Colleges Reinvent Classes to Keep More Students in Science

“Higher education has this assumption that if you know your subject, you can teach it, and it’s not true,” Dr. Uvarov said.

“We have not done a good job of teaching the intro courses or gateway courses in science and math,” said Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities and a former president of Cornell University and the University of Iowa.

“What drives advancement at universities is publishing research and winning grants,” said Marc T. Facciotti, an associate professor who will teach a revamped biology course here in the winter quarter. “Teaching isn't a very high priority.”

Colleges Reinvent Classes to Keep More Students in Science

Interesting how teachers at the elementary and secondary level get ripped apart if they are missing any inkling of a fully engaged classroom environment, but even as an education major, I thought to myself "....so I have to get a Master's degree in Education to teach, but the people teaching me have no education background...."  
Don't get me wrong though; all levels of education need to make the students who are learning the material, and not the material itself, the priority. I feel that I am an engaging teacher and if I wore a GoPro camera to work, I bet most people wouldn't believe the amount of energy high school teachers expend during even one science lesson! More colleges and universities definitely need to change their game up. If it wasn't for one particular chemistry professor at my university (Adelphi) I would not have ever realized (DUH) that I should have been a chemistry major from the get-go!