At the university level, these opportunities include working together in projects like team teaching and collaborative research efforts, he said. According to Shulman, the notion of scholarship is integral to cultivating a link between K-12 education and the university. It is essentially a teacher training program with no teacher training. Throughout his talk, Shulman repeatedly noted the folly of holding fast to pedagogy and knowledge of the subject while neglecting the art of teaching. Relaying information to students is a difficult process that requires appropriate contextual background for the subject matter as well as an understanding of how children learn, he said.
Professors are responsible for conveying the knowledge to the next generation.