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You might find it more instructive to ask this question the other way around: Why do tech employees sign contracts that reach beyond the boundaries of legislate
by ronaldx 13y ago
You might find it more instructive to ask this question the other way around: Why do tech employees sign contracts that reach beyond the boundaries of legislated human rights? Is there any better indicator of employee exploitation?
On reflection, I think the answer to your version of the question is that experienced teachers are expected to bring their teaching resources with them to new employment. Other people's resources are generally just not as useful. Having an employer hold exclusive right to the IP would be counter-productive to industry best practice on this point.
But, things are indeed changing in the direction that the grandparent commenter indicates.
- rahimnathwani 13y ago"Other people's resources are generally just not as useful." I wonder whether this is true. I believe that someone else's teaching resources might be harder (i.e. less useful) for a _teacher_. However, I find it hard to believe that teaching resources (like lecture notes or lesson plans) don't vary in quality and that, therefore, the teachers with the worst materials are doing their students a disservice by using the materials which are easiest for them by virtue of being familiar, although better (for the student) alternatives exist. Just use the best ones. There are no unique snowflakes. (BTW I take your point about reversing the question. It's a little tricky to find the 'right' answer for software companies because code within a company is more tightly coupled than teaching resources for different courses are in a school.)