Journey of Words

Teachers Need to Know The Numbers

Both Joanne and Darren have posted about an AP report showing that elementary teachers are not being taught math properly.

Part of me says…well duh!…From what I’ve seen most ed schools are more interested in multi-cultural, differentiation, self-esteem building programs. But I digress…

In my experience I have found that a large portion, not all by any means, but many of the better teachers are those that have subject area degrees and received their teacher credentialing through alternative methods. From my unscientific observation, teachers that went through a traditional college degree program majoring in English, Math, History, or the like tended to have a better grasp on the material that they teach, even if it wasn’t what they majored in.

Maybe, as Darren suggested, all elementary school teachers should read this:

[amtap book:isbn=0805829091]

I plan on adding it to my summer reading list.