Week 2 Reflection

This week is very interesting, so many ideas from our classmates,video, and our guest speaker inspired me.
One idea that absolutely grabbed me is form our classmate,Ian.
He talked about the people who teach in the university level
they don't need to have teaching credential, degree or serious training in education
or how to teach people effectively. On the other hand, it is required for teachers in schools.
Since I am a foreigner, I don't know much about the educational system here in the US.
But what Ian said so this is same as what happen I my country,Thailand.
I used to teach undergraduate student in the university in Bangkok.
I have a master degree in Mass Communication and also experiences in the field,
so I qualified to teach in Mass Communication Department although I didn't have any degree in education.
The university provided a very short session on how to teach but I thought they was not very serious about it.
I taught so many student with out knowing deeply how to teach effectively.


The same thing happened when I was a undergraduate student (political science),
I studied in one of the best university in Thailand.All professors have high profile,
99%(from around 20) have doctoral degree form the top schools from the US.,UK,or France.
It's very difficult to get in and teach there, they need to have an outstanding academic background,
but nothing mention about the teaching skill. So, some of them have never realized that
student don't understand what they try to teach, and some class so boring or too many information
to remember in one session.

It would be nice if my old professors have a chance to watch the video that we watched in class
"21st Century Schools: Learning in the Digital Age". I am grade that I did and sure I am going to be
a better teacher than what I was before.


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