Everything academic revolves around the year-end state testing to the point that other subjects are usually neglected. Reading, math and writing are the main thrusts of schools, and are obviously important. However, critics state that children are not receiving well-rounded educations because of the emphasis on these subjects
There are a number of strengths and limitations of using unstructured interviews to study pupil subcultures. Pupils may be in articulate or reluctant to talk, so unstructured interviews give them time and space along with encouragement to work out their responses. However, younger pupils have a shorter attention span so they may find long unstructured interviews too demanding as they can be quite time consuming. They can take several hours each and pupils are restrained to their timetable. There is also the need for training and the interviewer needs to have a background into education increasing the cost.
Slowly, I realised that I was spending too much time trying to maintain discipline. Discussion and exposition phases began to take longer and although the work was almost always completed, the endings of lessons started to get rushed and hence disorganised. The positive aspect of this came out to be that, I saw my focus shifting away from dealing with 'every' aspect within the classroom, to certain aspects or phases of the lesson, and I think that this was the final stage of my development during Block A. In the book Discipline in Schools 2, Harris is quoted by the author Peter Galvin as
Block Scheduling Educators are constantly looking for new ways to improve the American educational system. Teachers are increasingly frustrated that the traditional and even the modern teaching strategies are not working. There seems to be many initiatives to develop new instruments to expand students' knowledge base. Some educators are considering the practicality of this idea through what is called block scheduling. Block scheduling provides students with more instructional time, less homework, and a varied of instruction.
Change is painful for some people, because they do not want to change; they want to remain the same. Countless self-help books and score of motivational speakers would tell you to embrace change, and that change is good/what one need to grow. Transforming organizations is tough! It is more difficult than many people realize just discussing changes in strategies can bring on problems for some people. Generally, leaders attempt change efforts that are too mild and then give them too little time to succeed.
It does not solve all our educational problems. But not having a curriculum indicates our unwillingness or inability to define what we are trying to accomplish. It provides direction, clarity, and focus around worthy ends, without interfering with teachers’ decisions about how to teach” (Ravitch, 231). Teachers are not getting the creative freedom that is necessary to be a good teacher. Too much emphasis is being placed on testing and accountability thus creating discomfort and stress for educators.
While this statements sound so simplistic, it’s really being lost in the world of teaching. While trying to keep up with testing standards and needs of students, we as teachers must make sure that we are not creating ignorant thinkers. As teachers we must accept that we don’t have all the answers and that just like students, we are constantly learning. When Dr. Wayson was speaking, I couldn’t
Teachers frequently feel that they should have been trained more than they have been. to administer subject information teaching because educators cannot tell if the pupil is struggling in reading comprehension knowledge understanding, deficiency of guidance and instruction on the educators, or probably if it was due to some degree of English language skills. Sorry to say, the reason for this suffering is due to improper interpretations and ELL students not being taught the proper education
“The institutions traditionally procure, provide and control the technology for learning but now students are acquiring their own personal technologies for learning and institutions are challenged to keep pace” (Research in Technology Learning, 2010). Computers and other technical devices that are being used to enhance student learning helps to make teaching more creative and effective; however, it has also caused a lot of confusion and chaos in regards to ethics. Once teachers only had to be concerned about the basic rules of classroom etiquette and they could govern their classroom visually. Now teachers have to implement rules and guidelines to ensure that technology in the classroom is being used for its intended purpose to protect students from lurking dangers that might not always be detected by human
It is a possibility you will come across people that disagree and have different view from you or people you may not get along with. This has to be accepted in life as we are all individuals and can’t always get along with everyone. When working with colleagues, and helping others you have to be mature and professional, even if you don’t want to. Education has been a huge development over the past few years with diverse cultures being researched within the curriculum. This implies equality, diversity and rights (EDR) training in a health and social care environment.