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- Subject: Re: What can we have for an educational sys
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- From: adm@phys.canterbury.ac.nz (Andrew McGregor, rm ,ext )
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 22:14:32 GMT
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- In article 4HJ@eis.calstate.edu, kmushal@eis.calstate.edu (KAYE MUSHALIK) writes:
- >I had a teacher in high school who had a PhD but couldn't teach worth
- >"beans". It was obvious that he knew his subject well but he couldn't
- >convey any excitement to us. I don't claim to be brilliant, but there
- >were kids in my class who were and they even had trouble with the subject.
- >Yes, it's important to know the subject matter, but it is more important to
- >know how to make that subject EXCITING and RELEVANT to the students' lives.
- >
- >**Kaye**
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-
- I had THREE (at least) teachers in high school who had PhD's. Two were
- brilliant. But, some of the other staff at that school were just as
- good, PhD or not. We had the usual quota of terrible teachers too, of
- course. I agree that the best teachers can make pretty much any student
- interested in their subject, provided the student is at a point where
- the subject is comprehensible, but that ability is just half the
- necessary. Teachers still need to know their subject very well.
-
- Andrew McGregor, Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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