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Standard #4

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The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.

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Gorlewski, J.A., Gorlewski, D.A. (2012). Standard #4. In: Gorlewski, J.A., Gorlewski, D.A. (eds) Making it Real. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-843-8_5

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