Huh, Carl? What's that assumption based on? I'm in my fourth year as a
high school teacher, and my impression of my colleagues is that we are
anything but stagnant. Three of us were enrolled in a course last fall
dealing with research related to various teaching methodologies, we host
pre-service teachers (this serves as an excellent link to current
developments in pedagogy), and I anxiously anticipate the arrival of my
new issue of the Physics Teacher every month. All this of course paid
for by me, while I still work to pay off my bachelor's degree. It's a
bit much to chew off while trying to supplement my income with other
sources (coaching, summer jobs). I assure you that my day does not
start at 8 and end at 4 with plenty of time for sunning myself in the
summer, so count to five next time before you fire off a blanket
statement about classroom teachers...
Cheers,
Matt
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a
very narrow field."
- Niels Bohr
-----Original Message-----
From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu] On
Behalf Of carl preske
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:51 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: The End of Hands-On Science Activities in California's K-8
Classrooms? - PART 2
Richard,
It is too bad that classroom teachers do not spend the time reading the
research to encourage their changing their methodology. One small step
at a
time. Thanks for your work.