Controversy in the Classroom: Debates On the Learning and Teaching of Math, Reading, and Science

Harvard FAS

This course explores curricular and instructional debates about the learning and teaching of content areas taught in elementary and secondary schools – particularly mathematics, reading, and science. For at least the last 100 years, educators and educational researchers have continuously and vigorously argued about the best ways to teach math, reading, and science. The field widely recognizes the importance of these conversations and the centrality of consistency and clarity in how we…