UNESP (julho) 2008 – Questão 82

Linguagens / Inglês / Text Comprehension / Find Specific Information in the Text
 How to Make Great Teachers
By Claudia Wallis
 
We never forget our best teachers – those who imbued us with a deeper understanding or an enduring passion, the ones we come back to visit years after graduating, the educators who opened doors and altered the course of our lives. I was lucky enough to encounter two such teachers my senior year in a public high school in Connecticut. Dr. Cappel told us from the outset that his goal was not to prepare us for the AP biology exam; it was to teach us how to think like scientists, which he proceeded to do with a quiet passion, mainly in the laboratory. Mrs. Hastings, my stern, Radcliffe-trained English teacher, was as devoted to her subject as the gentle Doc Cappel was to his: a tough taskmaster on the art of writing essays and an avid guide to the pleasures of James Joyce. Looking back, I’d have to credit this inspirational pair for carving the path that led me to a career writing about science.
It would be wonderful if we knew more about teachers such as these and how to multiply their number. How do they come by their craft? What qualities and capacities do they possess? Can these abilities be measured? Can they be taught? Perhaps above all: How should excellent teaching be rewarded so that the best teachers – the most competent, caring and compelling – remain in a profession known for low pay, low status and soul-crushing bureaucracy?
Such questions have become critical to the future of public education in the U.S. Even as politicians push to hold schools and their faculty members accountable as never before for student learning, the nation faces a shortage of teaching talent. About 3.2 million people teach in U.S. public schools, but, according to projections by economist William Hussar at the National Center for Education Statistics, the nation will need to recruit an additional 2.8 million over the next eight years owing to baby-boomer retirement, growing student enrollment and staff turnover – which is especially rapid among new teachers. Finding and keeping high-quality teachers are key to America’s competitiveness as a nation.
(Time, February 25, 2008.)
De acordo com o texto, a questão mais relevante para o futuro da educação pública nos Estados Unidos está relacionada a
a) como estimular professores a permanecer em uma profissão de baixo prestígio.
b) como a excelente qualidade da docência deve ser avalia da a fim de que os melhores professores permaneçam em uma profissão com exagerada burocracia.
c) como a excelente qualidade de docência deve ser recompensada a fim de que os melhores professores permaneçam em uma profissão conhecida por pagar baixos salários.
d) como mensurar a competência de docentes que insistem em permanecer lecionando, embora recebam baixos salários e enfrentem uma burocracia exagerada.
e) como os docentes mais competentes, cativantes e interessados podem não se sentir desestimulados com a burocracia, os baixos salários e o baixo prestígio.

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