On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:30:01 -0700, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:28:07AM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
This is generally most obvious in those classes taught by sports
coaches.
Why do you think some politicians are talking about allowing math and
science Ph.D's to teach high school w/o a teaching credential?
The credential is a *hindrance* turning away some good people.
Would you rather have a P.E. teacher with a credential running the
algrebra
class or a math Ph.D. w/ NO teaching credential? Your credential
is become a problem even in the public schools!
Chris
Speaking as someone who was rather, eh, 'remedial' in all subjects save
math/calculus all throughout school, I had plenty of P.E. coach/teachers.
Indirectly suggesting that a P.E. coach is somehow not qualified to teach
a math class is not quite right. Most P.E. coaches had other backgrounds
and I doubt they all majored in P.E. in college.
If a super genious Ph.D. can't pass a (relatively) simple credential test,
I'd question his or her ability to relate material to schoolchildren. I'd
pick the P.E. coach any day.
-Matt
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