▶ Your Answer :
Undoubtedly, teachers play an important
role in students’ lives in many of the places where they study or play. Some
people say that all school teachers should be required to take courses in every
four years to update their knowledge, while others don’t. Both sides may have
their own reasons to support their opinions. If I could choose one side, I
would say that it should be mandatory for teachers to take courses every four
years to obtain new knowledge. There are some reasons as follows.
First, updating teacher’s knowledge can
bring better academic results. When teachers take classes that give some new
information, they will be able to add that new knowledge to their lectures.
This can improve the quality of their lectures which will be helpful for the
students. For example, in the research conducted by Tokyo University, there was
a huge difference between two student groups who took American History class
from different teachers. The first group consisted of those who learned from a
teacher who didn’t take the course that provides some new issues, while the
latter group was made up of those who took a class taught by a teacher who obtained
new knowledge in the course. The latter group tended to rate higher scores in
the same exam. Also, the latter group was more likely to be satisfied about the
lecture. This implies that new information that the teacher got from the course
helped him to provide better lecture to his students which resulted in higher
academic achievements.
Secondly, if teachers do not take the
courses every four years for new knowledge, they might convey wrong information
to students. Many things must have changed during four years. Therefore,
without updating, teachers may teach wrong information. For instance, when I
was in high school, I learned that a certain site in Korea was the evidence of
Japanese colonization. However, I later knew that the evidence was actually found
invalid few years before. If my teacher was required to take the course to
update her knowledge, I would have gotten the correct information.
All things considered, it is crucial for
school teachers to update their knowledge every four years by taking some
courses. All in all, the importance of teachers cannot be overestimated in
students’ lives. |