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This should be the foundation for all teacher training: spend most of your time sitting with small groups of kids at various ages and try to teach them concepts
by jkhdigital 5y ago
This should be the foundation for all teacher training: spend most of your time sitting with small groups of kids at various ages and try to teach them concepts that are obviously beyond their current knowledge. Take copious notes. Patterns will emerge, and you’ll develop an intuition about what sticks and what doesn’t.
- earleybird 5y agoPiaget - stages of cognitive development?
- xwdv 5y agoMeh, you’re asking too much. For many teaching is just a steady paycheck and generous time off. It’s not a calling.
- yellow_postit 5y agoThere is no “generous” time off if talking about public primary education in the US. Curriculum development and continuing education most frequently happen outside the “day job hours”.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago> For many teaching is just a steady paycheck and generous time off. A tiny paycheck and... I'm sorry, I have no idea how to read "generous" time off; are you referring to summers when they don't get paid, or something else? My impression is that most teachers are working significantly over 40h/wk and either don't know that they're victims of wage theft or somehow don't care.
- teeray 5y agoMy mom taught high school for 35 years, and said that was the biggest misconception: “Oh, you teach? Summers off must be nice.” She’d reply “not when you don’t get paid over the summer.” Also, teachers doing things like chaperoning the dance and stuff are probably not getting paid for that time.