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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (195699)	7/24/2004 4:34:31 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572611

" but must know "teaching" as a general art or science or whatever. " Pedagogy. And there is something to it. Now true, there is a certain amount of nonsense that gets dressed up as pedagogy, but if you've tried to teach, you'd know there is more than just knowledge of the subject matter. Which is not to say that knowledge of the subject isn't needed...

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (195699)	7/24/2004 7:41:09 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572611

But the reality is that a person who can learn math, physics or computer science with moderately hard work can become a teacher without cracking a book. Ah, but you forget the artificial entrance barriers that have been erected: those teaching credentials. It is often not requires that they actually know anything about the subject they are teaching, but must know "teaching" as a general art or science or whatever. Someone else who knows just enough about the teaching profession to be dangerous to people who know nothing.