Stephanie Beck

ABSTRACT This study examined the perspectives of Canadian secondary mathematics pre-service teachers (PSTs) in general education (GE) courses. Data gathered through semi-structured interviews indicate that while PSTs prefer courses and pedagogical approaches that make explicit and immediate connections to practice and their mathematics-specific context, they nonetheless value the philosophical orientations developed through GE courses.

From interviews with presidents and governors to coverage of hurricanes on our coast and the Carolina Hurricanes’ run for the Stanley Cup in 2006, WRAL News anchor Debra Morgan's mpireporting has set just the right tone through major breaking news, severe weather, traumatic events and the celebrations and successes of the people of North Carolina and beyond. Morgan said she’s known what she’s wanted to do in life since she was in 10th grade and started writing for her high school newspaper.

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