Boy, if you thought university education programs were problematic before, wait until "alternative programs" are accredited to give out graduate degrees in the topic. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/education/19regents.html?hp
This is being billed as a way to include more on the "craft of teaching," but it is only a matter of (a very short) time before all manner of crackpot cults start lobbying to give "degrees" in "education" as they conceive of it. It is always easier to make things worse than to make things better. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2099 or send a blank email to leave-2099-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
