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Subject: Adolecense Psycology Teacher Training

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Patrick Frett

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Date Posted: 16:00:13 03/02/08 Sun

I want to begin first by saying, I am not even sure if I am supposed to post today. But, to be on the safe side I am going to go ahead and write a post either way. I was reflecting on the tools given to new teachers. I never went through a normal undergrad teaching program. Instead, my program was a quick lets get the essentials and the rest will work its self out kind of training program. Why is it that there is not more of a focus on teachers being trained in subjects such as adolescent psyc. I took the crash courses in classroom management and effectively teaching content, but there was never a focus on the actual mental state of the students I teach. I think knowledge of why certain actions take place is vitally important. Truly understanding the reasons for your students actions is necessary. Yet my training did not include any of this. Do we need to revamp how we prepare teachers for the classroom? What tools do teachers really need to be successful in the classroom? Perhaps we need to reevaluate how we teach and train our teachers. Yet again, sorry if this post was not supposed to happen but either way I think it is an interesting concept.

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Re: Adolecense Psycology Teacher Training	Timothy R. Pruitt, Jr.	04:05:48 03/10/08 Mon