Randy and All, I am very interested in collaborating in creating PD courses for teachers in K-12 and HE. think WE should start working on such courses ASAP. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C15 http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller skype:nelliedeutschmuller
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I came across this news item (December, 2008) in the Independent > Online, from South Africa) > > Teachers should be trained for free in order to try to close SA's > current 20 000-plus teacher shortfall, the SA Council of Educators > said on Thursday. > > "Considering the low levels of intake at teacher-training facilities > and the high costs of training... the Council calls for free teacher > training for all prospective teachers, with immediate effect," said > SACE CEO Rej Brijraj on Thursday. > > Link: > http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=nw20081204165824720C518870 > > *** > > I have a few comments / questions: > > * What role could WikiEducator in addressing this skills shortage in > general; and in particular with respect to teacher training? > > * Do we have teacher training materials available, or how can we > facilitate collaborative development of more? > > * I recall that our New Zealand colleagues are interested in teacher > education, as is India's NCERT - http://www.ncert.nic.in/welcome.asp > ~ who specifically is interested in teacher training? > > * Please do share your ideas, thoughts and suggestions... > > - Randy > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
