Desirable Characteristics Defining to Describe an Effective Teacher

Abstract

The present study is based on the importance of characteristics to describe an effective teacher. The studies (Darling-Hammond, 2000) showed that there is a positive relationship between teacher quality as "enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility and adaptability and school success of its students". Researchers show that teachers need 5 to 8 years to go from the stage of beginner teacher at various levels of expertise, in order to acquire the art, science and technique of teaching (Darling-Hammond, 2000, Education Review Office, 1998). The research aimed to find out to what extent teachers in Romania develop desirable characteristics for the teaching profession during various forms of education: initial training, courses pedagogical completion which is certified as teachers, training courses. Quantitative research was conducted during March 2014, being conducted on a sample of 1145 teachers from Romania. The results of analysis of available data, teachers' participating in our research declares that they have been developed ten features in training courses.