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A degree in anything but the subjects they teach? Does that mean that a high school physics teacher knows nothing more about physics than high school physics?
by skookumchuck 9y ago
A degree in anything but the subjects they teach? Does that mean that a high school physics teacher knows nothing more about physics than high school physics?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Does that mean that a high school physics teacher knows nothing more about physics than high school physics? Probably not; the state policies adopted under the pressure of NCLB and it's successors put strong pressure on districts to hire teachers with at least a bachelor's degree in the field taught for secondary schools, and even teachers that don't will often have additional coursework as part of college breadth requirements.