Sentences with phrase «most teacher preparation curricula»

Unfortunately, most teacher preparation curricula taught in our nation's colleges are loaded with too much abstract theory and too little realistic practical help.

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Officials at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) hope their 40 - page document, titled Curriculum Focal Points: A Quest for Coherence, will help change the «mile - wide, inch - deep» approach that they say has left most U.S. students without a solid preparation for higher - level mathematics.

While the federal government funds the lion's share of education research, it is state and local governments that make most of the consequential decisions on such matters as curricula, teacher preparation, teacher training, and accountability.

One of the most exciting developments in pedagogy in a quarter century, UDL is an essential tool to improving teacher preparation, curriculum design, classroom instruction and assessments.