Who is the best teacher?mother or teacher?

Question

Who is the best teacher?mother or teacher?

Answer 1

You left out Father... ouch ... Parents and care-givers teach values, respect, love for one another, the rules of life and family co-existence, and safety stuff.

Teachers teach everything else!

(and unfortunately have to teach the parents stuff as well when the parents don't or can't)

Steve

Answer 2

The mother is the recipient of the child's credit. How the student behaves or performs in school is often credited to the way he has been brought up by the parents most particularly the mother. As a teacher, I would say that educators like me are just working hand in hand with the parents in the development of the child. But the first and the most influential teacher is the mother.

Answer 3

This question is pretty complex. A child's mom  is the first teacher a child has. I believe she is the best teacher through infancy and early childhood.  Does that conclude that children's whose moms work are deprived of their best teacher.  No - because the child doesn't live with the babysitter.  Studies show that one of the biggest determinants of a child's academic success is the educational level of his/her mother.  Sorry dads - the correlation isn't as strong between paternal educational level and a child's academic success.   Well educated mothers are better equipped to provide a stimulating early learning environment for their very young children. They understand the importance of talking to and reading to their children.

If the answer is stretched out to include whether the mother continues to be the best teacher into the school years, I'd say that depends.  Is the mom the best geometry, foreign language or physics teacher? I'd say no.  Studies show that homeschooling works, but the statistics are limited by the small numbers of kids who homeschool.  Maybe 3 percent of students in the United States homeschool.  Not all students take the tests that are used to show that homeschooled students perform better than students who are schooled.  Could you jump from those statistics to say that if say 40 percent of students were homeschooled they'd continue to do as well? Not necessarily.   Not every mother is able to teach through the school years.  And I'd have to say that as a mom with a university education, while I would be able to successfully homeschool my 14 year-old daughter,  I don't think I'd be the best teacher she could have, but I continue to be her teacher just the same.

check out this list:

http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/021.htm

While I think that some of the conclusions drawn by it are a bit flawed, it is really insteresting to think about.  

Answer 4

Depends on the lesson to be taught! as mums can help solve problems but a teacher no's bout subjects

Answer 5

mother. a mother's care, patience and love far exceeds that of those from a teacher.

Answer 6

I am a teacher, and I say the mother (and father) is the best teacher.  The number one reason why my top students are doing so well is because they have good home support.  Those without home support don't do as well.  I only teach 5 hours a day (minus lunch and recess), but I teach to 25 students.  At home, the student have more one to one with their parents and they spend a greater amount of time with parents.

Answer 7

How well a student does in school is directly related to the level of support a student receives at home.  So, I think that the parents (don't forget the dads) and teachers work together to educate a person.

Answer 8

It depends on which mother or which teacher you have in mind.  A mother is probably better situated to be a teacher, since she gets the child earlier and has continuous access to the child for years.  However, not all mothers know enough themselves to be very good teachers, and not all have useful teaching techniques.