Sunday, October 13, 2013
Ch. 8, Q. 6
Death by a thousand subsidies. Pages 181-182 briefly touched on the certification of teachers and their education and training prior to teaching in the classroom. I think it is very interesting how many "hoops" different teachers have to "jump through"to change what level of education they teach. The most shocking was how Albert Einstein couldn't legally teach high school physics. Or how if any of our Minnehaha Academy teachers wanted to teach in a Public School system, they would have great trouble doing so. And as the book says, it doesn't even matter. Statistics show no correlation with certification and teaching in the classroom. This passage truly struck me as shocking and obscure, and it made me wonder what other hoops people (or myself) have to jump through that aren't necessary or beneficial.
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I also found that this (teacher certification) seemed unjust. Teachers shouldn't have to jump through hoops if it really makes no difference. Of course it is the teachers unions that require these certifications. The other thing that bothered me about this topic was that current public school teachers don't need to meet any if the new qualifications. Only a small percentage of the teachers technically meet the standards set up by the teachers unions. This means that teachers that may be more qualified than the teachers that are currently teaching have a harder time getting jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point and this passage was an important one to me too. But if you think about it more, it is saying that there is no correlation between the certificates and teachers teaching. So then we should not go to college and go straight to a profession?
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