Hear, hear. At one of the places I worked, about half the psych majors were dual psych/elementary ed majors.
Pretty alarming stuff. Made me glad I have no children. m > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:19 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [SPAM] - [tips] RE:Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on > Map - Email found in subject > > 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] > > > > > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription go to: > > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl? > > enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > > > > > > > ======================================================== > Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Utica College > Utica, NY 13502 > (315) 792-3171 > > "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and > it is quite understandable when someone says it was a large > mouse that ran up the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mo > de=0&lang=english > > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
