Currently, a MAT degree or Master of Arts in Teaching will improve your prospects as a teacher - increase your chances of leadership positions in your school and most likely…
So what's the problem?
Studies show no correlation between advanced degrees and student performance. The current discussion about educational reform is aimed at linking teacher pay to performance and not to certificates. Research professor…
It is argued that the teacher training colleges do not focus enough on experiential teaching, which affects the success of prospective teachers. Some argue that it is not enough to…
Patrick Welsh, an English teacher at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, believes certification has become an "absurd process" that plagues schools that have to follow rules they don't…
Katherine Merseth, director of teacher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has even stated that of the country's 1,300 graduate teacher education programs, only about 100 are doing…
Despite this, teachers and administrators continue to champion the MAT, often agreeing that the incentives make it worth the investment and because they believe it can make a difference. "We…
"We look closely at the institutions that have awarded such degrees because not all advanced degrees are created equal," McGuire continued. One such preference is that MAT graduates have studied…
McGuire also notes that it is important to distinguish between the credentials used in selecting and hiring a teacher and the information or criteria used to reward performance. "Training and…
In addition, better teacher training has proved its worth in other countries. Finland's school reforms began in 1963 as an attempt to get the economy moving again. In 1979, reforms…
The real question is: what makes a good teacher? Welsh might agree that some teachers have a talent for communicating and connecting with their students and connecting their students with…
Knowledge is an opportunity to expand creative and innovative thinking and always work to improve. A master's or doctorate in education may not automatically make a teacher better, but it…
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