Category: STEM teacher education
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Transformative Teaching
Today I had occasion to remember one of the best adult teaching experiences of my career. I was working as an adjunct at Cal State Northridge while I was ABD. I taught a combined math and science methods class for prospective bilingual teachers. My experience teaching elementary mathematics was using the Montessori method, pretty much…
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Place-based teacher education
Critical Place-Based Teacher Education In the current climate of accountability and standardization in (teacher) education, the prospect of PBE taking root seems preposterous. And Dr. D. does not suggest that this particular foray into PBE is exemplary. The process of participating in the research, both by observing in classrooms in a focused and local way…
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reflection on today’s science and math pedagogy class
For the last 6 weeks I’ve been teaching a 6-hour face to face class on Saturdays to a group of pre-service teachers in an MAT program and in-service teachers getting advanced degrees. This has been brutal for everyone concerned, to say the least. I’ve had to pare down my expectations because after about 4 hours…