HOW ARE THE STANDARDS IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION?
The teaching profession is mediocre to say the least. Students who don’t qualify for the real university then go to the teachers colleges. The result is that the teachers often don’t know much more than their students. A lot of education revolves around rote memorization and unquestioning obedience. It was quite different from the western style. A lot of teachers also only know their subject and don’t have a very good general knowledge. At a lot of the rural schools, the teachers even appear not to care and sometimes have been known to sleep in class. English is supposed to be used in the classroom, but some of the teachers don’t know English very well, so they end up teaching in their native language. This is problematic because the national exams at grade 10 and grade 12 are completely in English. At the typical rural school, only a few kids will pass the grade 10 exam to go on to grade 11.
Related Questions
- If my school participates in the STARSS pilot, does the whole faculty have to agree to use the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) as the basis for evaluation?
- What is the relationship between the Teaching Performance Expectations and the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)?
- Can our school use the CA Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) for professional development and not for evaluation?
