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Teacher Education

A study was just released in the newspapers telling how teacher prep classes are very distanced from what actually goes on in a classroom. NO KIDDING!!!! I have sat, ..um suffered? through plenty of teacher classes. I can't remember the name of any. I can't remember what the class was or what it was about. What do I remember? I remember the instructor spending time giving their life story and how they are a career teacher who WILL tell you how it is. How if you follow their techniques, you too can have a perfect class. Each instructor had their own slant as to what was important by their background or specialty. I know each class was supposed to teach a specific topic, but boy did that ever get lost. I also remember that virtually all of these classes were self-taught. Or should I say, "Group Taught." We would break into groups, read a section of whatever book we had, then give a presentation to the class. What were we paying top dollar for? Maybe online classes have worth after all. These teacher prep classes were completely bogus. The people in colleges and universities have no clue as to what a real world classroom is. Teaching is something to be learned on the job. Maybe that's why internships are popular.
Oh yeah. I forgot the torture of going around the room and introducing yourself to all classmates. What a croc. What a way to waste the first class meeting. I don't care who these people were around me! I'm paying to be taught!!!!!!!!!
And the last thing I remember about these classes was the idiots who wanted to "What if.." the instructor to death. Lets also not forget those in the class who wanted to tell their own war stories. These people many times would prolong a class that was on the verge of leaving early.
Bottom line, teacher education is completely useless. Period. They do nothing. Absolutely nothing to prepare one for a large public school. Nothing.

posted by Surftiger @ 5:59 PM