Two words: Teacher Training.
I can't stand how so many teacher preparation programs focus mainly on theory and forget that practice is crucial!!!
Edit: Ok so that doesn't exactly answer the question but that's the first thing that came to mind when reading "theory v. practice."
Two words: Teacher Training.
I can't stand how so many teacher preparation programs focus mainly on theory and forget that practice is crucial!!!
Edit: Ok so that doesn't exactly answer the question but that's the first thing that came to mind when reading "theory v. practice."
So, what sounds good in theory but doesn't work so well in practice? And this could be any area . . .
I was trying to think of one, but I'm just going to second this one. This is SOOOO True.
My wife went to Columbia for a teaching degree. Supposedly the 'second best" teacher's college in America. She was teaching in an inner-city classroom in Harlem, and would go to her advisor to ask for help with students. The advisor, an expert in "Urban Inner-City math education" would shrug. She had never taught in a school! She just published papers.
Or her science teaching teacher, who mostly told stories about his ex-wife for an entire semester.
They've gone so far up Theory Road, they don't even know where they are!
My wife just laughs when people interviewing her get excited about her degree. We've realized since then that a lot of state schools have better teacher's ed departments.
Millions of dollars in grants and papers... yikes.
Ugh.
So, what sounds good in theory but doesn't work so well in practice? And this could be any area . . .
me doing homework over break
There are helicopters that blow out the propellers before the ejection seat is launched.ejection seat on helicopters