"There are plenty of "experts" in history with great knowledge but don't have a clue as to how to relate to kids - how to speak to them - how to motivate them - and how to keep them in line."
Yeah, this is why I took my teacher's degree, my 'ed' courses. But there is very little support for 'keeping them in line' in the high school, so I moved onwards and upwards. Now, the same issue that I loathed in high school has hit the university class -- if you aren't an 'actor' or a stage presence, you risk having your class walk out at break. Everything you do needs to be tied to a mark. There are too many students, and too few of them are there for the learning. Whatever happened to the concept of 'reading' for a degree? When seminars were meant to be a forum of ideas instead of listening to one person drone? At the university, people are afraid to express opinions, because they might get flamed for being politically incorrect. Sigh.
"Now, the same issue that I loathed in high school has hit the university class -- if you aren't an 'actor' or a stage presence, you risk having your class walk out at break. Everything you do needs to be tied to a mark. There are too many students, and too few of them are there for the learning. Whatever happened to the concept of 'reading' for a degree? When seminars were meant to be a forum of ideas instead of listening to one person drone? At the university, people are afraid to express opinions, because they might get flamed for being politically incorrect. Sigh."
today's generation seems to have a need to be entertained.
If they aren't enterained they want it to be worth their while to sit in class.
Up until they come to you they've been taught to simply jump through certain hoops to get what they want....they're just continuing on with that method.