The Making of a 21st-Century Educator
- Posted December 1, 2003
- By News editor
Just as highly skilled practitioners do not emerge up and running from medical school, we cannot expect beginning teachers to graduate as high-functioning professionals.
Will standardizing the field of education truly help educators do their jobs more effectively?
As long as study results are open to replication and professional scrutiny, we will have a professional body of research on which to base reform efforts.
It is time for schools of education to see how they can support their students and alumni in K-12 schools in their surrounding communities.
Education research could...shed more light on what policies and practices best foster high achievement levels for every child.
Ed. Magazine
The magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The next couple of years are likely to show solid ideas turning to action. Graced with an accomplished and deeply knowledgeable readership, Ed. asked a handful of educators to offer their best ideas about what it will take to create meet the challenges of the 21st-century classroom. These are their responses.