> I don't really care of the teacher is curious or intelligent. I just want them to know how to deliver information to my child in the most efficient way possible.
Adding to other excellent answers, there's also this thing that children are not robots. You can't just open a channel and upload the knowledge to their brains. You need to work them on emotional level, make them curious / interested in what they are learning, even if because it boosts efficiency tremendously.
> It would be nice if the children were engaged, and if the teacher had a clever way to even make it "fun" at times, great. But it's not a prerequisite.
Yes, it is. Even teachers who are experts in their domains may (and in academia, often are) poor teachers. Because it doesn't matter what you say (they can read up the details in textbook/on Wikipedia; that's what they're there for anyway). It matters how you say it.
Adding to other excellent answers, there's also this thing that children are not robots. You can't just open a channel and upload the knowledge to their brains. You need to work them on emotional level, make them curious / interested in what they are learning, even if because it boosts efficiency tremendously.
> It would be nice if the children were engaged, and if the teacher had a clever way to even make it "fun" at times, great. But it's not a prerequisite.
Yes, it is. Even teachers who are experts in their domains may (and in academia, often are) poor teachers. Because it doesn't matter what you say (they can read up the details in textbook/on Wikipedia; that's what they're there for anyway). It matters how you say it.