teacherness

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English

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Etymology

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From teacher +‎ -ness.

Noun

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teacherness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being a teacher who is proficient at teaching
    • 1972, Rodney Pennell Smith, Richard A. Dempsey, Differentiated staffing, page 2:
      Methods of staffing and staff utilization in most public schools suggest that there is a quality—called "teacherness," perhaps—which, when a person becomes a teacher, overrides all his individuating qualities.
    • 1990, S. K. Aggarwal, Investigative Journalism in India, page 54:
      How to motivate and uplift the pupils? It is indeed here that the "teacherness" of a teacher is at least; it is here that his individuality asserts.
    • 2015, Pernille Ripp, Passionate Learners, page 2:
      The Wongs had saved my self-esteem and graciously showed me the path to great teacherness.
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