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Teacher's core competency is teaching. They study it for years, practice it for years, in a system tuned over time. You have never done it before. You really th

by rr888 4y ago

Teacher's core competency is teaching. They study it for years, practice it for years, in a system tuned over time. You have never done it before. You really think you can do better?

michaelt 4y ago
Teachers have years of pedagogy experience - but is that enough to perform better despite having 10x as many students in a class?
Mikeb85 4y ago
In most countries teachers aren't required to study teaching per se... Just have a university degree and some training. Some countries require only that you graduated high school/secondary. You're overstating most teachers' competency, not to mention, most of grade school is pretty damn basic... Most commentators on this site are more educated than the typical teacher. Not to mention, the difference between teaching a class of 30 versus only 1-3 children.
yeck 4y ago
Parents actually teach their children a lot before they potentially head out for more formal educating, so even if we assume parents don't have teaching experience from their professions, I don't think it is very accurate to suggest they haven't taught anything. I do question that having a single teacher for 20+ students teaching all subjects for the entire school year is obviously going to work better than motivated homeschooling parent(s). While teachers do have formal education on the matter, it also includes how to manage many children in a classroom setting and how to interface with schools and their processes. The part of the education pertaining to the subjects teachers teach is actually pretty incomplete. To teach elementary students, you have a major, but still teach them subjects that you might only have an average understanding of (like a history major teaching a music class). Given all that, it doesn't seem hard to believe that parents could do better for a single child than pre-school and elementary school teachers. As a child gets older their needs evolve such that no one person has everything required to best support that child. That is an advantage of schools (usually high school), but could also be solved with tutoring and other programs available to homeschoolers.
nisegami 4y ago
>Teacher's core competency is teaching. Teachers are babysitters first and foremost.
tksiden 4y ago
Maybe professors, but theres no way you are describing the average teacher .

by rr888 4y ago

Teacher's core competency is teaching. They study it for years, practice it for years, in a system tuned over time. You have never done it before. You really think you can do better?

michaelt 4y ago

Teachers have years of pedagogy experience - but is that enough to perform better despite having 10x as many students in a class?

Mikeb85 4y ago

In most countries teachers aren't required to study teaching per se... Just have a university degree and some training. Some countries require only that you graduated high school/secondary. You're overstating most teachers' competency, not to mention, most of grade school is pretty damn basic... Most commentators on this site are more educated than the typical teacher. Not to mention, the difference between teaching a class of 30 versus only 1-3 children.

yeck 4y ago

Parents actually teach their children a lot before they potentially head out for more formal educating, so even if we assume parents don't have teaching experience from their professions, I don't think it is very accurate to suggest they haven't taught anything. I do question that having a single teacher for 20+ students teaching all subjects for the entire school year is obviously going to work better than motivated homeschooling parent(s). While teachers do have formal education on the matter, it also includes how to manage many children in a classroom setting and how to interface with schools and their processes. The part of the education pertaining to the subjects teachers teach is actually pretty incomplete. To teach elementary students, you have a major, but still teach them subjects that you might only have an average understanding of (like a history major teaching a music class). Given all that, it doesn't seem hard to believe that parents could do better for a single child than pre-school and elementary school teachers. As a child gets older their needs evolve such that no one person has everything required to best support that child. That is an advantage of schools (usually high school), but could also be solved with tutoring and other programs available to homeschoolers.

nisegami 4y ago

>Teacher's core competency is teaching. Teachers are babysitters first and foremost.

tksiden 4y ago

Maybe professors, but theres no way you are describing the average teacher .