problems encountered of teachers teaching non-major subject?
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1. Classes aren't placed in high regard in the minds of students, "Oh, I'll take drama for an easy A"\n\n2. Classes are usually the first to get cut when the school has budget cuts\n\n3. Funding for new supplies / materials is given less frequently
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Hi! \nHere are some Internet resources that would help you out:\n\nhttp://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/largeclasses/faq/faquo/classroom/classroom.html\n\nLarge Classes: Limiting the Chaos:\nhttp://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/largeclasses_limitingthechaos.pdf\n\nClassroom Management Techniques and Tips: Workshop Handout from GMU Faculty Development Center:\nhttp://www.gmu.edu/cte/classroomanagement.doc\n\nClass Size and Writing:\nhttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4116/is_200504/ai_n13502917\n\nMeeting the Challenges of Larger Classes:\nhttp://www.utoronto.ca/ota/LargerClasses.pdf\n\nThere have also been a couple of books put out on this topic recently. Go to amazon.com and do a book search with "teaching large classes."\n\nHope this is helpful to you!! Happy New Year!!\n\nHope this helps.
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Lack of education. Teachers lately feel Students should have good self esteem and that education is secondary.\n\nSo we'll end up with alot of cocky morons who can't spell.
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You should talk to the students who are having difficulties and ask how you could improve your teaching skills.  Maybe you speak too fast and they don't hear everything you say.  Perhaps you're moving through the curriculum too quickly.  Maybe it's not you at all- they could have problems at home or be busy with a part-time job.  Look for different ways to teach- use words, pictures, hands-on activities, videos, pop-quizzes, technical manuals, etc.\n\nThe important thing is to communicate with your students and ask what YOU can do to help them.  However, I can't help but wonder if it could be a language problem.  English obviously isn't your first language, and I had real problems in university with a Teaching Assistant for Computer Science who was not able to communicate in English.  It could be that you're not yet at the point in your language acquisition where you're ready to be teaching.
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I think these days, teachers are being forced to "teach towards the test" only.  In my state specifically, being an intellectually well-rounded student means nothing as long as your state test scores look good.  Previously, students were learning to successfully function in society, as well as to do well on tests, but the inverse seems to be in practice today.  No one is teaching courtesy, chivalry, or common sense to kids these days, which I think are imperative to becoming good citizens.  Teachers, in my opinion, are really getting a raw deal now.  Reproaching students by calling parents or punishing them doesn't seem to be working either.  OK, getting back to the teaching topic... one excellent teaching technique is to become as personable with students as possible.  That, in turn, will give students an initiative to learn.  I have had some horrible experiences with teachers that just don't care and have expressed this to students.  I definitely think that teachers these days are on the defensive and this a stark contrast from 20 years ago when the teacher acted more like a second mother to students than a disciplinarian only.
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I am not in your area, unfortunately.  However, you could contact a college or university closest to you and ask to speak with someone in the Education department.  Someone may be able to spread the word to Education majors-which would be prefered seeing as they will be dealing with those sort of things, and they are being trained how to do it.
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Well, teachers are usually specialized in the area that they are teaching.  So while they might be smart at one thing, they might not know anything about another subject.  This is not to say that teacher's do know all about the subject matter at hand.  They learn new things while they teach also.  \n\nHere's a bad analogy:\nIt's like reading a book more than two times.  You always see more the second time around.  Therefore, this effect might take place while teaching from a book.\n\nNow, there are some teachers who don't know how to teach very well, so I guess you might call this an "act."  but, I would call it "practice."
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i think the answer lies in the method of teaching and the teacher themselves not properly motivating students
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As an educator a teacher should teach the required materials on subjects, aid in teaching the next level of social skills(even if the parents haven't done their part),boost all students egos and desire to learn, council as needed, recognize problems with emotions,physical,abuse,educational,financial or any other problem a student may have that is keeping them from performing their best and be on good terms with the child so the teacher may have a positive discussion and help with the problem or give suggestions for ways for the parents to get the child help, and keep up with all fund raiser money, notes and calls to parents, homework, grading,lesson planning, after school activities leader, and be cheerful and always present. As learning from the student a teacher must be open to new ways to communicate with students and learn new ways to teach as well as make students behave.The teacher will improve by dealing with many student conflicts/issues whether or not they are educational or affect educational purposes.The teacher will try methods that may work with one class but not the next and have to figure out how to meet the next classes needs.Over trial and error the teacher will learn how to meet the needs of most students. The teacher is also attending classes to keep up with the states requirements and/or to recieve their masters or above or administration degree or to teach other classes.The teacher is a constant learner and teacher. Teaching isn't in the classroom only and learning doesn't only happen from a desk.They are both ongoing and a responsibility a person must accept as a teacher.
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If an educator is not seeking continued professional growth then that must be a personal decision they have made.  In my opinion if they are not seeking continued professional growth, then they are in the wrong field.  Alot of times it is just not the teachers fault that they have low studednt achievement!!  This could be an either/or situation.  It could be either the teacher is really not putting their all into teaching or the student refuses to learn.  So I feel that both the students and teachers are at fault.  Who can really say.  Do you understand??  I hope this helps you.
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Ask one of the teacher's for help.
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Could you state that question in better way? every school of OR has its own way to formulte problems, so you should ask in a general language. Thanks again.
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DIfferentiate your instruction.  Check out the books by Carol Tomlinson on the subject.  You need to design lessons that allow for the content, format and assessment to be adapted to the needs of individual students.  Specific strategies depend a lot on which subjects you're teaching.\n\nBe sure to avoid seperating students by ability level.
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Interesting question!  On one hand, the teacher is responsible for doing all in his power to make the course material as interesting as possible.  He should be well schooled in educational methods and strategies, and should constantly be seeking to learn more and better ways to impart information.  Careful forethought and planning on the instructor's part will result in many ideas that will make class more interesting and appealing to the reluctant learner.\n\nThat said, however, it is manifestly impossible to enter a pupil's heart and make him want to learn.  Part of being human is to have free moral choice, and some simply choose not to learn.  It is not possible to reach everyone, regardless of what the hopeful pundits may claim.  Even Jesus Christ, the Master Teacher, had one disciple that positively refused to accept His teaching.  \n\nI suspect that laziness on the part of the evaluator has something to do with blaming the teacher for the lack of motivation on the student's part.  It's easy just to say, "If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught."  However, as with most things, the matter is far more complicated than that.  The evaluator (whether it be a school administrator, parent, board member, or politician) needs to take the time to check the teacher's methods and procedures.  If deficiencies are found, these can be addressed.  But let's not forget that it's the student's job to learn just as it's the teacher's job to teach.  Without the cooperation of both, learning cannot and will not take place.  And to try to fix unilateral blame for that failure may be an attractively simple option, but it is simply not realistic.
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I had a math teacher, I actually felt sorry for him. He could not control the class at all. He would write on the board and there would be spit wads all over the board and in his hair. It was impossible to learn anything in his class. Some people just don't belong in the teaching profession.
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Great question!  As a former teacher, and a student for a long time!!! I would say, yes it does affect students.  Maybe on an unconscious level, but yes.  Students look up to teachers-- what's inside the teacher matters more than what's outside, but you see the outside first. . .
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A teacher who makes students feel bad for asking questions is not a very good teacher, in my opinion.  I am a first year teacher and I encourage all of my students to ask questions.  This also helps me to clarify concepts and will assist me in preparing and teaching the lesson better next time.  I must say though, it is quite frustrating for students to have a teacher repeat something 4 or 5 times just because the students were not paying attention the first time.