Check out this article from Time.com. The Time article discusses the effectiveness of the country's schools of education. A couple days ago, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, gave a speech that indicated schools of education were not doing a good job of preparing teachers for the classroom. Thinking back to my own teacher preparation, I can't remember taking a "this is how you become a good teacher 101" class. I had a seminar on classroom management...that class should have been a little longer. I was very fortunate to have been a college aide for several fantastic teachers who modeled great teaching for me. I also had two outstanding master teachers who taught me many valuable skills that helped to prepare me for the classroom. A lot of what I know about teaching and learning I learned as I did my teaching thing. I also learned a lot from collaborating with my colleagues.
I mean really, ALL the schools of education suck? It seems lately that dumping on teachers and public education is coming back into fashion. I'm not cool with that.
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I have often told future teachers that the hardest part of teaching is classroom management. Until you have a good management system in place you can not teach. What works for one group of students may not work for another. That is why teaching is so awesome you have to constantly change, remember back and be willing to try something new.
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