NEW PEDAGOGY AND NEW CONTENT - THE CASE OF STATISTICS

Statistical education now takes place in a new social context. It is i nfluenced by a movement to reform the teaching of the mathematical sci ences in general. At the same time, the changing nature of our discipl ine demands revised content for introductory instruction, and technolo gy strongly influences both what we teach and how we teach. The case f or substantial change in statistics instruction is built on strong syn ergies between content, pedagogy, and technology, Statisticians who te ach beginners should become more familiar with research on teaching an d learning and with changes in educational technology. The spirit of c ontemporary introductions to statistics should be very different from the traditional emphasis on lectures and on probability and inference.