[CESElist] Earth System Science Certification Program
Steve M. Carlson
nativelement at charter.net
Thu Aug 2 13:05:30 MDT 2007
That statement ought to be made public in his town.
On Aug 1, 2007, at 3:26 PM, <smossavi6585 at charter.net> wrote:
> As in the case that Eldridge pointed out, at Mankato hostility to
> earth science education came from the Chemistry faculty (despite
> having geology IN their department) as well as from the Dean of the
> College of Science and faculty in the College of Education. In the
> latter case...it was a desire for more course time to be spent on
> pedagogy classes from their college. As for the Dean of the College
> of Science, he has stated the following reason for not staffing or
> supporting earth science education, on several occasions, "They are
> only going to be teachers...what do they need to know." This is an
> administrator paid well over $100,000 per year who oversees the
> largest cohorts of future teachers in the state of Minnesota.
> Academia is BIG part of the problem! Dean Moosavi
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