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Change the conversation on teaching
- 05-20-2010
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Blog by Deborah Meier/Education Week
Dear Diane, Reading The New York Times Magazine pieces on medicine is always intriguing. Education and medicine are often compared—in ways that remind me how little our frame for considering teaching is realistic. The other night I heard several very good "educators" on C-SPAN answering questions from the Labor and Education Committee of the Senate. Both the AFT's Randi Weingarten and Michigan State's Deborah Ball were sharp, clear, and convincing. But... They, too, talked about what we can learn from other professions, focusing primarily on the preparation that law and medicine offer prospective candidates. Yes, and we can learn from the preparation of electricians and carpenters, too. (more...)
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