Who got into teaching to pass on their passion for learning to young people but found the real job is hardly about that?

I think the incentives are completely wrong in education and it’s failing both students and teachers.

As the title suggests, I got into teaching because I was passionate about my subject area and wanted to help young people learn from my experiences and expertise. Yet in my time, I’ve found it’s mostly about being a carer to 25 kids at a time. I think this is a big reason why so many teachers feel emotionally burned out and ultimately leave the profession. So you end up with a lot of teachers who can’t teach but are good at handling the admin and behaviour management side of the job.

The system also fails students by increasingly prioritising a false interpretation of wellbeing over setting them up for success in the future. The intentions are there, but we’re doing it wrong. We’re there for their every need and all this does is perpetuate their learned helplessness. It’s a severely short-sighted approach and it sets students up for failure in the real world. Real wellbeing comes from the sense of pride and accomplishment we get when we overcoming challenges. Not by never feeling discomfort.

Anyway, I'd love it if you would have a read of my article and let me know what you think, whether you agree or not. Thanks everyone

PS: I'm Australian but from what I can tell, this is a universal issue... a western education system issue at least. Perhaps the education department overhaul will help, perhaps it'll make it worse, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Cheers.

Submitted December 01, 2024 at 05:31AM by kiddinmoi https://ift.tt/kFqlDUh