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by iguy
1952 days ago
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Failure is a pretty strong word, they all went on to do other things, better paid, they had options. They tried to teach, for a while, because they wanted to. My point is just that they all underestimated how difficult controlling a pack of teenagers was going to be, even those who were at nice schools "with a PTA". That's what I think was meant by "babysitting" above (not my choice of word), it's a real hurdle. As you seem to agree. I'm dubious that the world is short of video courses. But many people do miss out on human interactions which could show them other paths. |
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Ie, "listen to me, the distinguished lecturer."
Non-educators, those not explicitly trained in how to educate, don't understand there is more to teaching than lecturing.
In a non-adult setting, good luck trying to get away with any lecturing at all.
Plenty of adults can't even converse without looking at their phone, so I doubt lecture-style works for them either.
If a "grizzled engineer" wants to make an impact in education, the best way is to teach a building block skill thoroughly and effectively, and on a platform that's free and easy to access. Leave the public school teachers to do they're jobs, they're actually way more competent than they get credit or compensated for.