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Science Career Magazine

Issue for March 24, 2006

Science Career Magazine
Scientists as Schoolteachers--Feature Index
By  Robin Arnette  -

Former scientists, mathematicians, and engineers are finding professional fulfillment teaching inside and outside of the classroom.

Science Career Magazine
A Surfeit of Schoolteachers
By  Chris Berrie  -

Right now, Italy has too many teachers, and the legislative situation is confused. But OECD predicts a teacher shortage in the coming years and, in the meantime, scientists who have already entered the profession are getting by.

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Certifiable: Teacher Training for Midcareer Professionals
By  Jim Austin  -

In the old days, people went to college for years to learn how to teach. But today, scientists with subject-area knowledge can begin teaching full-time in just a few weeks--and have summers off.

Science Career Magazine
Educated Woman, Chapter 49: The Grad-School Success-O-Meter
By  Micella Phoenix DeWhyse  -

Micella explores the continuum in grad school from success to catastrophic failure.

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Learning Without Schooling--Science Education Outside the Classroom
By  Alan Kotok  -

Scientists can teach children outside the classroom, but according to two former researchers, you need business skills and a touch of showbiz.