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| Before | 39% | 130 votes | Total: 332 votes | |
| After | 61% | 202 votes |
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by T. M. Beeker
"This is an M-60 Echo 3 machine gun, during this course you will learn its nomenclature, uses, troubleshooting when a stoppage occurs, and finally a little bit of the theory beh...read more
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by B. Rock
In an ideal world, there would be plenty of money to give teachers the supplies they need to teach and to provide them with the training they need to develop as professionals. ...read more
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by Jay Cam
Most teachers, if they are a teacher, are fully qualified to do there job correctly. The only thing that stands in their way is the scarcity of materials. How should a keybo...read more
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by MJ Suttor
Schools must deal with the scarcity of teaching resources before teacher training. Investing in the needed resources is essential to any successful school. If any of you hav...read more
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In the struggle to resolve the many issues, which stand in the way of educators providing their students with quality educations, reform efforts must be prioritized; otherwise, ...read more
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It strikes me as odd that a scarcity of resources would be a reason to not train teachers. Why not train teachers to cope with lack of resources so that they can teach effective...read more
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In order for students to learn, they need many resources. The teacher is only one of them. Teacher training is important, but it is not the most important thing. At least the...read more
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by Maurice Hall
In order to ensure the best education for any student, teaching resources must be readily available before addressing teacher training needs. What use is a teacher with ton...read more
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In an ideal world the acquisition of school supplies should happen in conjunction with the training of the teachers. However it is not a perfect world, therefore having the too...read more
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If a teacher needs to have copies made for her/his class, is she/he incompetent? Why should the matter of incompetence even surface? Yet this has been the case at many of the ...read more
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by Cindy Benner
In our local school the PTG (Parent-Teacher-Group) gave the teachers each a fifty dollar gift card to help reimburse them for the school supplies they bought. My daughter, a fir...read more
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THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED IN "AFTER" With the new technology and advancements, we often neglect the importance of creativity an the impact that it has on the learning pr...read more
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by Shammah
What's the good of having a teacher is there isn't anyone to teach or any tools with which to teach? You can teach all the theory in the world but it won't do the recipient a b...read more
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by Amelia Love
As a teacher, I have dealt with this issue personally and have acquired enough experience and training to begin to fully appreciate the benefits of having experience and trainin...read more
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A good teacher with inadequate supplies will still be a good teacher. A poor teacher with all the supplies in the world will still be a poor teacher. The first and most import...read more
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A scarcity of teaching and learning resources is a serious deficit in any organisation that seeks to offer a quality experience throughout the learner journey. In addition to th...read more
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If what you have to each with defined how much you could learn, Abe Lincoln would never have become a lawyer, much less a president. Education is not formed from objects. It i...read more
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by Tim Driver
In the "chicken or the egg" question of whether teachers need resources or training first, the answer must be training. While it is true that if one has no resources, learning c...read more
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The best teaching resource is not an object, but a skilled teacher. A good teacher can teach a handful of students with little more than a pen, a notebook and access to a compu...read more
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by betty warner
The process of education is a relationship of reciprocity. The main operatives in the situation are people. The teacher gives and receives just as the learner does. The content...read more
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Times are changing quickly. With technology becoming more advanced with every passing moment, it becomes increasingly important that teachers receive adequate training in order...read more
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by Christine G.
A BLACKBOARD AND A PIECE OF CHALK When I was a young teacher (ca. 1969) on a summer course, I encountered a colleague who had taught English to future teachers in Africa. H...read more
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What good is school supplies, computers and other teaching resources if the teacher using them isn't a good teacher? If a phenomenal teacher has hardly any teaching resources sh...read more
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It is my belief that teachers must be well trained to help all different types of students to learn before they are given the additional tools to do their job. Today more then e...read more
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Of what use are teaching resources if there are no teachers? Will computers and other teaching resources be of any help if the teachers do not know how to use them? The issue re...read more
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The whole education system has been demolished by relying on technological resources to teach our children. Computers are a helpful tool but they are becoming the primary method...read more
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by Sheryl Bone
What is a good teacher ? A teacher, by definition, is someone who imparts knowledge or skills, who gives instruction. A good one, I think, is someone who can not only give tha...read more
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by Duane Kuehn
There is probably nothing more exciting, intriguing or wonderfully amazing than handing any cashier $2.27 for a $2.07 purchase and watching them squirm in confusion as they...read more
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I would say simultaneously if possible but given the choice I say after. An improperly trained teacher may not even know what to do with the teaching resources given to them. Al...read more
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by Jan Castillo
Scenario A: School supplies may be very scarce. Each child brings to class a pencil, a notebook and curiosity about this place called "school". The teacher's main resource is th...read more
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Should you even be asking this question? If We continue to let our most valuable resources ( our children ) go to school without first doing a complete check of the adult instru...read more
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by Schneider
A good teacher can teach anywhere, even without desks, up-to-date books, art supplies, computers, etc. The core issue is that educators are not paid as professionals. If you wa...read more
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I think training the teachers should come first. I have children who need the education that only a well educated teacher can provide. I started noticing that one of my chil...read more
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