Posted on 07/14/2018 12:46:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There are two types of courses that should have some face to face presence:
1. Public Peaking. Getting up in front of an audience repeatedly and Mastering nonverbal queues from a live audience is key. Of course a toast masters or other organization can help.
2. Chemistry lab. I hope I don’t need to explain that one.
The Navy sent me through a six week course when I was detailed to an instructor billet. I learned how to prepare lesson plans and speak effectively to a crowd. It was incredibly valuable and I still use these skills regularly.
I started public speaking in a 4-H competitive course when I was about 14.
A mandatory university course in public speaking was extremely helpful, as was training I received as a military officer.
A very valuable skill, that can be learned.
Being a teacher in a lot of schools nowadays is like being a prison guard.
Some of the most useless college courses I ever took were education courses. One of the worst professors I ever had was the Chairman of the education department at that particular school. He was one of the few who had an attendance policy, probably because he’d be looking at an empty classroom, otherwise.
I wasn’t an education major. I took education courses to be certified to teach. While student teaching, I decided that there wasn’t enough $$ in anybody’s school system to persuade me to make it a career. This was over 30 years ago, I can’t imagine how bad it can be, now.
I believe the on-line courses are a good thing. As someone else mentioned, it gives people who are retired from the military, or another career, the opportunity to teach. That is likely to be really beneficial to the schools as well as the students.
Schools with teacher shortages would also do well to be more innovative. For example, hire more “parafrofessionals” to do more of the non-teaching duties such as monitoring the cafeteria and playground, taking roll, etc and hiring part-time teachers to come in and actually teach classes without being burdened down with non-teaching activities. Schools could also have lists of guest speakers who could come in and teach a class on a particular subject, maybe offering payment per class. For example, who better to teach a class on dental health than a dentist or hygenist?
Of course, that goes against the orthodoxy that only “trained” teachers can actually teach anyone anything!
Wow.
I received my PhD from a course I found on the back of a matchbook.
Dixie already happening - virtual schools at the secondary and elementary level.
Onlinemscools that require practicums such as nursing and teaching require the practicum be done locally. Here is the kicker that will blow your mind away. A traditional school like Ball State will place an individual within a hospital or school. An online school or something like Teachers for Tomorrow, the individual has to apply to the school, interview with biased admin staff like the principal and vp who think one should only go to a brick and mortar school then to,student teaching (this article is actually a portrayal of not just Michigan but elsewhere as well). This vetting process is for professionals who have worked in the field in which they already hold at minimum a four year degree. These are the people that should be teaching not someone who has no experience in the field where real world trumps academic world.
Miss Crabtree did just fine.
Yeah, I wondered about that, too. I was told the online programs are often masters programs. The nurse is already working and gets the degree for promotion or moving into a specialty.
I don’t think any of us want a ‘nurse’ who’s only been thru an online program. : )
As if that will make things worse. Heh...
Detroit should break ground -- get rid of school attendance and make their public schools online-only. It's not as if there isn't at least one parent or grandparent home all day to monitor the larvae. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
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