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Sounds like there are two jobs here: babysitting, and teaching. Both are valuable, though likely that the former isn’t as difficult skill to master.
by VirusNewbie 4y ago
Sounds like there are two jobs here: babysitting, and teaching. Both are valuable, though likely that the former isn’t as difficult skill to master.
- bobthepanda 4y agoThe problem is usually that in a very disrupted classroom, teaching is going to be impossible, so you do need to have the ability to keep things manageable. If kids start climbing on things and throwing stuff no one is going to pay attention to math.
- andrewprock 4y agoThere have to be consequences for actions like that. If there are no consequences, then yes teaching will become impossible.
- bobthepanda 4y agoI mean, there are. The thing about classroom control is that it is easier to notice early signs and stop the situation from escalating into behaviors that need to go through a whole punishment process (possible student trauma, paperwork for the teacher and administration), and so teaching how to correct things early and keep things controlled is a win-win for the student, teacher, and administration, and also the rest of the class.
- jholman 4y agoAs a post-secondary teacher, I spend more mental energy on babysitting than on teaching. It's definitely the harder part for me. I hesitate to imagine how bad it must be in primary or secondary education. Though, it's not really that clear-cut a division. When I worry about how to manipulate students into doing the minimum readings (say an hour a week) for a class that they voluntarily signed up for and paid for, is that babysitting or teaching?