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¿Question #220771?
mattomaw: What percentage of teachers (of all disciplines and types, whether in an institution, youtube or down the local pub or whatever) don't really know what they are on about?

PolarDad: It depends on the subject, the grade level, and the years of experience. I will speak from my experience in regards to public school teachers in America. College education and training is broad for elementary grades (students ages 4-10). They will come out very knowledgeable in the content area in ELA (English Language Arts) and math. The science and social studies portion of their college education and training will be VERY minimal and lacking. I'm talking content. When it comes of teaching method, it is a CONSTANT learning process. I think this is facilitated much more by mentor teachers and subject area teams while teaching. Secondary (students aged 11-18) teachers' college education and training will be VERY deep in a given area. For example, my co-teacher in my 7th grade regular education science class majored in Biology. Her knowledge in that area is extensive...far beyond what 7th graders need to be taught. However, we teach in the middle school (students ages 11-14) portion of secondary education. In middle school, the science classes are general science...so she has to teach some standards that fall under physical science. For areas outside of her college major, her college training was pretty minimalistic. Her weekly lesson planning taught her a lot in the first few years. There is no better way to learn something than when you teach it to others though. After a couple years her content knowledge would be impressively deep in those areas...at least for a 7th grade level class. I would think that ELA and math teachers in secondary grades would still be plenty proficient but that science and social studies teachers might have a steeper learning curve the first few years. The high school (students ages 14-18) portion of secondary education have classes that are more specific...students take a year of Biology or Chemistry or Astronomy so a teacher might be proficient in content if they are teaching what they majored in...which is not always the case. Methodology would be similar to elementary teachers. Classroom management is a whole different subject. New teachers usually struggle massively with classroom management (dealing with the behaviors of students). New teachers often have a leg up on older teachers though when it comes to utilizing the newest technologies in the classroom. This is probably far more information than you wanted, huh? Sorry.
Fribian: *shrugs*
Woelf: When you include YouTube and local pubs in there, the percentage skyrockets.
pricero1: If you're talking non-professionals, 55%; otherwise 35%.