Phillip Rhodes said the following on 3/28/04 1:47 AM:
Then again, I suppose my position on teaching is biased by my
own teaching experience, and the training I went through in
the fire service. When I took my instructor methodology course
to get my NC Fire & Rescue Commission instructor certification
I recall the instructor telling us "You don't really KNOW something
until you've taught it." I didn't understand that until I taught
my first Firefighter I/II class... now I'm firmly of the belief
that a teacher (at least in the fire service) needs considerable
depth of knowledge to be very effective. To be able to explain
something to somebody else, it just seems that your knowledge
and understanding need to be deeper than just having read a chapter
ahead in the textbook..
Sure, but a teacher, just like a student, isn't limited to
just using the textbook as your only source of information.
Especially with the web today you can find a bunch of other
sources. It helps if you're able to distinguish what's good
and what's not, but you can also use other textbooks and
your own experimentation. A teacher should not ever just be
reading one chapter ahead of his or her students, but I still
maintain that it is possible to learn enough about any subject
to teach it well and effectively.
Cheers,
Tanner
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