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...fierce criticisms of the army's earlier operations, the ruinous peace deals that it left behind and its role in the creation of these factions. "I don't like Baitullah Mehsud at all. He caused all this to happen in the first place," says Dilawar Khan, 50, a teacher from Kotkai village. "But who made these Taliban? It was the army...
...Thursday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan ’86 urged universities to change the way they prepare teachers, exclaiming that a “revolutionary change” was necessary to change the “mediocre” state of many teacher-training programs at education schools. Duncan is correct in his judgment of teacher preparation; there are many ways the training process for teachers can be improved to prepare them better for the realities of the classroom...
...recent report found that 60 percent of teachers did not feel prepared to teach after graduating from education school. An important step toward remedying this problem would be to introduce more practical training into the teacher education process. To deal with classroom management—which many teachers have cited as a challenge—especially at struggling schools, teachers should be exposed to a substantial amount of hands-on classroom training to improve their ability to nurture and develop the skills of their students...
Improving our education system and teacher training methods is a complicated process, and increasing practical training is only one of many steps needed to address these issues. To be able to prepare children for the 21st century, teachers should also be trained to incorporate technology and Internet applications in the classroom, for example...
...amount of teacher knowledge of a subject area will be irrelevant if teachers are not able to effectively impart this knowledge to students. Thus, there is little to be lost by giving developing teachers more experience in the classroom. Education for the young is the bedrock of our society and economy, and if education schools can change their methods so that teachers can more effectively reach struggling children, they will be doing students and the country a great service...