"HeyBub" wrote in message
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The "educator" is long on methodology; the engineer is long on experience.
Which is better able to convey the material?

The better teacher; unfortunately (as we have already established) an expert
is not always a good teacher. The material being taught is also an issue,
you don't need to be an Olympic gold medalist to teach beginner's swimming
(although you should know how to swim yourself if only to understand what
your students are experiencing).

Consider how the military picks its teachers such as Drill Instructors.
They don't rely just on their inherent knowledge of the subject matter, they
send those folks to a training course to teach them how to teach, because
teaching is a skill in its own right. Yes, they have to be able to do what
they're teaching, but the point is they are given training so they know how
to convey their knowledge to others.