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Education: UK
Mike Hanson writes
Perhaps a more important consideration for schools (universities are different) is how well qualified the teachers are to teach. It goes without saying that one needs to be all over the coursework and to have enough background to answer commonly raised questions (and enough honesty to say: "I don't know, but I'll find out by next lesson."). Maybe. However there are (more like ought to be) questions that are testing for the best A level students. A teacher without adequate grounding will not be able to answer these. Furthermore syllabus's change over time, although admittedly from the conceptual and mathematical to the descriptive as far as the UK is concerned. However, teaching is an art: higher knowledge of a subject is no guarantee that a person will have the requisite skills to impart basic knowledge (perhaps even enthusiasm!) to schoolchildren and make it stick. Of course. However it's likely that those teaching A-level without actually getting that far themselves are unlikely to be enthusiastic and unlikely to have the basic knowledge. In many schools (state and independent alike) an ignorant teacher is likely to get crucified by smarter kids. Frankly it's pretty obvious when a teacher is bullsh*tting due to ignorance, and doesn't build confidence if they can't immediately answer quite simple questions. Sacrificing higher knowledge for better teaching skills is a good trade at school level. Of course. None the less good teaching skills and good knowledge is required. If you are short on one or the other you are letting the kids down. What's even worse is that numbers of kids doing sciences/maths is steadily declining. At university it's even more pronounced. -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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