Re: 2 million teachers in 2007!

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:14:29 -0500 Joseph Bellina
<jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU> writes:
> Is this a ligite question for which you want an answer, or a posture?

This is NOT a posture and I am very much concerned. For a long time we
have
been hearing that "schools of education" ....especially graduate schools
of
education, should be discontinued and replaced with conventional BA and
BS curricula
with the addition of a "methods" course or two to qualify a beginning
teacher.

In the recent past, a college student could take watered-down "education"
courses and
earn a grade of A with minimal work or a grade of B which was tantamont
to failure.
I had heard that this is no longer true, that schools of education were
being discontinued or upgraded with much higher standards for both grades
and certification.
Am I correct???

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where  in the "olden days" a grade of A was only given to 5% or less of
the enrolled students.)

> On
> Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:
>
> > If the elementary school teachers are afraid of science after 12
> years
> > exposure in
> > elementary and high schools and four or more years of college, how
> many
> > years of
> > such workshops would be required to get them over this hurdle?
> >
> > Herb  Gottlieb from New York City
> > (Where short workshops work for an even shorter time)
> >
> > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:50:27 -0400 Lois Breur Krause
> <krause@CLEMSON.EDU>
> > writes:
> > > > How does one go about "working with elementary school teachers"
> who
> > > are afraid of science??
> > > > Herb Gottlieb from New York City
> > > > (Where the shortage of qualified science teachers is increasing
> at
> > > an accelerated exponential rate but should level off by 2007 when
> there
> > > are none left.)
> > >
> > > talk with the people in your education department, and find out
> who
> > > does student teaching placements.  they would have the school
> contacts.
> > > chances are they would be excited, after they got over the initial
> > shock, of
> > > your offer to do a summer workshop with local elem teachers.  ask
> them
> > to
> > > work with you to set it up and find the grant funding if needed.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > >
> > > Dr. Lois Breur Krause
> > > Department of Geological Sciences
> > > 442 Brackett Hall
> > > Clemson University
> > > Clemson SC  29634
> > >
> > > teaching chemistry, physics, astronomy and geology to elementary
> > > education majors.
> > >
> > > How We Learn and Why We Don't: Student Survival Guide,
> > > available from International Thompson Publishing, ISBN 0324-011970
> > >
> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~breurkrause
> > >
> > > krause@clemson.edu