These data reflect
emphasis on content knowledge in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act definition of highly qualified teacher.
Yes, we need more research on which curricula work best, but we already have ample solid research demonstrating the decided advantage that the traditionalist
emphasis on content knowledge has over the progressivist insistence on active learning (disengaged from domain facts and concepts).
Not exact matches
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content that underscores the company's
knowledge and expertise, with an
emphasis on local information that directly affects customers.
Critics see the combination of program accreditation standards, revised by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 2000; a growing curricular
emphasis on «social justice» issues; and a left - leaning education professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based
on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of
content knowledge.
The
emphasis is
on the students constructing
knowledge, not
on the teacher delivering
content.
Techniques include strategies such as: developing strong mathematical
content knowledge and positive attitudes towards mathematics; encouraging their students to use critical thinking and active learning; placing more
emphasis on understanding rather than rules and procedures; using concrete materials and technology; and providing support and encouragement for all students.
HTH — with its
emphasis on integrating academic and technical education through project - based learning — attracts a number of people like Duffy with «deep
content knowledge who had very successful academic careers and wanted to work in an urban school at a time of profound teacher shortage,» says founding principal Larry Rosenstock.
«Criterion - deficient assignments, although they may be based in
knowledge or skills, cover a broader scope of
content, often with an
emphasis on student opinion,» the report says.
They also place greater
emphasis on helping students understand not only the products of science — science
content — but also the processes and practices used to create new
knowledge.
Munson concludes that the lesson is to focus
on content knowledge and give less
emphasis to skills alone.
With our strong
emphasis on teaching basic skills to every student, we designed teaching and evaluation methods that require each student to demonstrate mastery of basic skills and
knowledge in all
content areas.
This research is particularly timely, as k - 12 education shifts from an
emphasis on rote learning and standardization toward more experiential learning that emphasizes the acquisition of deep
content knowledge and 21st century skills.