首页
登录
职称英语
(1)A conventional teacher’s license usually requires a university degree in e
(1)A conventional teacher’s license usually requires a university degree in e
游客
2023-10-27
59
管理
问题
(1)A conventional teacher’s license usually requires a university degree in education plus an unpaid term of practice teaching. This has never made much sense. It excludes bright students who take degrees in other subjects, and might teach those subjects: it is costly and time-consuming for career-switchers, who must wait a year or more before they can enter a classroom: it is so rigid that private-school teachers or university professors with years of experience have to jump through hoops before they can start teaching in a state school. And there is virtually no evidence that it creates better teachers. For all that, it is strongly backed by schools of education, which have a monopoly of teacher-training, and by teachers’ unions, whose members make more money when it is artificially hard for others to get into the profession.
(2)Now, some 45 states and the Districts of Columbia offer an "alternative route" to a teacher’s license, up from only a handful in the 1980s. Alternative certification (AC)generally allows individuals with a university degree to begin teaching immediately after passing an entrance examination. These recruits, watched over by a mentor teach the subject they studied at university, and take education courses at a sponsoring university while drawing their salaries.
(3)The traditional sort of American teacher is likely to be young, white and female. Alternative certification attracts more men and more non-whites. In Texas, for instance, roughly 90% of public-school teachers are white, but 40% of those who have joined through alternative certification are non-whites. The AC route also draws teachers willing to go where they are most needed. A survey of Troops to Teachers, a program that turns ex-soldiers into public-school teachers ("Proud to serve again"), found that 39% of those taking part are willing to teach in inner-city schools, and 68% in rural areas.
(4)Are they good teachers? Officialdom is reluctant to release the details which might answer that question for certain. But anecdotal evidence suggests they do well. In New Jersey, which has been running this sort of program since 1984, rich districts, which can afford to be choosy, consistently hire more AC teachers than poor districts do. In Houston, Texas, where the Teach of America program (TFA)puts recent university graduates into poor communities as teachers, the most effective teachers are generally the TFA ones. "School principals are our biggest fans," Wendy Kopp, TFA’s president, says proudly.
(5)So why not scrap the cumbersome teacher-licensing laws? Frederick Hess, a professor at the University of Virginia, has written a paper for the Progressive Policy Institute arguing that teacher-licensing ought to be stripped to the bare essentials. Prospective teachers should be required only to hold a college degree, pass a test of essential skills, and be checked to make sure they do not have a criminal background. Other training is important, argues Mr. Hess, but the market, not state legislators, should decide what that training looks like. This notion of "competitive certification" has drawn favorable attention from the administration. [br] By calling for "competitive certification" (Line 6, Para. 5), the author seems to suggest that _____.
选项
A、teacher-licensing be simplified
B、education be operated like a market
C、unified education standard be scrapped
D、entry for prospective teachers be made easy
答案
A
解析
推断题。从末段的主题句看,作者的主张是废除繁琐的教师资格认证法。接着作者引用了弗吉尼亚大学汉斯教授的观点来说明如何简化人行(进人教师行业)程序,由此可见,作者在呼吁competitive certification(资格竞争)时,实际上主张的是简化教师资格认证程序和内容。因此选项A为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3134345.html
相关试题推荐
(1)TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethan
(1)TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethan
ANewApproachtoDebateI.Teachers’hesitation:debate
ANewApproachtoDebateI.Teachers’hesitation:debate
ANewApproachtoDebateI.Teachers’hesitation:debate
ANewApproachtoDebateI.Teachers’hesitation:debate
(1)Aconventionalteacher’slicenseusuallyrequiresauniversitydegreein
One’suniversitydaysoftenappearhappierin______thantheyactuallywereat
ACteachersdowell.根据题目中的NewJersey定位到第4段第3句和第4句。第4段首句紧接上文提出“Arethey(ACrecrui
(1)Pageants(露天演出)areusuallyconceivedonafairlylargescale,oftenunde
随机试题
A.widerB.rapidlyC.satisfactoryD.biggerE.objectsF.genuinelyG.
饱和粘性土的不固结不排水抗剪强度主要取决于()。A.围压大小 B.土的原
喷射混凝土起到()。A.加固作用 B.支撑作用 C.填补作用 D.黏
期货公司及其营业部有下列()行为的,根据《期货交易管理条例》第七十条处罚。A、
以下属于α1和α2受体阻断药的是A.哌唑嗪 B.拉贝洛尔 C.酚妥拉明 D
站内高压站用电系统宜采用中性点接地方式。外引高压站用电源系统中性点接地方式由站外
健脾丸的君药为A.熟地 B.生地 C.白术 D.茯苓
一般情况下,企业采用预收货款销售方式销售货物,收到货款时的正确账务处理为()。
下列关于公式编辑和修改的方法中,不正确的是()。A、双击公式所在的单元格直接在单
下列业务中,应该计入其他业务成本的是()。A、自用无形资产的摊销额 B、结转出
最新回复
(
0
)