21/09/23 Week 02 Response to "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?"
Discuss: "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?" By Donovan Torr Dr. John J. Ivers has a very compelling argument in his paper "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?" For someone who has never resided in America, this question took on a more international approach, I thought: Are great teachers dead? I would like to explore and discuss this idea of the state of teachers in our countries. What would make a teacher count as "dead" and what can be done to revive them if needed. So what would make a teacher dead? I agree with Dr. Ivers statements that lessons that are boring, superficial and have uninspiring content can all be attributes of a dead teacher. Along with this would be a teacher who has given up, lost their motivation, and is just worn out from years of lack of support from a system that rarely cares for its teachers. Other issues that could lead to bad lessons are; when material is badly delivered, or the teacher has poor public speaking skills. ...