In Regelski's article, he briefly discusses the birth of some of the education terms that we use today such as professor, lecture, and to receive a bachelors. Some of these terms are what stipulates how we feel about a class. For instance, if someone tells you that the professor simply stands in front of the class how are you going to feel before you ever step into the class? In the school systems the ranking of a teacher (bachelors, master, doctorate) will dictate how much the teacher will be paid and how much say they have in a program regardless of their skill as a teacher. My question is, should we manage to do away with said titles, would that allow students to feel more democratic within the class?
posted by Cait @ 10:25 AM
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This idea is also pertinent to NCLB. Part of NCLB is the idea of hiring and paying more for "qualified" teachers. This is mandating when new teachers must get their masters, how much they will be paid or even if they will be hired. If the education system is to judge teachers only by what degrees they have it might end up that great teachers who can't afford a Masters won't have jobs open to them. So do young teachers that have fresh ideas and are ready to teach go back to school, waiting 2 more years before working and adding to their debt, or struggle to find a job and end up being paid less than what they deserve?
"...should we manage to do away with said titles, would that allow students to feel more democratic within the class? "
Is the implication of this question that the titles currenctly allow students to feel democratic?
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