Dean Speaks on Next Generation Science Standards

On July 10, 2013, Dean Harold Levine addressed the California State Board of Education on the adoption of Next Generation Science Standards.

“The next-generation standards demand next-generation teachers,” Levine said. Most of them learned science the old way, which is what these new standards are designed to change. “In order to break this cycle, teacher education programs must evolve innovative ways of educating our new teachers into a world of hands-on learning, interactive teaching and new habits of mind that prioritize conceptual understanding, learning how to learn and learning across academic fields,” he said. Read full coverage at EdSource.