Program aims for more science teachers
San Jose State University is a partner in a program to graduate more science and math teachers. Dan Walker, a biology professor at the university, said this summer's program aims to double the number of junior and senior high school teachers that San Jose and San Francisco state universities produce. About 100 science and math teachers combined now come out of the two colleges every year.
The five-year program is one of 13 that the National Science Foundation is funding nationwide. The program hopes to recruit more students, especially those not now involved in academic sciences. It also promises to use new technology and give students support later in finding teaching jobs.
Walker said he wants to "make math and science fun" for students and teachers.
Besides the two universities, the program will involve some 40 schools and such Bay Area community colleges as Evergreen Valley, San Jose City, San Francisco and San Mateo.
Program sponsors include software companies Genentech, Tandem and Sega, along with area science museums.
This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, September 11, 1996.
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