Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Challenges of Education
2 The Challenges of Education
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THE NEED FOR HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS The United States now faces a shortage of teachers, especially of qualified teachers. That shortage has resulted in the hiring of uncertified or underqualified teachers.
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Among high school physics teachers, for example, 32 percent have a degree in physics or physics education and have taught it on a regular basis, 41 percent have no physics degree, but have extensive physics teaching experience, and 27 percent have no physics degree and little physics teaching experience (American Institute of Physics, 19991. Another report (Ingersoll, 1999)
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One source of support for teachers are science, mathematics, and technology supervisors, who serve as curriculum experts, set up resource centers, and provide technical assistance for integrating these hands-on teaching approaches as well as other learning tools such as computer hardware and software in K-12 classrooms. Many school districts have such supervisors, who also often help to write grants and pursue other avenues for obtaining resources for schools.
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In the past, many professional development activities were based on summer institutes, publisher-provided enhancement for use of their textbooks and other instructional material, and university-based professional development courses. New activities for ongoing professional development for teachers focus more on content updates, experience with exemplary instructional materials, and practice with assessments that are connected to the educational goals of the curriculum.
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These partnerships, often facilitated by the use of computers and scientific databases, may be connected with industry, academic institutions, or informal education sites such as museums (see Cohen, 1997; Munn et al., 1999; Sussman, 19931. Some partnerships are developing innovative instructional materials that are disseminated free to teachers, such as those of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2001)
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As schematically indicated in Figure 2- 1, a few such individuals, strategically placed, can thereby catalyze an enormous increase in the personal contacts and resource flows between the K-12 education system and the vigorous scientific and engineering community in the United States. In summary, there is an urgent need for more permanent connections between two very different worlds: that of science and that of the schools.
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Every institution has its own culture, which makes it relatively easy for individuals inside of the same institution to interact. But, it creates serious difficulties for making meaningful connections between two institutions whose cultures are as different as a university science department and a school district.
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