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The Need for Reform in Teacher Preparation Programs
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... The National Science Education Standards provide mutual direction on a large scale: there are clear expectations and real-world standards set within a common vision of excellence and equity for all. All students means all, and that is a distinctive feature of this reform.
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... The challenge is to move from national standards that represent a vision to state programs at our colleges and universities in order to work together for the future of education. The Standards: A Guidefor Systemic Reform Rodger Bybee, Executive Director, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education; Chair, Working Group on Science Content Standards The National Science Education Standards present a thorough, complete, and adequate definition of scientific literacy and give a thorough, complete, and appropriate presentation of science content.
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