Zimmerman not guilty.

[Montmorency]

I will argue that you will see a larger difference in pedagogical practice between a maths teacher and a language teacher* at the same school, than you will see between two maths teachers at different schools.

What would you say regarding the difference between a math teacher and a language teacher at the same school versus the difference between two maths teachers in different countries?

[HoreTore]

What would you say regarding the difference between a math teacher and a language teacher at the same school versus the difference between two maths teachers in different countries?

Depends on the countries, but the difference I experienced teaching in Tanzania was extreme(and not just because of poverty, we visited private schools as well).

There's also quite a difference between myself and my british coworkers.

[Montmorency]

Could you elaborate on the nature of the differences in each case?

As in, how are Tanzanian/British math teachers different from Norwegian math teachers (of course including teachers besides yourself)?

[Tuuvi]

HoreTore, in order to help you understand better I think the differences in police culture between communities in the US can be compared to the differences in corporate culture between companies.

Yes, there is a national corporate culture and American companies as a group will do things differently then say, Japanese companies. American execs most likely recieved their MBAs from American universities and so they have been socialized to do business the American way. But even then, American companies are independent organizations and there are cultural differences between them. They structure themselves differently, take different approaches to marketing, and so forth. Some companies have more productive employees, some are more competitive and some are organized more efficiently than others. Some companies are slave drivers while others treat their employees well. Think Microsoft vs. Apple. Both are American tech companies, yet they are very different.

The same can be said for police departments in the US. As I have said before, they are independent organizations that dictate their own policies and procedures. In one city, you might get tazed just for jay-walking, but another city might have better training for its officers and stricter regulations so this kind of abuse isn't common. The former city maybe takes a "tough on crime" stance, while the latter has a "community policing" approach.

[Montmorency]

One variable to illustrate, maybe: some police departments encourage citizens to record officers, even going so far as to mount cameras on the officers themselves; many others are extremely hostile to the thought that police activities might be recorded by even the police themselves, and treat recording citizens very roughly indeed.

[rvg]

More importantly, if some cops prefer to taze people while other stick with the trusty batons, could these approaches be the result of pedagogical differences between police departments?

[HoreTore]

More importantly, if some cops prefer to taze people while other stick with the trusty batons, could these approaches be the result of pedagogical differences between police departments?

Yup.

Well, almost. It would not be the result of, it would simply be.