If teachers "don't learn on the job ", then we simply must INVEST
more money in vapid and often ludicrous TEACHER EDUCATION. It does help
to actually know and understand the subject matter. It does help to
KNOW the individual student. Saying his or her name out loud is just a
public relations gimmick if that is ALL you know about the kid.
What does help is this : interest and enthusiasm for the subject matter is contagious. I recall- looking back at some of my elementary and high school teachers- thinking : " If YOU are not interested in this subject ( a bored look while reading from the text ), don't expect that you'll get ME interested. " What is the bright student to think when he or she discovers that TRUTH is shocking to all right minded public school teachers ?
Isaac Asimov had some sarcastic comments about public school teaching. A truly blessed student is one who gets interested independently in an INTERESTING universe-where all subjects are connected.Asimov had great hopes for the just beginning Internet.
Boredom is the root of all evil.Read a few of British philosopher Bertrand Russell's essays on the art of teaching, on good education. He knew that TRUTH is invariably subversive.
What does help is this : interest and enthusiasm for the subject matter is contagious. I recall- looking back at some of my elementary and high school teachers- thinking : " If YOU are not interested in this subject ( a bored look while reading from the text ), don't expect that you'll get ME interested. " What is the bright student to think when he or she discovers that TRUTH is shocking to all right minded public school teachers ?
Isaac Asimov had some sarcastic comments about public school teaching. A truly blessed student is one who gets interested independently in an INTERESTING universe-where all subjects are connected.Asimov had great hopes for the just beginning Internet.
Boredom is the root of all evil.Read a few of British philosopher Bertrand Russell's essays on the art of teaching, on good education. He knew that TRUTH is invariably subversive.
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