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Generally speaking, experts should impose teaching methods they consider superior. That is why they are experts. They have been in the trenches of their various professions long enough to earn the title of expert. Besides that, their are quite a few other reasons why they should impose their teaching methods. Here are some of them.

1. Experts often research teaching methods. Doctors in the field of science or medicine have been through tried and proved techniques of conveying information to students or the general public to better educate them. These techniques are usually those that have been thoroughly researched by major organizations who spend millions of dollars in such studies.

2. Teaching methods developed by experts can be applied to a wider umbrella of the population. Usually, because experts are certified in their various fields, their certifying organizations ensure that the teaching methodologies they employ can be effectively use to educate a wider umbrella of people. This small fact can be seen in public schools where teaching methods are effective towards Asians, African-Americans, Hispanic, and other cultures.

3. Experts usually operate in groups or societies of there various disciplines. This naturally creates checks and balances to ensure that the teaching ideas of one person or a smaller knit group of people are imposed on the larger population. Various groups such as the IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers), AMA (American Medical Association), AEP (Arts Education Partnership), are all made up of a large number of professionals keeping a natural balance to the type of information and techniques of education disseminated to the larger public.

4. Economically practical. Teaching methods developed by experts usually do not cost the society, or government any more than it should. This is simply because these methodologies have been researched over a course of years proving their efficiency. The public therefore gets more "bang for the buck". Using a teaching method such as "Adopt visual aides, printed information, and classroom lecture to improve information recall" on a group of teenagers will be less costly than using a less general localized system where the information might be effective to just a fraction of the class consequently leading the educator to expend more dollars to train the remaining segments of students.

Choosing educational methodologies should not be a democracy. It should certainly be left to experts who have spent countless years perfecting systems and experiencing various challenges in the lifespan of their given profession to lead them to the title of "expert". It is these individuals, without a doubt that society should trust to handle "the way" in which education is delivered

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