What makes a good teacher great? | Azul Terronez | TEDxSantoDomingo

You see this: you see experts, remember? Content experts. What would happen if we hired

teacher

s not to be content divers or knowledge keepers, but to deepen students' understanding? How will our schools change and transform? But it's no wonder students don't care or

teacher

s don't listen. Because they never thought about this but

what

if we listened to them? We spend three years of a student's life teaching him to read. And about 12 years of his life to teach them to write. If they are lucky, they will find some time to learn public speaking. We find that they do not receive any education in listening skills.

Zero score. Think about it. When was the last time you were at a dinner party and someone asked you, "What's your job?" The answer was: “Listening skills teachers. Do I teach advanced listening skills in high school and listening communication skills or beginning listening skills in elementary school?” We don't see anything like this. Because we don't believe in this importance in schools, despite that, listening is one of the most important skills in work and life. But we don't teach it. We need to listen to our students. The future is before us in our classrooms. Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Elon Musk.

Can you imagine if we took the time to ask these students, “What

makes

a

good

teacher

great

?” And we listen to them so we can change schools and education. Thank you. (applause)