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View Poll Results: What makes the school(uni) better & more selective?
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Syllabus
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Effectiveness of the course
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quality of Teachers
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Popularity
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12-14-2008, 03:28 PM
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Depends what BETTER means to you...To me, getting a job is the most important...To carry that over to your poll, popularity...An interviewer will be impressed by MTI, but not the other three items...
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12-16-2008, 12:27 AM
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What defines the quality of the schools?
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the quality of graduates they produce? |
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12-16-2008, 10:37 AM
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the quality of graduates they produce?
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How do you determine that? |
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12-18-2008, 06:24 AM
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Another aspect, in regards to the quality of elementary, middle, and high schools would be the involvement of parents/caregivers... both at home and with the teachers/administration. That I believe is quite critical - they must be supportive and involved, with the homework, with the programs, the classes, etc., being proactive, interactive, and engaged w/ what is going on.
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12-18-2008, 07:32 AM
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Another aspect, in regards to the quality of elementary, middle, and high schools would be the involvement of parents/caregivers... both at home and with the teachers/administration. That I believe is quite critical - they must be supportive and involved, with the homework, with the programs, the classes, etc., being proactive, interactive, and engaged w/ what is going on.
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I completely agree. While quality teachers, many programs and good administration are critical, all of that will be met with limited success if the community itself doesn't value education. |
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12-18-2008, 07:41 AM
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NONE OF THE ABOVE
The fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree. And a tree can be judged by it's fruit.
What are the students that have gone to that school doing today? More going to college, more passing standardized tests? This is what I would look for.
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12-18-2008, 06:49 PM
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sorry, just wondering what determines the quality teachers? Based on their education background? Or their teaching approach/effectiveness?
Anyway, for me, their education background definitely is the first impression.
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12-19-2008, 07:41 AM
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I think being a good teacher is almost a skill you are born with. You can have graduated magna *** laude from an Ivy League school and still be a bad teacher.
There are college professors (and even High School and Middle School teachers) that are so good that you just want to take whatever classes they are teaching. I don't think that has anything to do with where they are teaching or any of the criteria listed above.
Finding the right school for anyone is more a matter of fit then how it looks on paper. And that's why there is so much trouble for most people trying to figure out the best college - because there is no one BEST college.
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12-19-2008, 04:34 PM
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Location: Wynnewood, PA/Philadelphia, PA (Temple U)
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Anyway, for me, their education background definitely is the first impression.
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Um, not really. I had a professor in college with this education background:
BA from Brown. MS (physiology) from Harvard. PhD (nutritional biochemistry & physiology) from Tufts. He wasn't a particularly good teacher.
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