In this talk, Prof. Jon R. Star provides an overview of the landscape of the educational system in the US organized in K-12 (kindergarten to grade 12). Jon Star then discusses three contemporary education policy and practice issues that are being actively debated in the US right now: (1) assessing teacher effectiveness; (2) balancing theoretical and practical aspects of teacher training; (3) differentiation of instruction to meet the needs of all students.

Prof. Jon R. Star is a Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is an educational psychologist and mathematics educator who studies the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Der Vortrag findet in englischer Sprache statt.

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