Serious problems have been identified in the quality of pre-service teacher training, in terms of both subject matter knowledge and skills in the field of teaching that are necessary to be effective in the classroom.

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And, based off the early success of Udacity, Coursera, and the likes of the Kahn Academy, I do think the future classroom will impart knowledge in unexpected and more effective ways.

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In later years, I welcomed these same children as older students into my classroom to scaffold their learning as they proceeded toward their next level of knowledge and understanding.

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As Jayson Boyers argues over at the Huffington Post, competency-based education omits the social and relationship-based aspects of a college education, which often yield as much career benefit as classroom knowledge to those just entering the workforce.

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Why do we ask employees to attend week-long classroom sessions to learn new skills, when most of their new-found knowledge often evaporates by the time they get home?

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True, prospective teachers need to be taught the basics of how to cope with kids in the classroom, but the main emphasis should be on subject knowledge rather than methodology.

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