Essay On Did American Run Out Of Professional Classroom Teachers

BEHS 210 Week 1 DB

A very pressing social matter truly near and dear to my heart is the teacher shortage of 2023. Every time I think about this topic, my mind always questions, “at what point exactly did American run out of professional classroom teachers?” To help find an answer to my question, I used the learning resource’s definition of social science and what it does to help better our society. To breakdown the meaning behind the terminology, “social science is, in its broadest sense, the study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around us (“What is Social Science?, n.d.”).” From this definition, the world around us, or our society, is saying that primarily speaking, the number one reason of why America

Why do we not value teachers as human beings and individuals that need to make a respectable living? Why do we also not see teaching as a respectable profession anymore? And aside from the fame and notoriety, why are teachers not socially on the same level as our fellow actors and famous athletes? According to the definition of social science, “social science tells us about the world beyond our immediate experience and can help explain how our own society works... (“What is Social Science?, n.d.”).” When we look at sociological theories and perspectives, this falls directly in line with the social conflict theory. Social conflict theory states, “social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict between competing groups (“Module 1- The Social Sciences, n.d.”).” This conflict then creates an inequality, “when members of a society have different amounts of wealth, power, and prestige (“Module 1- The Social Sciences, n.d.”).” And within our society today, we don’t need any more conflict in any area of our

As inflation costs rise, our salaries need to increase as well. That said, the two social science disciplines that would help resolve and potentially end our teacher shortage are economics and psychology. In economics, I want to look at microeconomics. It is, “a subfield of economics that focuses on decision making by individual units (“Module 1- The Social Sciences, n.d.”).” My first set of questions in point being, “why haven’t we dramatically increased the teacher salary?” And “why do we keep taking money out of our education budgets?” Psychology is the “study of the science of behavior and cognition (mental processes) (“Module 1- The Social Sciences, n.d.”).” Our second question in point being, “we see that teachers are leaving behind their once beloved profession and classrooms for more money. Why haven’t we thought of paying them more money?” These questions are not challenging in the slightest to answer, but I, along with many other educators (current or aspiring), just simply want them answered and acted