▶ Your Answer :
Although there is no complete consensus that has been
reached on this topic, yet I
would like to take
a stance with one of the given plans that providing training for every teacher
online and, let them study individually. In order to substantiate my central
focal points, I will provide specific reasons and explore the given topic in
great detail in this essay.
To begin with, I firmly believe
that it would be more effective to provide training for teachers online, and
let them study individually. This is because, it doesn’t negatively influence
teachers’ own classes, giving individual tasks which are really helpful for
their classes and effective. Opponents of my perspective claim that it would be
better to improve teaching that train good teachers first, and let them teach
the other teachers. Proponents of this view several points as the rationales
for their argument and their argument might have some validity. But after
closer look, there exists an abundance of examples that calling into question
what they claim. Among such examples, an instance that I am going to describe
here can elucidate their incorrect viewpoint. When I was a middle school student,
my school teachers had an opportunity to take a ‘teacher training course’ which
was provided by the government. Five of them went to take the course, leaving
their classes to other teachers from the other schools. It might have some
positive effects, however, as far as I was concerned, it was really not effective.
This is because, while the teachers were trained, the students in their classes
couldn’t get an enough education from the other teachers. This validates my
earlier contention that since it doesn’t affect classes, it is more effective
to train teachers online.
The account of mine that I illustrated
above is not the only evidence to support my view. A recent survey conducted by
one of the leading educational consulting firms in Korea endorsed my opinion
when the respondents were asked whether they are sided with the argument that
it is more effective to give teachers training online to improve their teaching
or not. A leading education expert claims that teachers can individually learn
kind of teaching skills or how to educate their students better by following
online guideline with online materials. The expert also states that it doesn’t
have any benefit for the teachers, if they do not get absolute points of
education that is provided by either teachers or online. In addition, it is
really important to practice and study individually, and make whatever they
learned into their own. He also asserts that teachers can put what they learned
into practice, learning and studying training course online and not missing any
class.
In conclusion, in spite of the fact
that there would be some opinions that select a group of good teachers and
train them first, and let them teach the other teachers in their school, taking
into account all the factors that I described above, we may reach to the
conclusion that it will be more effective to provide training for teachers online,
and let them study individually. |