behavior for the children in their care” (Cartwright, 1999, p.