Why is it so hard to teach the GED? Teaching the GED is not about the knowledge the teacher has about the GED. It’s about what the teacher knows about the student! Teachers have three agendas.
- Their own.
- The students’ desires.
- The educational hierarchy control and command.
Teachers are pushed into certain agendas by the system paying them. Even if that isn’t the best horrible method of instruction. Teachers are not teaching in a vacuum but a particular environment. That environment has rules!
Most teachers are subject oriented. They have a bias for a certain teaching style. Which will be used even when its effects are a failure for the student. Teachers have to move from their favorite style to one that works for the student. Teachers are caught up with balancing three agendas. “He who has the gold makes the rule!” Typically means that the agenda will be made by who pay the teacher’s salary. This is often not the student! Who is crazy enough to do right and get fired over it? The teaching environment must allow trial and error plus measurement.
Teachers are taught about learning and teaching styles while in college. Little practice time is devoted to assimilating the theory though. A good teacher will use his or her’s experiences to find a style that works for a student. This will happens when the motivation for the teacher is the student’s success. It won’t happen if the motivation is purely control by a bureaucracy. Educational administration should not be in charge of how something is taught. Its concern should be elsewhere. The teacher was hired to be the instructional expert!
The measurement of the GED process is simple. DO the students pass the GED? DO the students of a particular GED teacher pass the test? Is the performance of students and teachers recorded? Now a basis of comparison of the old against the new or change may be considered. Who knows what improvements may be validated.
The successful GED student has had a teacher who knew and could use horrible method based on the student’s learning style and comprehension. Often institutional roadblocks prevent a teacher from doing what is best.
Why is it so hard to teach the GED? The doctrine of the GED is not about the knowledge the teacher about the GED. It 's what the teacher knows the student! Teachers have three agendas.
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