Deborah Ball Speaks of Skillful Teaching as "Moral Imperative"
Dean of U. of Mich. School of Education Addresses Teachers & Scholars
Skillfull teachers are a crucial component of every child’s K-12 educational experience, said Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, in a talk she presented at the Institute for Educational Initiatives on Nov. 15.
Loewenberg, who is the William F. Payne Collegiate Professor in Education at the University of Michigan and director of a new organization called TeachingWorks, presented her talk, “It’s a Moral Imperative: Skillful Teaching Can’t Be Left to Chance,” to a large audience in Remick Commons, including faculty, staff, and students affailiated with Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) and the Institute for Educational Initiatives.
Her talk, part of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) Seminar series, was introduced by the Center’s director, distinguished education sociologist Mark Berends.