How to deal a child who is intelligent than their teacher?

Jelineex

Jelineex

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I used to wonder how will a teacher deal with students who thinks they are intelligent than their teacher. We all know that intelligence varies from person to person. Others are genius and some are on average level. Handling it is a challenge. It is also intimidating especially when a child often asked question and has better answer than a teacher.It needs a lot of preparation. It is necessary to adapt and adjust to the different personality.This remind me of my classmates who were exceptionally gifted but with different behavior. It's always a lively discussion whenever they interact. I notice my teacher lost the ability to respond question. Thou, she tried her best but it seems she just lost the battle. I sometimes felt that our teacher was also bullied at times she can't explained or answer. The whole class is loud and noisy. I understand that intelligence weighs with behavior but not everyone has a well balance attitude. What are your insights on this matter?
 
A good teacher knows that they need to adapt to the ability of each individual child that they teach. If a child in their class seems to have genius ability, they should seek further resources for that child to aid in their development. That may include having that pupil move up to a higher level in school earlier than their peers.
 
I know of some cases like this although we really cannot directly say that the student is more intelligent than the teacher. Maybe the kid is just so smart for his age and with a superiority complex then he will really excel. Students with high intelligence should be moved to an experimental class so that the teacher will not be put to a disadvantage.
 
I think that it is not impossible to have some students who have a very high IQ since it really happens in some cases. It is really a good idea to transfer a certain students with such an ability to more advanced and more high standard of learning facilities so that particular students could be more enhanced and developed.
 
For me, I think the teacher should deal with it in a way that students will still respect him or her even if she does not know the answer. I think it would be wiser to say "I have to research more on that and I'll get back to you on that tomorrow" or something like that. It will also serve as a challenge to the teacher to really come to class prepared and knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the topic he or she is teaching. What's important is to maintain the level of respect with your students so that even if you do not know the answer, they will still consider you as someone in authority and respect you for that.
 
I just remembered when I was in my high school days wherein we gt a new practice teacher and it came a time that she needs to have a demo or what they called as the final demo to be rate by their superiors. I asked the practice teacher about the topic that she was reporting or discussing with us during that day, it was really frustrating and embarrassing that she was not really prepared for it because she was unable to answer most of the questions that I asked and sometimes I was still the one giving her the answers. I was just testing her ability and preparedness about the topic that she is discussing in front of her superiors. She really felt bad about it since she feel embarrassed and just say that she was unable to make a research well on the topic because of a power failure yesterday which is really a clear excuse. lol.
 
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