Likewise, math is no longer just computation. Math is an integral part of everyday lessons and themes. Simulated stores, banks, and rain forests are commonplace in the elementary classroom. All of these environments require much more work from the teacher than assigning a chapter to read, followed by answering the questions. Technology, in the form of computers, has made the whole world as close as a website.
Young students cruise the internet and research topics of interest.
Together students and teachers learn about other lands and cultures. The schools of education have had to upgrade their programs to provide a sound basis for content, while providing quality experiences in how to teach. These programs now include many courses on how to teach computers, school art, school music, school health, children s literature, teaching of reading, math, social studies, and science. Laced through all of this course-work must be field experiences in the public school classrooms and experiences in how to teach children of other cultures and diverse learners of every kind. These programs often take five years.