Comments on: Teachers not staying in the profession, report finds http://www.tmttlt.com/2007/06/21/teachers-not-staying-in-the-profession-report-finds/ All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rochelle http://www.tmttlt.com/2007/06/21/teachers-not-staying-in-the-profession-report-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Rochelle Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:40:02 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2007/06/21/5683/#comment-336 Jason, have you been reading Foucault again? Jason, have you been reading Foucault again?

]]> By: jason http://www.tmttlt.com/2007/06/21/teachers-not-staying-in-the-profession-report-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-334 jason Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:15:20 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2007/06/21/5683/#comment-334 Or perhaps carroll has missed the MAIN point. First we need to "ensure that they have a solid middle class lifestyle, can be happy teaching, and aren’t working 14 hour days" we need to be "hiring well-prepared teachers who have a clear understanding of content, curriculum and how to manage a classroom". The interesting thing is I think that the problem is deeper. We don't respect learning or learners. We marginalize children, and just want them warehoused and really in prisions. And schools are places of institutionalization. Merely paying teachers well isn't actually enough. Teaching and learning must become de-instutionalized and re-integrated with the community. IMHO of course. Or perhaps carroll has missed the MAIN point. First we need to “ensure that they have a solid middle class lifestyle, can be happy teaching, and aren’t working 14 hour days” we need to be “hiring well-prepared teachers who have a clear understanding of content, curriculum and how to manage a classroom”.

The interesting thing is I think that the problem is deeper. We don’t respect learning or learners. We marginalize children, and just want them warehoused and really in prisions. And schools are places of institutionalization. Merely paying teachers well isn’t actually enough.

Teaching and learning must become de-instutionalized and re-integrated with the community. IMHO of course.

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.tmttlt.com/2007/06/21/teachers-not-staying-in-the-profession-report-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Rochelle Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:49:52 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2007/06/21/5683/#comment-335 Is that guy being willfully obtuse? Is that guy being willfully obtuse?

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