I don't want to over-generalize (I suppose like most people who start a
sentence with that statement, I probably will be over-generalizing),
but I have gotten tenure at two institutions now and have noticed that,
in general, the students with whom I have come into contact who are
interested in education at the elementary or high school level are the
least interested in "learning" beyond what they absolutely need to
know. I find that most students interested in education are much more
interested in "working with children" than in education and academics
at any serious level. There are exceptions of course, but the general
impression I have gotten is the strongest for any group, in my
experience.
On May 2, 2006, at 4:13 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote:
I will never forget my daughter's 4th grade teacher who insisted that
my
daughter was wrong when she answered a question--the teacher claimed
that Cape Cod is NOT in Massechusetts. And this same teacher told me
at
a parent-teacher conference that "she done real good." Scared the
daylights out of me.
Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
St. Ambrose University
Davenport, Iowa 52803
phone: 563-333-6482
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Utica College
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