Readers of this study simply have no way of knowing whether the researchers» 13 measures of
teacher expertise actually correlate with improved student achievement.
Not exact matches
Still another dilemma: «You have
teachers, lawyers, doctors and engineers who have studied at Cuban universities, but many of them don't necessarily have practical
expertise, because the engineer hasn't
actually built a bridge, or the architect hasn't built a building,» Periu says.
They believe that the Common Core will limit the flexibility that
teachers have to teach what they think is best (though the Common Core
actually establishes guidelines for what students should know and be able to do while allowing educators to use their professional
expertise to teach in the ways they think will help students meet those guidelines).
What's more, the hope is that these
teachers will
actually have significantly more
expertise in the art and science of teaching and learning.
«The
teachers themselves obviously had a lot of
expertise but sometimes Jane and I could
actually do a lot of the leg work,» Murray explains.
Her divergence from the majority in both decisions rested on the view that judicial deference is based upon the principle of relative
expertise or experience in a particular area, and thus this bare assertion of a presumption of deference simply because a statutory decision - maker is interpreting its home statute pays too little attention to whether the statutory decision - maker
actually has sufficient
expertise or experience to justify deference to its determination of a legal question (See Alliance Pipeline at para 80 and Alberta
Teachers» Association at paras 82 — 89).
For example, Madam Justice Deschamps wrote a concurring opinion in Alberta
Teachers» Association on the view that judicial deference is based upon the principle of relative
expertise or experience in a particular area, and thus a bare assertion of a presumption of deference simply because a statutory decision - maker is interpreting its home statute pays too little attention to whether the statutory decision - maker
actually has sufficient
expertise or experience to justify deference to its determination of a legal question (Alberta
Teachers» Association at paras 82 — 89).