![]() That same prof pushed hard the competition was an unnatural and destructive force in all its forms. That's like me going back to my old job as an interpreter with Parks Canada and hating nature. We had an educational psychology prof who didn't like teaching. See my other comment about what happens when you appeal a grade with the wrong prof in the wrong corrupt department. In retrospect I really should’ve appealed that grade. When I emailed to point out why my average should’ve been higher based on my grades, the professor replied that she graded me down because I wasn’t “in the spirit of what I was trying to accomplish.” I would frequently question the opinions being pushed, and got a grade that was demonstrably lower than what the math said my grade should be. I also had an experience similar to u/InfiNorth where a professor kept imposing her personal views on a class and making grades contingent on agreeing with her. They looked at me as if I’d just cursed someone out or something. Many people aren’t that self-motivated to learn anything beyond a few narrow interests, and if we want society to progress then teachers have to LEAD and provide knowledge. I pointed out that not every kid is gonna run home and read educational books. I raised my hand and explained that no, it wouldn’t just come on its own. I remember one day when the professor and my classmates were gushing about how it was “old-fashioned and elitist” to view the teacher as an expert who has knowledge to share and that instead we should all be “facilitators” (□), and that if we just facilitated instead of taught, “the knowledge will come on its own, without us imposing it!” Most of the professors had either never taught K-12 classes, or if they had then it was a well-behaved wealthy suburban elementary class 20 years ago.and for only a few years before they moved to academia.Īlso most of the professors were aging ex-hippies who seemed more interested in spreading their ideology to a captive audience than actually sharing any useful classroom management methods (though to be fair.they probably didn’t KNOW any useful methods to begin with □). Maybe it was my personality or my background, but I knew most of the methods that they were pushing were woefully naive and came from a rose-filtered, candy-coated view of the education world. I always knew the grad school classes were BS. I'm glad the guy got paid for standing in front of us and talking for 3 hours, but it would have been nice if he did more than brag vaguely about his accomplishments when he was still in the classroom. So for pd, please show us how to identify common reading deficiencies in high school and pair them with some of the most effective strategies, and while you're at it, a system to track this data. None of my teacher preparation focused on teaching letter recognition, letter sounds, blending, comprehension, etc. My subject is taught in high school and students are expected to have a fundamental set of reading skills by the time they enter my classroom. That's super wonderful, but you never once mentioned how to identify any reading needs, nor strategies that have been researched and shown effective for those needs. ![]() He talked for 3 more hours about how students will need specific skills for specific kinds of texts (but no examples of those) and that he helped students he had when he worked in elementary. The guy was telling us that if you can identify a student's specific reading needs, you can help them improve their reading skills. Oh wow that reminded me of a pd we had at my old school (high school). r/ECEProfessionals: early childhood education Share and discuss educational techologies that can support and improve teaching and learning. Share and discover teaching resources, including lessons, demos, blogs, simulations, and visual aids. Learn about and discuss the practice of teaching and receive support from fellow teachers. Learn about and discuss the news and politics of education. Guide: How to set up your User Flair The Reddit Education Network Students and non-teachers must remain positive and respectful. These posts will be manually approved as soon as possible. ![]() Note: We welcome new accounts, but posts from accounts with low ages or karma levels will be automatically removed by the filter. The goal of r/Teachers is to provide a supportive community for teachers and to inform and engage in discourse with educational stakeholders about the teaching profession.
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