Word: merseth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea behind the program is to take people who are already good at math or science and help them become teachers," says the program's director, Katherine M. Merseth...
...Harvard is not going to solve the shortage of qualified teachers. The program is kept small for a purpose. People in the middle of a career change need quality instruction and individual counselling," Merseth adds...
...previously considered teaching, who had mastered their subject matter and were academically strong--to the teaching profession. The fields that seemed to us then as the leading ones for such an undertaking were mathematics and science. Events of the last twelve months have confirmed our original view. Dr. Katherine Merseth has been instrumental in organizing HGSE's return to teacher preparation through our new MidCareer Math and Science Program. Successful completion of this program will yield a master's degree and Massachusetts certification as a high school mathematics (and possibly science) teacher. We believe that such a step...
...that the committee has faculty approval, Merseth says she will solicit various corporations and foundations for grants, adding that she is keeping her eye on a bill passing through Congress that would provide $400 million for programs to improve math and science education. Hopefully, the Ed School would be able to apply for some of that money, he added...
...Merseth said the programs would focus initially on math rather than science because math "provides the foundation for all subsequent work in science," She added that since work in Math requires no lab arrangements, the courses would be easier...