Impressive teacher: a secondary school students' perception in Luanda

• Autor(a) principal: Manuel, Paulo Hadi E.
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2022.11693

This research paper aims to explore (i) a secondary school students’ perception, in Luanda, Angola, about an impressive teacher; (ii) some characteristics they attribute to an impressive teacher; and (iii) the feelings these students experienced when a teacher many of them considered as an impressive one was replaced. Using a phenomenological qualitative approach, the researcher interviewed 18 students randomly selected from a population of approximately 280 students. According to the participants’ perception, an impressive teacher is someone who becomes students’ friend and adviser; s/he is always punctual, assiduous, responsible, honest, creative, dynamic, respectful, tolerant, patient, sympathetic, and attentive; s/he promotes students’ participation in the class; s/he is preoccupied with students’ learning; s/he uses a variety of ways of assessing students and s/he does not rely on written tests only. The majority of participants reported that they were sad with the replacement of a teacher they considered to be an impressive one, while a minority of them reported being satisfied with the same fact. Teachers may find an opportunity to know what their students think and say about a teacher who impresses them, triggering, therefore, an introspection that helps teachers reflect and change their teaching practice.