wangtesol
Joined: 24 May 2005
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 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: TESOL Law Journal on suing TESOL Certificate providers |
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This is an interesting article at the TESOL Law Journal on TESOL Certificates...
http://www.tesol-law.com/Vol_1_2006_jj&pr.php
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| Can we say that TESOL teachers will never be sued in educational malpractice? |
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| One area of educational malpractice that does seem more likely is that of a TESOL teacher suing his TESOL Certificate / degree provider. |
I see the issue as being what is legally a "teacher" and, of course, countries have have education law which defines what a "teacher" legally is (usually someone who has a bachelor of education and is admitted to a teachers professional association).
So, how can TESOL certificate providers issue a certificate that says they produce a "teacher" (of English) when all they do is attend 60 hours of talk and pay some cash?
The first TESOL certificate provider was the University of Northern Iowa which started doing it in 1966. Now they have a BA and MA in TESOL. But originally this certification was set up with help from the US Information Agency (USIA), the Cold War propaganda agency of the American government.
The USIA now exists as the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the US State Department. And they still use the same agents called "English Language Specialists."
TESOL Certificates are one big royal con that started from the US government on down. |
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