Teachers Should Be Taught In Schools

Education, or rather being an educator is one of history’s oldest professions. Perhaps not like it is today with rules and regulations, but the idea of teaching one person from another has existed, arguably since the beginning of written language and critical thinking. Those who taught well always looked to find the best ways to teach. The best roles of teachers, the most advantageous to be taught, and the optimal environment of learning. Atop this list, it is almost beneficial for an educator to understand their own ideal way of learning; as without the ability to further one’s own learning, there can be no way of expending upon other’s.
The first concept is the role of a teacher in their classroom. Now, a classroom is not merely a room in …show more content…
In a 2014 article written by Judith Burns, on the BBC news network reported that ”...sexual education is not taught properly in schools...” this, along with topics like the Creation Theory and some pieces of American history are all skimmed over in schools. Although the argument is that it may offend or not be very school appropriate, the fact of the matter is all of these things are covered in some way in schools now. But, not to the extent at which they should. Now, obviously, math, reading, and for the most part, science are the three biggest subjects that everyone would agree should be taught in school. To survive in this day and age however a technology class should be tagged along with these three, especially seeing as how higher education has turned to online courses as a viable way of teaching students. Yet, a technology class is not considered part of a curriculum for most K-12 …show more content…
The beliefs I hold are this: everyone has the right to an education, students deserve fair treatment, and teachers should not be forced to teach things becuase of state standardized testing. The latter of the two is only thing I have not seen the book or any activity touch on, in fact, the book almost makes it seem that testing students and teachers is the best way to promote education. It is my belief that although state standardised tests are helpful to see the whole of the state, it should not be held against a student or a teacher. I believe that proper teaching takes years, which is why students must attend school until 12th grade. I also believe that learning does not stop after K-12 or higher education, schooling was designed to prompt learning and to better society. Based on this, my teacher’s philosophy and my beliefs are that teachers should prompt learning and help guide students, even after those students have graduated and moved on with their lives, the knowledge they gained in school should make them want to learn further and throughout their