The dislikes are often the result of poor teaching, he said.
How can policy makers distinguish schools that fail because of low expectations, poor teaching and disorderly classrooms from those that seem to fail because of social and economic pressure?
It is because of the belief that poor teaching is the reason that American schools are failing.
Reasons why the students found neurology difficult and uninteresting include difficulty in understanding neuroanatomy, lack of teaching aids/models and poor teaching of neurosciences subjects.
At times, of course there is poor teaching.
This Machiavellian move hides the poor teaching of comprehensives.
The overall ranking of neurological teaching was moderate (Table 2), however during the transition from preclinical to clinical years, a doubling of "very poor or poor" teaching ratings occurred.
Poor behaviour often leads to poor teaching because teachers feel constrained, almost straight-jacketed, in believing that doing things differently will lead to poor discipline in the classroom.
It is not just poor teaching – or a lack of teaching – that can wreck a candidate's chances.
Lack of incentives, reward or recognition for teaching, poor teaching resources, low confidence in the curriculum and low postgraduate trainee availability due to clinical commitments and poor trainee attitudes were also reported repeatedly, reinforcing the findings of the survey.
