I would like to devote my first blog post to sharing my essential questions about teaching. I do not mean my questions to be philosophical, though there is no harm in being philosophical about teaching. I do believe that we need educational philosophy more than ever so that we can uncover the true nature of teaching.
Questions that this blog will be sharing with those interested are the following:
- What makes the teaching profession so sophisticated?
- Why do teachers tend to resist change?
- What is the rationale behind submerging the teaching profession with jargon?
- What do effective teachers have in common?
- Is teaching a science, craft, or an art?
- Why aren’t all teachers creative?
- Why do teachers resist professional development programs?
- What are the core skills of effective teachers?
- Why has the teaching profession become very hard?
- Why are teachers burned out?
After teaching for more than 25 years, I am still asking these questions with the same anxiety and desire to find satisfying answers. This blog will share with you some of my reflections based on my very humble experience. I will definitely ask more questions. Asking questions is at the heart of reflection, as John Dewey said,“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
Abderrazak Behhar – August 15, 2021.
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