Teachers, Facilitators, Babysitters-- why do these job descriptions seem to be merging?

There was once upon a time a person called a school teacher, who was very well educated, who was steely, who took control of the class, a veritable sage on a stage.

 Well, you can kiss all that good-by.

 As part of its general disdain for education and indeed civilization, our Education Establishment has waged a war against the very concept of a teacher.

1) As chronicled in "Ed School Follies" 20 years ago (see my review on Amazon), ed schools got dumber, and the educational level of future teachers got lower.

2) In general, there was never any emphasis on the most efficient or ergonomic way to present knowledge. Ed schools focused on Dewey, Piaget and psychological blah-blah-blah. The focus was always on social engineering, not academic or intellectual engineering.

3) The Education Establishment expended huge effort to invent dysfunctional methods: whole word, new math, reform math, etc.

4) In recent years, our Educational Establishment has come up with a concept for preventing teachers from teaching nearly altogether. Constructivism is the sophistry that supposedly justifies turning teachers into facilitators.

 And that is the theme of this article.

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2014021633872/life-and-science/health-...

 Want to reverse the downward spiral? Simply reverse each of the steps described above.

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