Hello Everyone,
My name is Heather Cole and I am a new student in the Teaching and Curriculum program at Michigan State University. I completed my undergraduate degree from Michigan State in History and Economics and completed my internship year in 2009. I substitute taught for a year before being hired as a secondary Social Studies teacher in Taylor Public Schools. I just recently completed my first year teaching and hope to continue there next year, pending recall from being laid off. I grew up in Clarkston, Michigan and just recently relocated to Warren, MI after being hired in Taylor.
In my free time I enjoy reading, biking, shopping, traveling, and spending much of my summer Up North at my parent's house in Traverse City.
I decided to take this course primarily because of it's emphasis on the historical background of the educational system in the U.S. Even having majored in History, I have not had too much exposure to earlier eras of American education. I am interested the influence of the different educational eras we will be covering and their relation to current educational issues. I am also interested in comparing this evolution of American education to that of other countries, to compare what is (possibly) lacking or could be reformed to better our system.
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