Does social class greatly influence teacher quality?

Question

Do teachers coming from the upper social class better teachers?

Answer 1

Not necessarily.

I married into a family with 10 public school teachers. My husband's grandfather was a high school dropout who was able to put all four of his kids into college and all 4 decided to become teachers. They are all very good in their chosen fields.

All have a better life financially than they grew up in because of the ability to earn more money.

Some of the next generation are also teachers or married teachers and they do better financially as well, but they are not necessarily better teachers. In fact, the previous generation I think is better motivated to inspire the kids because they know how important it is to rise above your station in life.

Answer 2

The more connection that a teacher can make to "real life" the better that the teacher will be. Class is not something that a teacher must remain locked into. For example, teaching at a higher income school and being middle class myself, I remind my students that many of them will need to find jobs some day. I believe that I am better qualified to talk about that reality than perhaps my more affluent counterpart. Additionally, I find that many affluent teachers tend to talk down to their students rather than to empathise with them. Remember, teens are rarely in a class, it's their parents that are that class.

Answer 3

I wouldn't say the class changes the quality of the teacher...but there are other influences....example I'm middle class..your average Joe. I taught at an elementary school full of rich folks. My 3rd graders would always talk about "I went to Hawaii on vacation" "I go skiing every year in Colorado" "My mom is picking me up early today so we can go to New York to see a Broadway play".....we live in St. Louis!!! I felt so out of place, but they seemed to really enjoy me as a teacher, and I felt that I provided them with very good information in a fun way

Answer 4

I feel that it really depends on the individual rather than social class. Some teachers from poor economic conditions can and do make excellent teachers. Some make lousy teachers. The same may can be said for teachers from the wealthiest of families.

Answer 5

No, but the social class of the student population unfortunately makes a big difference in the quality of teacher they will get, at least in US urban schools.

Answer 6

in my opinion .....no. social class does not affect intelligence. Not greatly anyway...there may be a small bump with better schooling but there are smart people and stupid people in any class.

I have a tendency to believe that smart people make better teachers - they are hard to find, but worth the look.

Answer 7

I'd say its the over all class room of kids and teacher that work together better in schools with bigger bank rolls.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No, but there are some teachers that provide a greater effort to students from specific social groups - rich, athletes. etc.

Answer 10

i agree with searcher.