Teacher here. Now we get taught that the main mechanism for learning is attention, usually triggered by a combo of motivation and diversity (as opposed to monotonicity). So you should hit a variety of teaching styles not because different students react better to some of them but because it triggers their attention and motivation mechanisms. We also get taught that switching too much tires the students out, so we should pick some 3 types of activities and rotate between them, tending to reduce the traditional lecture style.
Oh man, I could go on an in infinite rant about all this… but well, this is the recent theory. (Dated 2024)
In my world I’d adopt the West Wing teacher philosophy: competition to be a teacher should be fierce and pay should start at six figures. You all are literally shaping the world’s future and yet many teachers I know have to purchase their own supplies and deal with thick headed administrators that place politics over pedagogy.
I teach at university level. Fixed positions are few and far between, pay is okay (if you somehow forget all the seniority you need to get to this positions), number of teaching hours is very high, there is no incentive to teach well. One of the results is that you are not selected for being a good teacher, but for the other components of your cv.
Teacher here. Now we get taught that the main mechanism for learning is attention, usually triggered by a combo of motivation and diversity (as opposed to monotonicity). So you should hit a variety of teaching styles not because different students react better to some of them but because it triggers their attention and motivation mechanisms. We also get taught that switching too much tires the students out, so we should pick some 3 types of activities and rotate between them, tending to reduce the traditional lecture style.
Oh man, I could go on an in infinite rant about all this… but well, this is the recent theory. (Dated 2024)
In my world I’d adopt the West Wing teacher philosophy: competition to be a teacher should be fierce and pay should start at six figures. You all are literally shaping the world’s future and yet many teachers I know have to purchase their own supplies and deal with thick headed administrators that place politics over pedagogy.
Thanks for what you do. I appreciate your work.
I teach at university level. Fixed positions are few and far between, pay is okay (if you somehow forget all the seniority you need to get to this positions), number of teaching hours is very high, there is no incentive to teach well. One of the results is that you are not selected for being a good teacher, but for the other components of your cv.