9/24/2020; Week 02: Response to "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?"
Is the Great American Teacher Dead? That's the great question, posed by John J. Ivers in his article published in the Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, in 2012. Here we are, 8 years later, and it's a question more important today than it was then. In our world of Coronavirus and online learning, the ability to teach is no longer just about keeping students engaged. It's about being able to pivot and communicate. In the article, John Ivers says "Public speaking and teaching are cousins. At the core of both is communication." This is more true today than ever before. On an online platform like Zoom, being able to communicate effectively is more important than even in person teaching. This is something that I know I will need to work through as I become closer to being a teacher. Another quote from the article struck me. "Every time a teacher walks into a classroom he or she should take their craft as seriously as a Shakespearean actor entering the ...