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National Science Standards: Content Standards - “ what students should know and be able to do ”
Science Content Standards
Content Standards also include: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
An Educational Agenda...
From the National Academy of Sciences...
Summit for America’s Future
Teacher Preparation
Teacher Demand
What Matters Most: Teaching For America’s Future
Teaching bounces back
Number of Earth Science Teachers
Year Biol % Chem % Earth % Phys % sum 94-95 73576 46% 28857 17% 38494 24% 19766 12% 160693 95-96 74005 45% 29593 18% 39476 24% 20254 12% 163328 96-97 63315 44% 26789 19% 35701 25% 18375 13% 144180 98-99 58390 43% 25836 19% 32818 24% 17887 13% 134931
Secondary Teacher Certification
TEACHFORAMERICA
TEACHFORAMERICA, cont’d
Putting Uni Back in University
Undergraduate Geo Programs (representative)
Benefits of Establishing a Discipline-based Earth Science Teaching Program
Direct Faculty Benefits
Epilogue
Email: keane@agiweb.org
Home Page: http://www.agiweb.org/meetings/acadcorp99
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