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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Engineers vs. math teachers

By selliott | Sunday, June 18, 2006, 08:28 PM

There were some really good comments under my recent post about mathematics content knowledge vs teaching skills. Several who commented had themselves gone from careers in engineering into teaching, or thought about doing so. There were some really good insights into the challenges of getting those who are well-trained and experienced with mathematics and science — and who might be interested in teaching — into classrooms. If you haven’t looked in a while, check it out.

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