Deeper Learning Blog Carnival: Authentic Professional Development | Edutopia - 4 views
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edutopia .org on 11 Nov 11Part of the problem is that professional development, both pre-service and in-service, does little to build teachers' understanding of how their discipline is used, singularly and in combination with others, to help solve problems and innovate beyond school walls. It's the rare geometry teacher who knows how architects, carpenters, bricklayers, and tile setters use the 3-4-5 triangle in construction technology.