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*Kindness and comprehension*: This code refers to the attributes given by the students to teachers that have good feelings, good and kind teachers who offer the best of their knowledge and

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*Patience*: Patience is a teaching virtue and in this code is defined as an attitude favorable to the learning process, to be willing to wait and to take the time for a paused and detailed explanation, waiting and accompanying the learning rhythm of the student and using words that calm and appeal to temperance—*try one more time, don't worry, take a calmed look—*patience is

*Humane teacher*: This code involves the ability of memorable teachers to be in an active disposition to listen and to show empathy to their students; to first understand and then comprehend their students, comprehension and empathy are essential for meaningful coexistence and warmth toward their students, to feel together with them part of them in a learning com-

Finally, there is the code named *sensibility to comprehend*, which is closely related to the other codes of the category to conform in this humane pedagogical knowledge and value them in

This last section deals with the summary of results yielded by this study and answers each of

**a.** The categorizations that were found in the 28 narratives provided by the students enrolled in the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico and which give meaning to the teaching knowledge of memorable teachers, presented in a decreasing fre-

**b.** The teaching knowledge of memorable teachers, which left a mark in the lives of their students in terms of this research, were expert disciplinary knowledge, didactic abilities, dedication, kindness and great heart, and additionally the intermediation between rigor

teaching work to their students [39].

a true gift of teaching.

the order of comprehension.

quency, are the following:

• *Teaching knowledge: strategies (6)*

• *Didactic knowledge (12)*

the questions put forward and the objectives set before:

• *Teaching knowledge: humane-patience-comprehension (9)* • *Teaching knowledge: ability to explain—gift of teaching (7)*

• *Teaching knowledge of memorable teachers (specific) (6)*

• *Teaching knowledge—planning and evaluation (5)*

• *Teaching knowledge: good attitudes of teachers (4)*

• *Teaching knowledge: rigor-format-tidiness (4)*

and comprehension for the students.

**10. Conclusions**

munity [20].

Miguel Navarro-Rodríguez1 \*, Rubén Edel-Navarro<sup>2</sup> and Yaneth Soto-Ruiz3

\*Address all correspondence to: tondoroque@gmail.com

1 Pedagogical University of the State of Durango, Durango, Mexico

2 University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico

3 Ministry of Education of the State of Durango, Durango, Mexico
