Four Pillars Of Education

The quality of education is no longer measured by learning, but how well students can perform on standardized tests. Subjects like English and Mathematics are drilled rigorously into young minds, while creativity and the arts are forgotten. Basic skills are taught repetitively, becoming cumbersome and boring with no feasible outlet. The pressure to meet the status quo causes students to lose focus and repress their individualism, while promoting a more like minded society. With this repression students are denied their creative personality and expression. Diane Ravitch's article “The Essentials of a Good Education”, strategically utilizes pathos to connect with her audience, as well as repetition to draw attention to challenge the argument that all students should be allowed a liberal arts education, so that they have the opportunity to become better citizens.

I could start off my story by talking about my life with my family and parents. They are the most important thing to me because they have helped me grow and become who I am throughout the years. They gave me the things that I needed to develop as a person and they still gave me everything that I need to become something great in the future. No matter what I choose to do in the future, I know they will always be by my side helping me through both good and bad situations that life has to offer. I have one younger sister who I would give my life to if it came down to it. I wouldn’t be the brother I am today without her. My parents have given me my basic needs like food, clothes, and my health, a place to live, water, and above all love and support. Amid all those needs they have given me, perchance the most important value that me and my family appreciates which is education. We are all told at one point in our life or another, “that we can be whatever we want to be and to set our goals high, and never give up.”

How has your school changed over many years has it been for the better or for the worse? Sports have changed in many ways some including new coaches. One of the biggest impacts on us is the new additions to GICC . Technology has really changed the ways we learn either by our chromebooks or how we are taught. Although GICC has changed over some years from sports to new additions to technology it's a great place to come and get good education.

Personally, I believe that something we can improve on is campus safety such as light in the parking lots and more surveillance during the night hours. We have a beautiful campus and well-equipped study facilities, which make it comfortable to come to the school for study sessions, but at what cost? Making the campus a welcoming and safe place can enhance the learning environment for all the students and open the opportunity for more team based learning outside of PBL and

In this report, I plan to summarize five principles that I will follow in my capacity as a researcher and use them to make a difference in the field of education. The principles that I plan to follow have been shaped by many factors, including my parents, education, and the experience I gained working for schools.

In the beginning of our journey, it was clear that there were seven committee members that had seven different ideas of what personalizing education should look like. Visions from all areas of the board where created by our members. For example, there was talk about creating the perfect forest school, establishing a better form of democracy in education, and the debate of standardized testing belong in the public school systems. However, the main theme that we all had in common was our personal experiences with the lack of education being a priority for ourselves or a love ones in the past. It was also important that we made a difference in decreasing the academic expectations of teachers in some kind of way. The committee wanted to bring a refreshing way to the idea of partnership with teachers. This partnership would transform into a unique way of help students on their educational excursions.

The film Education as we see it is a learning video addressing the educational decisions made in the late 1800s pertaining to the Canadian Aboriginals. Aboriginals were not considered productive members of the “white society” and therefore, Canadian government at the time, Duncan Scott believed that their best chance for success was to learn English and adopt Christianity and Canadian customs. (Keith & Whyte, 2003) By establishing residential schools where native children were forced to attend, ideally, they would pass their adopted lifestyle on to their children, and native traditions would eventually diminish. Scott stated that his ultimate goal was “to be rid of the Indian

I cannot write this essay without reference to study of my own experienced and my daughter’s- placed in the harsh environment of the government schooling system and its observations of the stark belief systems of “the child to fit the system” and not “the system to fit the child” with reference to the what education should be about. This means different things to different people. To some this means a teacher teaching and passive learning taking place, the outcome is expected at the end of each year that each child has to achieve the same outcome and is graded accordingly.

There are two kids, both best friends. One of the friends, Dan, always does his homework and gets A’s on pretty much all of his tests and other assignments. The other friend, Fred, usually forgets that he was assigned homework and sleeps through most of his classes, getting C’s on most of his tests and assignments. They each live in a four person household, each having a ordinary mom, dad, and a sibling. Dan has a close relationship with a few of his favorite teachers and Fred could not care less about conversing with his teachers. Both boys grew up in similar circumstances and have been friends for as long as they can remember, but the boys each have different motivators and values in the effort they put into their education and future

The quest for education is an arduous and tumultuous one many undertake, but few achieve. There are multiple paths which one could can while on this quest. For many, the path of a close-mindedness is one most tend to astray from-for good reason. Close-mindedness essentially seals you off from the world of education, leads to dangerous and poorly thought conclusions, and inhibits growth as an individual.

Ever since I can remember, my parents have drilled this concept into my head that obtaining an education and becoming wealthy will lead you to a happier and better life. They would tell me things such as “ We both came to America because in doing so we hoped that the next generation (which is me) would have a better livelihood than we had at your age.” At that time, I believed everything that they told me because 1. I was a kid so I believed in anything they said and 2, they are adults so I thought that whatever they said must be true. If I were to become wealthy, I would not have to worry about falling behind on my bills, working overtime in order to make enough money to eat, and maintaining the livelihood of my family if I ever decide to have one. So ever since day one, my parents had pushed me into believing that if I were to become wealthy I would become happy and live a better life. They would always encourage me to do well in school because they hoped that the path to education will eventually lead to a successful life. But I never asked questions like why does being wealthy lead to a happy life? Or why is education the only way to becoming a successful person later in life? Education is not for everyone right? It was not until I got older that I realized that a certain someone that I met in my elementary school challenged my mindset of being wealthy will lead to a joyful life.

My philosophy of education is going to focus on the belief that every child can learn. It is a educator’s responsibility to determine how to be most effective in the classroom and assist every student in the learning process. My goal in the classroom is to create a safe learning environment. In order to do this, I will be astute at all times. I will look for clues and cues to find each student’s learning style. Some democracy is necessary in the classroom, so that the students feel invested. However, the teacher needs to remain in control to foster a proper learning environment. According the Piaget, the student’s will be in their second stage of cognitive development. In this stage, the children are still egocentric and unable to see any point of view other than their own. As a teacher, I will help guide them as they develop.

There are several theories of education. There are teacher centered and student centered ones, each one has its pros and cons. Educators use all different kinds of philosophy, many even combine philosophies. .After researching and observing different ways of teaching I have found I like a lot of them but only few aspects of each.

Governments play a vital role in providing some of the basic amenities such as health, education and security to its citizens. According to Milton Friedman, the government has a very important and critical role to play in the provision of education and more specifically provision of primary education. Government involvement in the education sector can either be in the form of loans, subsidies or grants to provide an enabling learning environment to the needy students. This paper analyzes the role of subsidies in the support of higher education based on Friedman’s arguments. In addition, the paper will attempt to explain the spillovers effects resulting from the government support of education. Education plays a primary role in reducing the level of illiteracy and knowledge in the society. Due to different financial position of parents and the high cost of education, the question remains whether the government should intervene and subsidize the financial burdens on the parents.

Part 1: There have been many famous individuals who have contributed to education. BF Skinner, William Glasser, John Dewey, and Lev Vygotski are four notorious men in the history and impact of education. B.F. Skinner (1904) was a behaviorist who his most widely known for his theory of operant conditioning and the Skinner box. He created this theory to study human behavior. Operant conditioning includes positive and negative reinforcement as well as positive and negative punishment. Positive reinforcement is giving a person a reward when the child behaves well. The opposite of positive reinforcement is negative reinforcement which is the removal of something negative to increase the likelihood of positive behavior. Negative punishment is the removal of something positive to eliminate bad behavior. Positive punishment is when something negative is added to a situation to decrease bad behavior. B.F. Skinner had a significant influence on education. He believed that behavior can only be changed through learning. His discoveries through operant conditioning can be used in education classrooms today. When a child’s behavior starts to change, that is a signal to the teacher that the child has learned from previous experiences. For example when a child raises his or her hand to be called on in class, they wait patiently because the student knows from previous experiences that talking out of turn is bad behavior. The