First and foremost they are majors in Education.
One of the least academic rigorous programs in college.
Many but not all education majors are in the botton 1/4
of SAT or ACT exams.
One solution-at least for high school teachers. Require
all high school teachers to have at least a BA or BS degree in the subject they teach or at least a minor. Then go on to earn an MAT, Masters Degree in teaching, including student teaching. Provide higher pay if they earn a MA or MS in their fields of teaching. Also, hire people with BAs
or BS’s degrees at a minimum who have had professional experience in those subjects and provide teacher training
over several years. There are several excellent on-line teacher training programs.
The other useless degrees designed to sell to students who have no business in higher education include anything with “studies” in the degree program. Fill in the blank
______________ Studies” Black, Queer, LGBTQP, Hispanic, Social-work, Stupid. Take your pick an drop it in the blank and there is a degree for it costing the same as a STEM field degree that is actually marketable, AND rigorous.
Should only those who have passed a curriculum of approved nonsense be allowed to teach in the field of climate science? That is the direction those in the upper management positions in our universities would like to see things go. I do not believe that requiring people to jump through more hoops and have more accreditation from our corrupt educational system is the solution.
“First and foremost they are majors in Education.
One of the least academic rigorous programs in college.
Many but not all education majors are in the botton 1/4
of SAT or ACT exams.
One solution-at least for high school teachers. Require
all high school teachers to have at least a BA or BS degree in the subject they teach or at least a minor. Then go on to earn an MAT, Masters Degree in teaching, including student teaching. Provide higher pay if they earn a MA or MS in their fields of teaching. Also, hire people with BAs
or BS’s degrees at a minimum who have had professional experience in those subjects and provide teacher training
over several years. There are several excellent on-line teacher training programs.”
My parents were teachers, and the requirements at their university were as follows: A major in the field of study in which they plan to teach with a minor in education. Now, many universities have reversed the requirements to where a person merely needs a minor in the field that they plan to teach.
I used to date high school math teacher who had a degree in Math Ed. She would constantly but honestly (In her mind it was true!) tell people she had a math degree. It was a math degree with NO analysis (calculus) and no higher form (abstract) algebra.