In the article “Building a Better Teacher” by Elizabeth Green, she emphasizes the fact that education and certification are not the only ingredients needed to make a good teacher. There are many statistics proving that students are failing despite the fact that teachers have master degrees and passed all required testing. There have been different models tried over the years. But most have failed to change the basis caliber of the teacher. Even giving merit raises and recruiting more elite teaching corps like Teach for America has not seemed to reliably improve student learning.
One of the most intriguing studies seems to be the Mathematical Knowledge for teaching test (M.K.T test) brought to light by researcher Deborah Loewenberg Ball who concluded that “teaching even third-grade math requires intricate skills and complex knowledge about math.” Ball felt that you have to understand not only how to teach the right way to do math problems but also to understand how the students might understand or misunderstand it.
Another great mind in helping to better our teacher is Doug Lemov. His book version of Lemov’s Taxonomy “teach like a champion: the 49 techniques that much students on the path to college” is loaded with new ideas to help teachers succeed in getting all students to learn better. While both Mathematical knowledge for teaching and Lemov’s Taxonomy are proving to have much merit, more time is needed to get enough teachers to the level where they can effectively make a difference.
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I believe that the summary of the article is accurate. Though I think that you hit all the main points, I believe they can be expanded more. Some of the things that you might be able to expand on would be the test scores of the students even though the teachers are highly trained. You do mention the Taxonomy but maybe you could also add some examples of the techniques that are used. In your summary you did stay objective reiterating the information and the point of views that were given to us. I think that you expressed the article in your own words and provided quotation marks on the direct quotes that came from the article.
ReplyDeleteI thought this summary of the article was great. It gave me a clear understanding of the entire article. I think this essay portrayed the author’s argument perfectly.
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ReplyDeleteYou've definitely included what I'd consider to be the three main parts of article here (the problem plus inadequate solutions and two more promising solutions). Your organization is clear, and overall this is quite competently written.
I think you could develop this just a bit more though. Isn't MKT applicable to other content areas? And the Lemov section could use some details (just what sort of "education" is he proposing? what does he concentrate on?) I did wonder as well about your order here, which flips the order of original article, which has Lemov first, then MKT. It might be OK to do it that way, but I'd like the sense that you have a good reason for doing it.
All in all, though, a very good summary!
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