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Sahlberg, Pasi – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Since Finland emerged in 2000 as the top-scoring Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nation on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), researchers have been pouring into the country to study the so-called "Finnish miracle." How did a country with an undistinguished education system in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Recruitment, Preservice Teacher Education
Epstein, Diana; Miller, Raegen T. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Prospective teachers can typically obtain a license to teach elementary school without taking a rigorous college-level STEM class such as calculus, statistics, or chemistry, and without demonstrating a solid grasp of mathematics knowledge, scientific knowledge, or the nature of scientific inquiry. This is not a recipe for ensuring students have…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, STEM Education, Teacher Education