Re: Uneducated librarians...

[Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>]

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Su Epstein wrote:

>         You might find it interesting to know that as long as you have
> an MA in something you can teach college.  Your MA doesn't have to be in
> the subject you teach.  Most college professors have NO training in
> teaching, education, how to manage or organize a class - and often the
> subject you are assigned to teach you might not have even ever had a
> course in!
>
>         I just thought in light of this discussion - some of you might
> find that interesting...
>

It is, indeed, unfortunate I think. Some of the very worst
teaching I've experienced (as a student) was at the college
level. Most of it was strictly behaviorist, take notes,
read the assignments, regurgitate, regurgitate, regurgitate.
Now and then someone would throw in a cute project of
some kind but for the most part it was all lecture and
tests. I enjoyed some of my classes. I especially enjoyed
some of my lit classes, but even those required little
original thought. The professors mostly wanted to hear
me tell them what they had had to say...

I was involved in one grad program, however, in which
instructional practices took a deliberate turn to the right
(or left as the case may be). There were many nights when
I found myself actually WISHING they'd just give me a book
and some lecture notes to memorize. It would have been so
much easier! But in the end, I came away from the program
feeling I'd really accomplished and learned.


   J. Rathbun | Library Teacher - Media Specialist
   Lincoln Elementary School - Las Vegas
   jrathbun@orednet.org [home]
   The views I express are mine and mine alone.

  "Poetry and hums aren't things which you get, they're
   things which get you. And all you can do is to go
   where they can find you."

             -- Winnie the Pooh

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