Oh dear. This is exactly the WRONG conclusion to reach. It’s the conclusion that “highly selective” colleges use, and it’s perfectly, exactly, precisely beside the point of good education. The incoming and outgoing gatekeepers are NOT the locus of preparation. The teaching is.
In closing the discussion, Walsh had one big recommendation: Make schools with teacher-prep programs harder to get into, and to graduate from, to see a big impact.
Great exercise: “My favorite no.” – have students submit answers on index cards. Walk through an incorrect one on the board (anonymously). Everyone gains insight from the misconceptions and mistakes.
Despite skepticism from some parts of the mathematics field, new strategies are emerging for teachers to help students develop positive learning attitudes toward math.
Via the CSTA: a boom in CS enrollments is prompting expansion among universities – and they’re taking the opportunity to redesign those spaces to better fit collaboration and inter-disciplinary work. Computer science surge sparks campus building boom | Network World.
In closing the discussion, Walsh had one big recommendation: Make schools with teacher-prep programs harder to get into, and to graduate from, to see a big impact.