08-10-2016, 11:19 AM
(08-10-2016, 11:00 AM)bfine32 Wrote: It is not assuming a teacher only need to know the ciriculum. As contrary to a TV show adults already know more than a 5th grader. I approach this subject with apprehension as I do not wish to mitigate the knowledge required of a Teacher, even at the most elementary level. This is why I used my sister's progression as a Nurse as example. base qualifications should be required and continued study, certification would be mandatory to keep or increase your rating.
WTS, I will defer to the expert and if you assert 4 years of college is required; who am I to say differently.
My mother used to teach math for those who were here working on their degrees in elementary education. You would think, given the level of the math, that this would be unnecessary. I used to think that way. And then I helped her grade exams. Let me just tell you that the level of understanding some of these students have of elementary math is concerning. Beyond that, the goal of my mother's class was not just so they would know the math on the surface level, but to know the "why?" behind it. For example, one question on an exam was (paraphrasing here):
List four unique properties of the integer 0. Explain why 0 behaves in that way for each.
It's one thing to know elementary math, it is another to know it on a level for the purposes of teaching. The same could be said for any of the subjects.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
