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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
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Following on from my thread about what subjects at school you didnt like. I saw a comment that the teacher was too dry in heir teaching style.
Should a teacher make it fun and engaging when they are teaching in order to keep their students interested in the subject?  |
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Fun and engaging would work, but a teacher these days can be stretched really thin. Multiple classes with different students at different levels, or maybe even teaching multiple subjects, it could be quite the work load making it difficult to tailor a lesson to suit a specific group of children.
While they can stick to similar lesson plans for students reaching that particular part of learning, some students might require more attention that others, or some with devour knowledge in its written form, or others might need you to go over and over a particular part of a lesson before it sticks. I imagine all this could be draining for a teacher making it harder for them to match each students needs.
Going back though, fun and engaging I would suspect might be the best method for reaching most students. |
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I don’t think it needs to be “fun” but it should be stimulating. Humans are curious and if you get their attention they will engage - they will think it is “fun” when they are looking back on it but that is not the key in the moment. |
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By *errocaWoman
over a year ago
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The education system is fucked.
There are so many kids out there that are struggling and the poor teachers have to teach a curriculum that's out dated and too heavily focused on tests and IQ.
What we should be teaching our young people are practical skills that will help them in life and focus more on EQ.
How many people do you meet that are so emotionally immature and have not got a clue how to understand, articulate and mange their emotions.
Let's teach our kids to be kind, compassionate and healthy human beings.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The issue with teaching now is all the kids even if they should not be mainstream are.
It is really hard to teach all abilities on a class of over 20 kids. I am a teaching assistant and there is just not enough support in classrooms. Teachers have a really hard job to engage kids that are already coming in disengaged. Lots of issues in this economy and a lot of kids are seriously struggling within their environments at home let alone coming into school in the right frame of mind to even pick up a pen.
Horribly difficult job, incredibly thankless job and the targets are unobtainable. |
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"Fun and engaging would work, but a teacher these days can be stretched really thin. Multiple classes with different students at different levels, or maybe even teaching multiple subjects, it could be quite the work load making it difficult to tailor a lesson to suit a specific group of children.
While they can stick to similar lesson plans for students reaching that particular part of learning, some students might require more attention that others, or some with devour knowledge in its written form, or others might need you to go over and over a particular part of a lesson before it sticks. I imagine all this could be draining for a teacher making it harder for them to match each students needs.
Going back though, fun and engaging I would suspect might be the best method for reaching most students. "
Absolutely right and a very difficult job, especially these days with all the problems the kids bring from home and their life. Not a job I would want to do as you get little thanks, especially from parents who abdicate their responsibilities but too quick to critisise the school and teachers. That aside teaching methods these days have changed, especially with all the technological developments. Lessons are much more fun and intetactive and teachers try to meet individual needs as best as they can in difficult circumstances. As in any profession, there might be the odd ones that are not cut out for it but most care and do the best they can. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't think it needs to be fun, but it does need to be clear and concise for everyone to understand. I loved History and probably had the best teacher I ever had and I wouldn't say he every tried to make his lessons fun. But they were to the point with absolutely no wasted movement and it felt like he had his lesson plans down to a T which helped in learning and retaining information. |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
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Teachers should be teaching kids how to think not what to think.Its nothing new,when I was at school in the mid eighties there were teachers teaching ideology instead of the subject.One taught socialism,vegetarianism etc (instead of Maths) as though it was the only correct political view or dietary choice. |
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There are primary school teachers who haven't got science degrees, teaching science classes in secondary schools. The system is rubbish, to be fair on those teachers how are they supposed to make it fun and engaging if they don't enjoy it? |
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To the best of their ability is all you can ask.
It depends to a large extent on the pupils and how receptive they are to learning. One disruptive student can prevent all the others from learning well.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was blessed to have fun and engaging teachers in all subjects, definitely made me enjoy school more and got good results because of that throughout secondary school, college and university |
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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
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"I don’t think it needs to be “fun” but it should be stimulating. Humans are curious and if you get their attention they will engage - they will think it is “fun” when they are looking back on it but that is not the key in the moment."
Yes, it should be stimulating too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Following on from my thread about what subjects at school you didnt like. I saw a comment that the teacher was too dry in heir teaching style.
Should a teacher make it fun and engaging when they are teaching in order to keep their students interested in the subject? "
It’s not that simple. Lots of teachers these days spend more time fire fighting than they do teaching due to class sizes and pupil behaviour.
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As an ex teacher (secondary science) I can say making things "fun" is often a struggle with certain topic areas. I had a decent level of success and I specialised in the least popular science, and did it by engaging curiosity, good pedagogy and ensuring my pupils knew what I was talking about... lots of recapping, lots of practice. Take in my subject went up at A Level during my time as a teacher, and I was the only one teaching my subject as a specialist so I guess it must have worked.
Kids are curious. Make them interested with a little something and they will follow along. |
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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
From the land of haribos. |
"Following on from my thread about what subjects at school you didnt like. I saw a comment that the teacher was too dry in heir teaching style.
Should a teacher make it fun and engaging when they are teaching in order to keep their students interested in the subject?
It’s not that simple. Lots of teachers these days spend more time fire fighting than they do teaching due to class sizes and pupil behaviour.
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Yes, you are right there, it is not as simple these days, compared to back in days |
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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
From the land of haribos. |
"To the best of their ability is all you can ask.
It depends to a large extent on the pupils and how receptive they are to learning. One disruptive student can prevent all the others from learning well.
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Yes, you are right there too, of their best abilities, yes, it also depends on those other things as well |
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I believe we share and transmit more of who we are than a subject we are to give out.
Embodying it deeply is of essence. I remember teachers who changed my way of thinking, and my path, by who they were, and what they taught me in class finally is just a curriculum which I can now find online.
So I'd say... Be so deeply yourself, and that will bring a major change. |
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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
From the land of haribos. |
"Fun and engaging would work, but a teacher these days can be stretched really thin. Multiple classes with different students at different levels, or maybe even teaching multiple subjects, it could be quite the work load making it difficult to tailor a lesson to suit a specific group of children.
While they can stick to similar lesson plans for students reaching that particular part of learning, some students might require more attention that others, or some with devour knowledge in its written form, or others might need you to go over and over a particular part of a lesson before it sticks. I imagine all this could be draining for a teacher making it harder for them to match each students needs.
Going back though, fun and engaging I would suspect might be the best method for reaching most students.
Absolutely right and a very difficult job, especially these days with all the problems the kids bring from home and their life. Not a job I would want to do as you get little thanks, especially from parents who abdicate their responsibilities but too quick to critisise the school and teachers. That aside teaching methods these days have changed, especially with all the technological developments. Lessons are much more fun and intetactive and teachers try to meet individual needs as best as they can in difficult circumstances. As in any profession, there might be the odd ones that are not cut out for it but most care and do the best they can. "
Yes, you are right there that the teachers are stretch too and yes, it is a difficult job as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don’t think it needs to be “fun” but it should be stimulating. Humans are curious and if you get their attention they will engage - they will think it is “fun” when they are looking back on it but that is not the key in the moment."
This and also with awareness of different learning styles. To spark that curiosity of learning in a group of 30 plus students must be a hard task but I guess this job is one of those you need calling for to survive and still feel inspired to do so? |
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"I think half the problem is that teachers tend to focus on the syllabus, rather than application, and rarely speak from experience "
Teachers are contractually obliged to teach the syllabus......... |
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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
From the land of haribos. |
"I don’t think it needs to be “fun” but it should be stimulating. Humans are curious and if you get their attention they will engage - they will think it is “fun” when they are looking back on it but that is not the key in the moment.
This and also with awareness of different learning styles. To spark that curiosity of learning in a group of 30 plus students must be a hard task but I guess this job is one of those you need calling for to survive and still feel inspired to do so? "
This and yes, with different learning styles as well. I also reckon that you need to feel inspired to do the job too |
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By *ogo1189Man
over a year ago
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"I think half the problem is that teachers tend to focus on the syllabus, rather than application, and rarely speak from experience
Teachers are contractually obliged to teach the syllabus......... "
You can teach the syllabus without losing sight on its application
The focus should be on applied studies rather than teaching to pass an exam |
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"The issue with teaching now is all the kids even if they should not be mainstream are.
It is really hard to teach all abilities on a class of over 20 kids. I am a teaching assistant and there is just not enough support in classrooms. Teachers have a really hard job to engage kids that are already coming in disengaged. Lots of issues in this economy and a lot of kids are seriously struggling within their environments at home let alone coming into school in the right frame of mind to even pick up a pen.
Horribly difficult job, incredibly thankless job and the targets are unobtainable. "
Agree. Plus some of the unruly scrote bags out there know their rights and play up massively. No discipline either. |
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