A Letter to the VA Dept. of Ed. in Support of Continued Development of Reflective, Thoughtful and Professional Teachers
The Virginia Department of Education has proposed to eliminate Foundations of Education requirements from their teacher licensure regulations. Foundations of Education has been a requirement in Virgin... continue reading »
"Teachers are the ones who are in the classrooms and gain important knowledge about what is lacking in the education field. They should be educated and allowed to understand the issues that shape exactly what it is they are required to teach."
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"Education is not something that can be executed by instruction book or pamphlet and to eliminate philosophy and/or theory from a future educator's curriculum is tantamount to asking them to assemble a student with nothing more than rote sequence. I encour"
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"Teachers need to have a voice outside of the classroom in the larger community of the school itself. Foundations teaches teachers the importance of making themselves heard and being a part of the larger purpose. The main purpose of teaching is to enable s"
"I have learned a great deal from this course and from Ms. Morrison. This course should not be taken away."
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"The content area covered by the Foundations of Education Class is essential knowlege that all future teachers need and do not receive in other education classes. The class needs to remain a requirement for education majors."
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"Beyond what has already been said, I thought, as an alternative to licensure candidate with no background in education, Social Foundations was well-appointed as my first course, giving me a context that I wouldn't have received anywhere else. Please refle"
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"I am signing this as a parent, a concerned citizen, a former middle school teacher, an assistant professor of education and as a representative of the Virginia Educational Studies Association."
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"This course is critical in the development of reflective practitioners"
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"The UMW graduate program would not be complete without this course!"
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