tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053337367254190785.post6254184719432370056..comments2023-07-22T06:55:20.519-07:00Comments on CTEN Blog: CTEN - March 2011 letterCTEN Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14751307659968605787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053337367254190785.post-90557315016603052322011-03-18T09:10:50.511-07:002011-03-18T09:10:50.511-07:00Very interesting piece of history. Thanks for post...Very interesting piece of history. Thanks for posting it. The comment, "for he knows that he will be cared for the rest of his life and consequently does not have to suffer under the bugbear of dismissal" is quite telling - especially the terms "cared for" and "bugbear." The latter refers to a monster that was trotted out to frighten children. Bottom line it sounds as if the teachers at that time in that place were considered very childlike.CTEN Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751307659968605787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053337367254190785.post-33293751753402649022011-03-17T10:06:28.843-07:002011-03-17T10:06:28.843-07:00Tenure/Seniority originates from the Prussian scho...Tenure/Seniority originates from the Prussian school system, as does the majority of the American school system. Education pioneers, notably Horace Mann, went to Prussia to study their system and bring it back to America and implement the methods through the "teacher colleges". From Thomas Alexander's "The Prussian Elementary Schools", regarding tenure, "The Prussian elementary teacher is appointed at first only temporarily. At the end of two years' service, the probationary is allowed to apply for admittance to the Second Teachers' Examination, the passing of which entitles Teachers' the teacher to permanent appointment…. This second examination must be passed before the end of the fifth year of teaching....Once a teacher is in the profession, however, he is there for all time. It is a very rare occurrence that a teacher is dismissed. He is a state official and does not have to depend on the whims of a local school board for his bread and butter. This sense of security takes a great burden of worry from the mind of the teacher, for he knows that he will be cared for the rest of his life and consequently does not have to suffer under the bugbear of dismissal, as do so many American teachers." (I think the book transcription meant burden not bugbear although I'm not keen on 1919 slang.)3rseduc / handsinthesoilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218555891546800241noreply@blogger.com