High School Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Preparing Students for College. Issue Brief

Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education
Titel	High School Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Preparing Students for College. Issue Brief
Quelle	(2007), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Teaching Methods; College Preparation; School Restructuring; Academic Standards; Educational Objectives; Student Evaluation; Preservice Teacher Education; Professional Development; Articulation (Education); Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Leseunterricht; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	To prepare students for postsecondary education, educators and policymakers must perform two tasks at the same time: restructure high schools so they are aligned to the expectations of colleges and revamp instruction so that college readiness is the goal, measure, and substance of good teaching. The research is clear: the key to preparing students for college is rigorous high school course work. Therefore, high schools and teachers must set college-ready expectations for students, teach rigorous content so that students can apply knowledge in new situations, and use teaching methods that engage students in learning to reason, write, and use information in complex ways. The conditions of high school teaching must also change because teachers cannot solve all problems on their own. Teachers need the help of standards, assessments, curricula, pre-service preparation, and professional development aligned to college readiness if they are to succeed in the classroom. In addition, policymakers should not assume that the biggest obstacle to preparing students for college is poor-quality teachers. Rather, the biggest problem may be the lack of alignment between the structure of high schools and what colleges expect. (Contains 3 charts and 2 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Alliance for Excellent Education. 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 901, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-828-0828; Fax: 202-828-0821; Web site: http://www.all4ed.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10