Preparing future math teachers

Periodical
Science
Volume
332
Year
2011
Issue number
6035
Page range
1266–1267
Relates to study/studies
TEDS-M 2008

Preparing future math teachers

Abstract

The U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommends that the federal government provide support over the next decade to recruit and train at least 100,000 new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers of middle school (ages 11 to 13) and high school. Their strong academic backgrounds should include both “deep content knowledge in STEM subjects and mastery of the pedagogical skills required to teach these subjects well”.