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In this chapter we want to examine standards for teaching and examine how teachers in schools can use these standards to improve teaching.We begin by asking, What are Standards? Standards are essentially frameworks which define good practice. They help teachers and supervisors talk about what good teaching practice is and is not. Here are some excellent examples of teaching standards in various disciplines. Please skim carefully through each of the following sections, before we go on to the next part of the discussion. Standards for Teaching Mathematics http://standards.nctm.org/Previous/ProfStds/ Standards for Teaching Social Studies http://www.ncss.org/standards/ National Standards for Teaching Science http://www.literacynet.org/sciencelincs/scienceeducation.html
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