Hello everyone! I would like to be a high school teacher but I don't know if it's "enough" to earn online degrees in History and Education for that. As a transfer student, it would be easier to go to online college but do you think online degrees can be equally accepted?
2007-09-28 22:03:16 · 4 answers · asked by Sal 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
From a retired high school history to teacher to a future high school history teacher.
As long as the on line courses and degree are from an accredited school they will legally be accepted.
Although I do not have statistics to prove the point my feeling is that an on line degrees are usually not as good as brick and mortar ones.
You lose out with the personal contacts with both the faculty and other students.
I met many people while taking brick and mortar degrees who became friends and have maintained those friendships over the years.
To our mutual delight one of my classmates and I wound up teaching in the same school for about 10 years.
You may also be able to make valuable contacts to share ideas and to help each otter secure positions and to advance.
It may also be that an on line degree might be held against you when someone looks at your resume or you are being interviewed.
The advantage of the on line degree is that you can pursue your aspirations according to your own schedule, Another advantage, if it is important to you, is that you will meet people from different parts of the country.
Good luck whatever the course you pursue.
2007-09-28 22:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by DrIG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of the opinions here are not supported by the present academic research. Online students do indeed tend to learn more than traditionals. More important, employers consider the quality of the school not whether it was online or not. As an example, would you prefer an online Harvard MA or a traditional MA from East Podunk State? Most will pick the Harvard grad. The only time employers pick based on whether it was online or traditional is when the schools are identical in reputation -- and then, some degrees are more respected when delivered online (IT for example).
Fact is, some online degrees are more accepted than some traditional degrees. Example, an MEd from Columbia (even if online) is a pretty well respected degree in education land. A traditional degree from the worse college in your state is still a degree from the worse college in your state.
Where you're going to run into a problem with your goal is that teacher education programs for state certification require student teaching experience and that's hard to get online. Finding a history teacher education program wholly online will be next to impossible.
What you may want to find is a hybrid program that does both classroom and online.
The biggest advantage to an online degree (that many traditionalists aren't considering in their opinion) is that you can attend the finest universities in the world (with their brightest students) from wherever you are if you do it online.
Harvard, Stanford, UMass, Florida, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Berklee Music, Duke, etc... are all teaching online now. Nobody, but nobody, wonders if a degree from Harvard is "real" nor will they likely ever ask if it was "online". As for the interaction with students and faculty debate goes. Social interactions are available from many sources, many of which are better for you than keg parties. Faculty interactions with Joe the Grad Asst. simply aren't all that valuable. Most students don't hang out with professors.
Also know - it is not easier to go to class online. It is MUCH harder. It's simply more convenient. In a quality program, you will be requred to read and write a lot. Far more than a classroom class. You will be REQUIRED to interact with your peers instead of sitting in the back of the classroom napping.
When you don't understand, you'll simply have to find a way to figure it out. There won't be office hours for the prof. to go over it with you.
2007-09-29 07:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how desperate they are for history teachers where you live. You will be allowed to get teacher's certification as long as your degree is from an accredited college. You will have a hard time beating out a graduate of a well-known traditional college for a job, if your degree is from an online school. If you must do an online degree, do it from a school that has mostly on campus courses - you'll benefit from its campus reputation, then.
2007-09-28 22:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They may legally be equally accepted, but when it comes down to it, an employer will hire the person with the regular degree, not the person with the online degree. Online colleges are simply not respected, and some people doubt that they are even 'real.' Go to an actual college if you can.
2007-09-29 04:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by xo379 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do think a acommunity college is considered "easier" than a regular college. But if you want to attend one for financial reasons, you should. After all, you plan on transferring. And once you do, you will be at the "university level" and you can prove that you can handle it and be successful. Everyone has different situations, and people that go to community colleges shouldnt be discriminated. Many smart start off at community colleges and transfer to great schools.
2016-03-19 02:11:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋