The "Good Teacher/Bad Teacher" Lesson
Podcast |
No Wrong Answers
Publisher |
Fountain City Frequency
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Education, 
K-12, 
Teaching
Categories Via RSS |
Education, 
K-12, 
Kids & Family, 
News & Politics
Publication Date |
Jun 14, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:30:54
Researchers recently studied some 600 anonymous Reddit posts in an attempt to form a picture of what the public views as a “good” and “bad” teacher. The findings come with some major caveats: nearly three quarters of regular Reddit users are males, under 35. So the take the following conclusions through that lens. An analysis of users’ posts showed they preferred teachers of so-called qualitative subjects (like humanities) over empirical subjects (like math), male teachers over female teachers, and high school teachers over elementary school teachers.
Researchers recently studied some 600 anonymous Reddit posts in an attempt to form a picture of what the public views as a “good” and “bad” teacher. The findings come with some major caveats: nearly three quarters of regular Reddit users are males, under 35. So the take the following conclusions through that lens. An analysis of users’ posts showed they preferred teachers of so-called qualitative subjects (like humanities) over empirical subjects (like math), male teachers over female teachers, and high school teachers over elementary school teachers.
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Teachers: LuAnn Fox (high school Advanced Placement Literature); Elaine Jardon (middle school math); David Muhammad (high school international relations.

Two stories of social media pitfalls--one involving teenagers, the other involving a teacher--caught our eye this week. First, a much-discussed story about Harvard rescinding admission for at least 10 incoming freshmen because of offensive memes they posted in a private Facebook group. Our teachers are saddened but not surprised at that kind of behavior. They’re a bit more surprised at our second social media story: a middle school teacher who posted a picture to Facebook of himself flipping off the White House. Should he be punished in some way?

Also, what makes a “good” or “bad” teacher? Reddit users have their ideas. A new study compiles them into an interesting (if incomplete) picture. Our teachers respond and also ask: is labeling “good” and “bad” teaching even helpful?

Music used in this episode is Inspiring Corporate and Scottish Indie by Scott Holmes; all have been edited.

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