What a debate!
I think if our class could have been on the fence with this discussion many of us would have chosen that both professional and subject knowledge is important as a teacher. Since we were to split up as to what we thought was more important it made for quite the discussion. Many of us were passionate about what we chose, but both sides of the debate had very valuable ideas. Some of us just need to understand how to bring up our points (tone of voice, language both make a HUGE difference).
I think that it is extremely important to have subject knowledge as a teacher and to be passionate about the subject(s) that we are teaching because the kids will pick up on that. And they will probably enjoy it too, especially if you have that professional knowledge as well. To be a good teacher you need to know what you are teaching and how to teach it so that your kids will understand and learn.
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