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koreantiger81
Blue Belt
Joined: 13 Dec 2001
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 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 12:41 am Post subject: What's your education? What's your master's education level? |
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| I find that if instructors have a degree related to fitness or education, it will dramatically improve how your students learn. At one time, I was lucky to train under a very educated master....I can say he was probably the most well-rounded and best martial arts master, i've trained under..(he was also the most expensive).. Throughout his life, he was a doctor, biology professor, and a coach. (Sounds too good to be true, but his reputation is well known in my area.) Because of his education, he understood kinetic anatomy of the body, psychology, and how to teach which greatly helped his students effectively learn martial arts....I know there are a lot of good masters out there, who don't even have an education. Most traditional masters who immigrated to North America, didn't actually go to post-secondary education,but they are still good at what they do...Anyway, the whole point of this thread was to ask, "Do you think instructors should also have some academic credentials?"" |
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omnifinite
Purple Belt
Joined: 09 Apr 2002
Posts: 524
Location: Northern VA
Styles: Hapkido | Kempo | Jujitsu
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If the credentials make them better teachers I'm all for it. I wouldn't say that's the case with all credentials though.
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ZR440
Black Belt
Joined: 04 Nov 2001
Posts: 1597
Location: Michigan
Styles: Filipino
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| Fortunately, my MA instructor also teaches technical courses at a community college, so he has quite a bit of experience with people in general. I think there is a definite advantage with having an educated instructor when it comes down to explaining why things are done the way they are done and general people skills. |
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ZeRo
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Joined: 03 Apr 2002
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| well it helps i spose. |
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monkeygirl
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Joined: 22 Feb 2002
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Location: Iowa
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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Well, let's see....my education....I'm a sophomore in high school 
I agree that a degree in a related field would be helpful, but not absolutely necessary. I know a lot of people who are smarter than some college graduates in their field, but simply did not have the money or time to go to college. There's still no substitute for real-life experience and common sense  . I think if you can find a balance between real-life experience and college education, then that would be perfect...more power to you! 
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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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I have a Social Studies EDU degree but that does not do anything for my karate knowledge. However the classes I took in college that taught me how to handel a classroom gave me insight on how to work a dojo. I am also a football coach and have knowledge with muscles and weights and physcal activey.
Just because you are good at something don't make you a good teacher. Just because you know a lot don't make you a good teacher. Just because you got a degree in whatever don't make you a good teacher. To be a good teacher you got to help people uncover their best style of learning and let them learn on their own.
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Bratt
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Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 82
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I don't think it should be obligatory. But it does help if one is educated in a certain subject. Your very lucky to have been taught by someone so highly educated, especially in those fields
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koreantiger81
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Joined: 13 Dec 2001
Posts: 283
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yes, i'm lucky but it costs almost a grand to get your black-belt.  |
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hobbitbob
Purple Belt
Joined: 15 Jun 2002
Posts: 545
Location: Denver
Styles: 3d dan Shotokan, 2d dan Wado Ryu, 1st dan Taekwondo, 1st dan Aikido
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Elmar Schmeisser's organization (there's a link on www.24fightingchickens.com) has an interesting scheme for instructor certifications. It includes completion of courses in physiology, psychology, etc... I wonder if other organizations have such credentialing processes? I also wonder who has the time to do them?
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Freestyle
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| I have a doctorate level, post graduate degree. However, I learned to teach karate by teaching karate. I've been teaching for over 20 years and learned by doing. I'm not sure my degree has helped my teaching ability, I am sure that my experience in life has... |
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