Thursday, February 25, 2010
effective teaching
Ok, i am not an education major seeking a profession in teaching but from what i have read in the Paideia reader i am going to side with the fact that i think teachers for the most part are doing just fine. I believe the problem behind suffering test scores and a "larger gap" is the high expectations that are being placed in the teachers. Our society is always searching for the fastest and somewhat effiecient ways to gaining a competitive advantage. By finding the competitive advantage in some individuals it also sets others back. Hence why we have the problem of a large gap between students. The problem places a heavy burden on educators because they are expected to teach students a large curriculum in a very short amount of time.
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I agree, most teachers do work hard and are trying to do their best. So often the system in which they work forces them to get the most out of the students as they can, and from an economic and efficiency standpoint, that might be mean neglecting students who learn differently and just focus on getting the most bang for your buck with the high achieving students. But is this the point of schools? Are we ensuring the equality that our nation's laws suggest?
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