[EDUC 2110] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (12 pages long)
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The teaching profession and you: becoming a teacher. Interaction, impact, respect, involved in intellectual matters, creative, make a difference, better salaries, and vacations. Fast-paced and intense, less recognition, repetitive, routine, loss of. Why teach? idealism, low salary: working with young people, significance of education to society. Decisions made by politicians, parents, and textbook publishers. Feel like there"s a little control over careers. Freedom from direct or public job supervision. Effective teacher preparation: lifelong learning, teaching to be active learners (hands on, knowledge of content, improving preparation. Need a bachelor"s degree in another field (math, biology, etc. ) Get a contract with a school system and you teach for a few years while taking ongoing education classes: troops to teachers. Public"s view on who should be a teacher: high achieving students, brightest people they know, their own children. Making salaries more attractive: local supplements. Anywhere from to a couple thousand a year: paid benefits.
