{"id":2827,"date":"2011-12-31T05:05:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2011-12-30T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:48:06","slug":"t-factor-the-key-to-being-a-brilliant-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/t-factor-the-key-to-being-a-brilliant-teacher","title":{"rendered":"T Factor: The Key to Being a Brilliant Teacher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Lopez at The Guardian&#8217;s Teacher Network Blog attempts to answer the question, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/teacher-network\/2011\/dec\/30\/t-factor-empathy-teaching-resources\">What Makes a Brilliant Teacher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In my experience, teachers with the T Factor, run a happy, high achieving environment in which the pupils feel content, valued and achieve high respective standards academically and behaviourally. These teachers create a sense of awe and wonder to develop enquiring minds with an insatiable thirst for learning <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2828\" title=\"Teaching\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Teaching_and-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>that endures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, what is the mystical T Factor?&#8221; I hear you say. Well, put simply, the T Factor is ultimately the teacher&#8217;s ability to progressively build, maintain and reinforce high quality educational attachment relationships (linked to the principles of <a title=\"John Bowlbys attachment theory\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attachment_theory\">John Bowlby&#8217;s attachment theory<\/a>). This, in its infancy, can be termed rapport; however, as this is built upon, a quality psychological connection or attachment relationship conducive to learning and attuned interaction is developed and strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>Emotional intelligence and empathy are two huge features of a T factor teacher&#8217;s practice. Knowing how, when, and what to say in order to bring about conditions in which educational attachment flourishes, is an incredibly subtle yet powerful tool. I believe that these skills can be somewhat coached and taught; although it is clear that some individuals have a natural propensity towards innately interacting in an emotionally intelligent manner, without coaching or training.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of the T Factor? Before commenting, be sure to read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/teacher-network\/2011\/dec\/30\/t-factor-empathy-teaching-resources\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Lopez at The Guardian&#8217;s Teacher Network Blog attempts to answer the question, What Makes a Brilliant Teacher: In my experience, teachers with the T Factor, run a happy, high achieving environment in which the pupils feel content, valued and achieve high respective standards academically and behaviourally. These teachers create a sense of awe and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/t-factor-the-key-to-being-a-brilliant-teacher\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;T Factor: The Key to Being a Brilliant Teacher?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-JB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2832,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions\/2832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}