Re: Is competence in physics as a requirement for teachers of

["Dewey Dykstra, Jr." <dykstrad@bsumail.idbsu.edu>]

> "John C. Park" writes:
>
> > > The answer to your problems is really very simple:
> > >
> > > Those who CAN, DO.
> > > Those who CAN'T, TEACH
> > > Those who CAN'T TEACH, TEACH TEACHERS TO TEACH.
>
> > Hmmm..... any research evidence for this?  Does this include both
> > those who teach science content and those who teach methods to teachers?
> :)
>
> Yes, there is statistical research that shows that graduates of teachers
> colleges
> and schools of education, in general, have lower SAT and IQ scores than
> those who go into other professions.

So, what is the connection between being able to "DO" and SAT and IQ?

> Also, professors of science education are usually held in lower esteem
> than those in the science content areas by their colleagues.

What does "lower esteem" have to do with the quoted phrases?

> Of course for every rule there are exceptions and this rule has many
> exceptions
> as well.
>
> Herb Gottlieb from New York City
> (Where professors who teach methods courses and science teachers
> are all above average)


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"Physical concepts are the free creations of the human mind and
are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external
world."--A. Einstein in The Evolution of Physics with L. Infeld,
1938
"Don't mistake your watermelon for the universe."  --K. Amdahl in
There Are No Electrons, 1991.
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