Treeg wrote:panick wrote:You can have a degree in anything, even a Masters or Doctorate but it does'nt mean you can teach!
Fully agree, I have been teaching in the past in the Netherlands, and what amazed me the most about it was how little it actually has to do with 'knowledge' of the subject and how much it's all about presentation. You don't need to be an expert on the subject you teach, the most important thing is you need to know how to present it to the class, how to 'get the message through'.
Almost correct. There are some new rules concerning education in the European Union. They call it competence based learning/teaching. There are three main aspects: knowledge, skills and behaviour. (It's a bit like learning how to drive a car, you have to know the traffic rules, you need the skills to drive and how to behave in traffic).
So it's not only about knowledge, but knowledge is part of the package. Skills and behaviour are equally important when working with people (and especially when working with adolescents). You also need to learn how to be a mentor/coach/manager/educator/organisor/referee/psychologist etc. All part of being a competent teacher. Although in the past things used to be different, these days we actually have to be able to teach before we get our degree.
