tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post340585543874274572..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: It's Hip To Be ScaredAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-33282560377293156322009-10-10T12:28:32.394-04:002009-10-10T12:28:32.394-04:00The real purpose of these sessions isn't to &q...The real purpose of these sessions isn't to "teach" anything but to inculcate the subtext that any problem the student has is the teacher's fault. That's why administrators love to send people to them and teachers can't stand to be in them. RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-75716420947172988462009-10-06T14:29:54.208-04:002009-10-06T14:29:54.208-04:00In my opinion, you can't "teach" gen...In my opinion, you can't "teach" generic teaching. I've taught many adjunct college art classes like drawing, painting, & 2-D design. I learned the format for my classes by observing the best of the teachers I'd had and consulting well done books. In grad school, I was an assistant in several classes and then eventually my school (Northwestern) allowed me to teach my own beginning level class. An undergrad might complain, but I really do believe this the best way to learn teaching. My class work was reviewed by tenured professors. I don't see why this approach can't work for earlier education. Why should a teacher only know "education" - how about a history or english major- or biology? I think that supplemental teaching workshops can be helpful, especially if they are actually taught well and communicate something useful. And of course, there are different theories of education with various techniques, but jumping through hoops just to acquire some certificate to appease the state seems like such a brain drain for everyone. I'm pro union, but the system the teachers unions have here in CA are stupefying our kids, and I'm sure it's similar elsewhere. But it's good to know that someone like you will still put up with all the bullshit to teach.Gruvkittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667411138724801816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-91821230405123094792009-10-05T14:02:30.505-04:002009-10-05T14:02:30.505-04:00Is it nepotism? How do these people keep their jo...Is it nepotism? How do these people keep their jobs? Especially in a time when there are so many really good people out of work -- they could find someone who really knows how to teach to help you. Maybe they don't know how to tell who can and who can't teach? Yikes!kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-86319314374433810172009-10-05T12:15:04.783-04:002009-10-05T12:15:04.783-04:00It always saddens me to hear stories of inept teac...It always saddens me to hear stories of inept teachers, especially ones teaching teachers to teach. <br />I'll stick to thinking of your current night-classes as products of an increasingly complex paranoid conspiracy involving being purposely inept so as to weed out hte lateness and provide a self-discovered talent for independent thought. You passed Anne! :) Or something...Maebiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818255129828936381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-57939934419913695412009-10-05T09:56:04.205-04:002009-10-05T09:56:04.205-04:00I'm reminded of the fellow I knew in grad scho...I'm reminded of the fellow I knew in grad school who's now a highly paid educational consultant. His website notes that he has a doctorate in education, but it omits to say that he got it after being dropped from the psychology PhD program for incompetence. RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-39274863448233367972009-10-05T08:18:07.364-04:002009-10-05T08:18:07.364-04:00So part of the class Test to find the stupid class...So part of the class Test to find the stupid class and the equally stupid instructor?<br />It would be more helpful if an actual currently teaching person was your instructor. It would also make things easier for the instructor if they found out what YOU knew before they actually taught.Lori F-MNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-26842969882728333472009-10-05T07:32:35.390-04:002009-10-05T07:32:35.390-04:00i would have missed all that as i would have falle...i would have missed all that as i would have fallen asleep..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-86919898468473334412009-10-04T20:37:49.811-04:002009-10-04T20:37:49.811-04:00Ann, I once gave a seminar on model rocketry to hi...Ann, I once gave a seminar on model rocketry to high school science teachers who acted so outlandishly immaturely that the coordinator had to apologize profusely to me for their unprofessional and juvenile behaviors. It was that day that teachers fell off their pedestals in my eyes and I quit believing in heroes.<br /><br />I now have my own personal definition of wisdom that doesn't necessarily include the "educated".Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-9290995436365750842009-10-04T17:26:39.139-04:002009-10-04T17:26:39.139-04:00It's because they don't do, Professor Cunn...It's because they don't do, Professor Cunningham.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-49545876135991847282009-10-04T15:44:34.404-04:002009-10-04T15:44:34.404-04:00I've always wondered why, if ed professors are...I've always wondered why, if ed professors are supposed to know all about teaching, their own presentations are invariably the most inept and boring. Rodger CunninghamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com