Word: utep
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...UTEP stresses concepts and theories, "buttheory does not preclude practice," according toTraver...
Ramesh R. Gajraj '94 taught at Fenway High School, an urban school near Charlestown with a mainly low-income student body. He says his UTEP experience changed his perceptions about American public education. "The conditions of urban schools--30 kids inclasses, teaching 5 classes a day in less thanideal facilities--can lead to frustration anddifficulties for teachers," Gajraj says...
Unlike the legal or medical fields, where jobcandidates receive years of classroom preparation,aspiring young teachers develop their ownprofessional style through observation andexperience, says Rob W. Traver, UTEP programadministrator...
...Most UTEP students say that student teaching isan integral aspect of their preparation. They saythe interactive nature of classroom managementhelped them see their subject material indifferent ways...
Gajraj says Traver proved especially helpfulwith answering questions from UTEP students...