David Greene on Teacher Prep: The Error of Our Ways
David Greene discusses how lifelong teachers must be allowed to continue to use our God-given abilities to think, reason, and create.
David Greene is a former 38-year Social Studies teacher, mentor, and coach. After teaching, he supervised new teachers while working for Fordham University. Now he is a partner in the BIGS Project, a program to help high school and college students learn the life skills necessary to choose, get, and do a great job.
He is the author of Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks and former Treasurer of Save Our Schools. His blogs have appeared in Diane Ravitch’s website, Education Weekly, US News and World Report and the Washington Post. He wrote the most responded-to Sunday Dialogue letter in the New York Times entitled, “A Talent for Teaching.” He has also appeared on a TV documentary: The growing movement against Teach for America. You can visit David Greene’s blog on Wordpress or follow him on Twitter
David Greene discusses how lifelong teachers must be allowed to continue to use our God-given abilities to think, reason, and create.
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In his latest article, David Greene tells the story of a retired high school teacher named “Derrick” who became a substitute at a suburban high school.
In this article, David Greene discusses how teacher recruitment and the economic achievement gap have changed in New York City since the late 1960s.
Professional development often addresses different approaches to pedagogy. High school teachers have unique needs in this area as they prepare their students for the academic and life challenges that lie ahead. An approach to consider is one that offers individualized experiential learning. Students can use what they’ve learned in the classroom as they enhance life skills to prepare to transition into the “real world.”
In this interview, David Greene discusses the current state of the teaching profession in America with edCircuit, including its trends and issues.