Most of us have had a teacher in the past be instrumental in our development. It is important to identify what it means to be a teacher and what the correct way to present ourselves is.

Teaching style directly affects all students. Our own belief systems drive our behavior, while personal experience also plays a pivotal role in how we present information.

Our own belief system shapes who we are as people, which drives our personal behavior. As teachers it is important to understand those underlying concepts that drive our behavior and be able to fully explain to ourself why we are doing what we do.

This is an important point to make sure we don't let our own belief system hinder what we introduce into the classroom as it directly affects students.

A large portion of teaching is reflecting on our own knowledge and understanding how it can impact the classroom setting. When, as teachers we are able to make better informed decisions on what we should present to our student - we will be better off.

Beliefs come in layered systems, this is important as a teacher to understand the various levels of knowledge we hold and how we can incorporate that into our teaching.

This is an important point as it reflects on what we believe personal knowledge to be and how we can evaluate our own understanding of concepts to take a broader more outside the box approach to teaching