Tudball (2009) expresses her strong views on the enormous potential for CCE programs in schools and how they will aid in providing opportunities for students to be active and engaged in their own learning. Stubbs (1996) also suggests that it is important to have primary based classroom programs that develop students understanding of society and environment studies and real life experiences that relate to students life and communities. Whilst providing civics and citizenship education to students is important, history also plays a strong part in educating our students’ in values and processes. History is the story of people and events appearing on a geographical stage. Australian history is rich with people whose lives are fascinating and instructive to study (Newell,
| |Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources | | |key questions | | | | |4 |Diversity and multiculturalism in the|To understand the concepts of diversity|Students discuss what is meant by a |See the Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies Student Book, Chapter 1, and the Edexcel | | |UK: different identities. |and multiculturalism. |‘multicultural society’ and decide how |Teacher’s Guide or Citizenship Today 1.1. | | |What is diversity and |To know how, and for what reasons, the |diverse society is in their own area — |Two BBC news reports provide helpful starting points. ‘So what exactly is
(2005, November). High School Reform and High School Afterschool: A Common Purpose. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from http://www.afterschoolalliance.org This resource has provided me with pertinent information pertaining to high school reform. It gives specific details about high school students and statistics, as well as, describes the challenges faced in educating high school students. The reference also provides some possible approaches to fixing the problems that high schools are dealing with in regards to preparing children for the outside world.
If we are to have a society that looks for the well being of all people, we must learn to recognize that as people we are diverse and must learn to embrace one another with love, respect, and honor each others’ uniqueness. For example, in “Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology” by Margaret L. Anderson, and Patricia H. Collins (2010), provided a wealth of information in the narratives they produced from the different scholars and teachers they worked with and interviewed to make this book inspiring and an eye opener to understand our world better. Transformation is not easy and we must be willing to change the way we think on many different issues that deal with gender, race, discrimination, and acceptance of each other despite our differences. The narrative that really touched me the most was “From A Native Daughter”, by Haunani-Kay Trask. I have not appreciated history as much as I should have, not proud to say; however, after reading this narrative it opened my eyes and mind that not everything we read or hear about history is the truth.
Issues in Multicultural Education Dionne Golden EDU 230 5/11/2014 Jamie Morris Issues in Multicultural Education Student population in the United States has become culturally diverse, so it is imperative that educators provide an equitable education for all students. Cultural pluralism must be the goal in education in all educational experiences provided to students. This paper will explore concerns and challenges in multicultural education in the United States. Some of the things that pose a problem in multicultural education are; intuitional and programmatic reform, in particular the politics, teacher recruitment and how to address the increase of a culturally diverse student population, and what an effective teacher education program would do for multicultural education. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics data revealed, one of every three students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools today is of racial/ethnic minority background.
Through my personal experiences of education both in early childhood and primary and due to large amounts of critical reflection, I have been able to identify two key conceptual frameworks, these being social reconstruction and humanism, which guide my own teaching and learning. This essay will describe the ideologies that underpin them, and how each implies different approaches to teaching and to children’s learning. It will also critically analyse and examine the ethical impact of both, in relation to learning and teaching. In addition, it will also explore and illustrate the strengths, limitations, and/or drawbacks of social reconstruction and humanism in a practical context. Humanism is a conceptual framework that is part of the liberal ideology, it is a political theory that stresses individualism by rejecting an authoritarian government, and defending and advocating individual freedom (Rathgen & Hulston, 2004, Issues in Curriculum course reader, pg.
Current Issues Summary and Response Matt 12/12/2010 Intro As a future special education teacher one of my jobs will be to keep up-to-date on current issues in the education field and let my parents know about any helpful development on these current issues. It is important for teachers to keep tabs on new developments that could be useful to better their understanding of education as a whole. There are a plethora of current issues involving special education. These issues range from more controversial to less controversial. Some of the more controversial issues are the use of tests to place students into special education, how should we grade students with special needs and how to discipline a student who is in special education.
Teachers need to help students understand the implicit cultural assumptions and perspectives of the discipline they’re teaching. Multicultural education also involves changing the methods of teaching and using a wide range of strategies and teaching techniques such as cooperative groups, simulations, role-playing, and discovery. Doing so, the learning process will be more effective and address the needs of students
The influences of society are all around us. For example you always hear how the impact of education is important to society but how does society affect our education system. According to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), cultural differences among students should influence pedagogy; that is, teachers should adjust instructional methods depending on the race, ethnicity and/or national origin of the child (Barret 2002). I also believe that to a certain extent we all live our life according to our society expectations. Society influences the way we act, how
I realized some of the results of the coeducational schooling since I was in the middle school so, I like to do some researches and find more information about it. I read some articles and statistics about it but I would like to know more and realize how this issue affects our educational life. I found many resources about this topic and there are many articles explain the affects of the coeducational schooling. There are some positive effects for the coeducation, however, there are some negative affect that could impede the educational life and decrease the educational level. So that, I asked these questions to find the best answers to help me solve this issue and overcome it.