Can America compete: A textbook case of failure

[TuviaDaCat]

I've found that the courses i do best in and the ones that I learn the most in are the ones where I never even open a textbook. A good teacher can do far more than a textbook could ever hope to. I think we should stop buying them altogether. I've found that very few students read the textbook anyway, especially the science and math ones, and the ones that do usually just get confused. Then the teacher explains what they've just read and it all makes more sense. Why not just cut out the middle man and give students less homework by teaching them what they need to know in the first place rather than wasting money and time on textbooks that don't help that much in the end anyway?

well, no... when written by an academic organization, it may come out great, i have this 3 books on electric field, magnetic field, and modern physics, by "machon veizman" which is a research institute here in israel, and those books are great.
also I am learning now in the open university, where most teaching is done with set of books, and it seems they did a great job with linear algebra 1 and 2.

it turns out that i can understand material much better with a good quality book, which explains everything to the bone, rather than being in a class and try to keep up with the teacher's voice... a teacher just doesn't leave you time to process the info...

 

[Kalimaa23]

Just wondering, what level of education do you need to teach in an American High or Middle School?

Over here you need to be a regent (meaning three years of non-university higher education, basically a Bachelor's degree) to teach lower secondary school (ages 12-15) and a Master's degree from a university and an additional one year degree called "aggregaat" (this is a practical and theoretical program op pedagogy) to teach in higher secondary school (ages 15-18).

@ShawnD : Similar things happen here. Enrollment at a university of your choice is free, so naturally you get a number of people who should be there. Altough universities try very hard to get across what they expect from first years, and organise intro classes in summer, the rate of failure is still high. Only about 30% of students make it through their first year, less so in the "hard" sciences.

 

[Blahness]

Bomba, long time no see!

Glad to see you still care about what I'm going through(not really =P, but you know) ^_^

 

[stepperry]

Just wondering, what level of education do you need to teach in an American High or Middle School?

Over here you need to be a regent (meaning three years of non-university higher education, basically a Bachelor's degree) to teach lower secondary school (ages 12-15) and a Master's degree from a university and an additional one year degree called "aggregaat" (this is a practical and theoretical program op pedagogy) to teach in higher secondary school (ages 15-18).

@ShawnD : Similar things happen here. Enrollment at a university of your choice is free, so naturally you get a number of people who should be there. Altough universities try very hard to get across what they expect from first years, and organise intro classes in summer, the rate of failure is still high. Only about 30% of students make it through their first year, less so in the "hard" sciences.

A Bachlors Degree 4 years with a Teaching Credential one to 1.5 years (either multipule subject or single subject). This would for Middle School and High School. If a teacher of 12-18 year olds he/she has a Masters Degree he/she get paid more. The masters degree take 2 years if your not working while doing Maters degree work.
If you want to be College/University teacher or Professor at least a Masters degree while professors probably need needs a Ph.D.

 

[stepperry]

How many hours/days a week 7th to 12th grade
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