Thursday, October 31, 2013
Teachers' Impact
The movie we watched this week really showed me how a teacher can impact students' lives. I think it goes under the radar sometimes how influential teachers are on students lives. I found this article http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/11/opinion/bennett-good-teachers/ which talks about the impact of a teacher on students and the stats that go along with having a great teacher. It said, "second only to parents, teachers are the most important part of a child's education. Great teachers make a great difference; poor teachers hurt a child's life chances" (Bennett). This quote alone shows the truth about teachers' affects on students lives. After all kids are with their teachers probably just about as much time in a day as much as they are with their parents. This only means that teachers' have just as much of an impact because kids take in everything they see. The article also mentions that great teachers cause higher test scores, which is not an indicator of a good teacher, better jobs in the future, and an overall higher level of success in the future.
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I knew that a good teacher has a large influence on childrens' lives, but I had no idea about all of the things that this article presented. For instance, when a teacher that has high value-added joins a school, that test scores in that specific grade significantly rise and when they leave the test scores drop. Also when they use financial examples to explain how much of a better teacher one is that has high value-added I was astonished. The fact that when a teacher that has high value-added replaces a teacher that has low value-added there can be a $250,000 gain the classroom is outstanding. This article really put into perspective how better teachers can really impact students. I feel like this article should be emailed to all teacher unions and principals so that they can really see how teachers affect students.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that the teacher influences how the student perceives the class as a whole and also determines how motivated a student is in learning. Good post and article!
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