Like many New Yorkers, I was born outside of the United States. I am a first generation immigrant, who migrated from the island of Jamaica when I was seven years old. Not only was this land tremendously different from my birth land, I was relocated from my grandparents to live with a mother I was unable to identify when I arrived at JFK airport. Additionally, once I started school in America, I encountered another new experience: my new elementary school in New York was way ahead of the rural elementary school I attended in Jamaica. I would spend hours after hours doing my homework each night to then receive grades that discouraged me from persevering. Thus, in my first few years in America, I despised school. Instead of making me feel like “I could do anything,” school made me feel inferior to my classmates. Despite my early struggles in school, I eventually grew to love learning and attending school. This passion for learning is attributed to the many wonderful teachers I have encountered. These teachers not only provided a high-quality education, they also empowered me to trust in myself and in my ability to succeed. Fortunately, I received a full-tuition scholarship in 2012 to attend a small liberal arts college in Indiana. Then in 2015, I graduated with my Master of Arts in Teaching from another prestigious institution in Indiana. I am now working on earning an M.S. Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities from Touro College. During the day, I am a Literacy
Many students of color often fall victim to learning in under budgeted schools, or when they do seek to receive a great education, they are put in places where they feel like they do not belong. In the TED talk titled “How students of color confront imposter syndrome,” speaker Dena Simmons presents the issue of the “price” that many students pay for learning while not white. Simmons successfully presents her argument by using powerful, emotionally-engaging personal stories, adding subtle statistics to back up her claims, and brings it home by showcasing how her experiences lead to a career in teaching, which aids in establishes her credentials.
Education is very important to ensure a better quality of life for all children. It also makes people aware of opportunities available for them, and the rights that they deserve. It is the key which allows one to acquire skills to become more self-reliant, and ultimately succeed in their life. A country or a world without educated people is a hell of a mess, where no one shows respect in regard to anyone. The lack of education increases the gender gap; for many years, women were not allowed to attend school or obtain an education. It also increases the level of poverty leaving people no choice than becoming criminals, murderers, or thieves. Those acts do not happen only because people live in poverty, but also for the sake to project their anger on society. However, because of women’s importance in societies, their education should not be neglected otherwise those goals can never be achieved because women are at the center of education.
ABSTRACT: The importance of planting local and religious cultural values in education is an effort to anticipate the rate of modernization characterized by sophistication in the field of communication, information, and transportation technologies bringing the countries of the world into the global network system to a new world civilization. If not anticipated by strengthening cultural and religious filters, then globalization will be detrimental to the existence of the nation's cultural values. This study examines the meaning of events and interactions of people, used orientation or theoretical perspective with phenomenological approach. The type of research used in this study is the type of qualitative research. While viewed from the place of research, this research belongs to the type of research library. The research results are: 1) The values of education that can be known from the local wisdom of rural society are as follows; a) The value of the Faith, namely the belief in the existence of God as the Lord of the universe The value of faith is also found in the philosophy of life that has been adhered to firmly; b) Value of Togetherness; c) The value of education that teaches hard work, abstinence, filial piety, obedience to the rules of religion, clean life, community life, and simple life; 2) The concept of educational development from
I’ve lived by the common adage that we are a product of our environment, the idea that exposures have the ability to shape our character and outcomes in life. Growing up in a rural environment with resources allocated to support agricultural development and a scarcity of resources to address the public health needs of my community inspired me to pursue higher education. As the country reaped the benefits of the agricultural industry, my community endured the costs from exposure to environmental toxins and pollutants that resulted from the agricultural industry’s use of chemical pesticides and over-irrigation of the land. Although the built environment positioned me to experience unfavorable outcomes, the adage served as a reminder that exposure to other environmental conditions could result in more favorable outcomes. My exposure of choice was education, exposing myself to education broke down environmental barriers and instilled a passion to address public health needs inherent to the environment. Self-education exposed me to the field of Nutrition and the idea that nutrients in food could serve as medication to cure, control and prevent diseases. With newfound knowledge of the field, I was able to disseminate nutrition education information to members of my community. Moreover, I recognized that I could not change environmental conditions and needed to pursue a structured education in the field of Nutrition to make a larger impact on the health of my community. Pursuing
My placement school is the Tempe Academy of International Studies (grades 6th to 8th), under the Tempe Elementary School District. The population consists of about 300 students, with a high percentage of them having disabilities ranging from autism to dyslexia, and also a high rate of students experiencing anxiety (Personal Communication). The main goal of the school is to create a community with students, school staff, and teachers and promote a diversified curriculum in both culture and ways of learning (Personal Communication). The overarching mission of the school influences the school’s goal on integrating technology for the purpose of having students, “connect with a global society” (“Technology”), and using advanced resources to challenge students (“Tempe Academy of International Studies - McKemy Campus”).
Education has always been a cornerstone of American society. However, the current educational system of the US as many issues. First, most public schools hardly teach many important subjects such as personal finance, entrepreneurship, and coding (Gerber). Furthermore, many schools are required to teach students about pointless material such as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Qin Shihuangdi, and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Second, in subjects such math and science, America lags behind most developed countries due to many teachers teaching a subject based off a particular standardized test such as the End of Course/Grade assessment (Chou). Therefore, the issues of low test scores in comparison to other developed nations and teaching students the wrong material in the American educational system need to be addressed.
A large part of what teachers do in the classroom circles back around to student assessment. The nation has been consumed by a “moral panic,” which is the tendency to lay blame on public school teachers when there is an economic or social crisis (Denby, 2016). Even though moral panic is a misleading concern (since it does not logically follow to blame current teachers for influencing the behaviour of citizens who had different teachers), professional educators still ought to maintain the responsibility to improve their instructional methods and appeal to the changing needs of all students. The education system and its teachers hope to implement productive academic reforms, which reassures the need for measuring the effectiveness of teachers and the performance of students. I feel the need to discuss what I have learned and what I will do as a teacher by being mindful of my student’s experiences and constructing a class where students are encouraged to enhance their knowledge and have the academic supports to do so. I will examine the fundamentals of learning that takes place before the knowledge is assessed, how I will prepare students for high-stake tests, what my assessments will aim to measure, and the importance of improvement from one assessment to the next.
The United States’ education system prioritizes subjects such as science, technology, engineering, and math because the world is becoming increasingly technological, which means that a much greater portion of the future job market will be in STEM related areas. From a government standpoint, placing greater focus on STEM subjects in schools makes sense because it will translate into greater economic prosperity later on, but the sole aim of education should not be bolstering the economy. Instead, the aim should be raising mentally-sound individuals with multifaceted intellect. To achieve this, the early education system should regard all fields with equal weight. Unfortunately, STEM subjects have been provided more resources at the expense of other non-STEM subjects, with the arts taking the biggest hit. This is especially problematic, because the arts are unlike any other non-STEM related fields which are taught during early education; only in the arts are students given a chance to express themselves.
Education is clearly an essential aspect of criminality that should be implemented to rehabilitate juvenile offenders and lower their risk of reoffending. The previous studies addressed issues present by incarcerating youth, but further research must be done comparing the resources available to incarcerated youth, those in group homes, and those of probation, and their recidivism rates. Just under a third of juvenile arrests are of females, although they are a minority population they should be explored because they could offer a different perspective and understanding (Rhoades, Leve., Eddy, & Chamberlain, 2016, p. 337). Previous studies were focused almost exclusively on male participants, so research into how the justice system prepares girls to re-enter into society as adults. Most of the boys studied above were also white, so further research must be done to explore how race plays a factor. Moving forward, a more diverse sample group must be researched in order to provide more generalizable research of the population. For further research, a variety of systems and their effectiveness must also be evaluated.
I find pride and value in all my experiences regarding STEM. Though I have directed my focus more towards technology in my middle and high school years, my story began with mathematics. Growing up in an immigrant family, my parents were not always able to cross the language barrier and help develop my studies in language arts or social studies. Since math deals with numbers and function, it is the one subject without borders. I grew up memorizing the multiplication table at an early age and complaining when my parents quizzed me while going on walks or grocery shopping. Despite my constant whining, I obliged and looking back, I am thankful that my parents pushed me to learn basic math in my formative years. By the time I entered elementary school, math just clicked; whether it be from a natural inclination or from the early exposure, and I grew more confident and interested in my mathematical abilities.
Learning, everyone in every Lifetime has learned something, but, do they all learn the same way? If the answer to that is no,then, How do people learn and why is the way that we as humans learn so significant, moreover for children? Well i can think of why, each child learns differently than another additionally, depending on their way of processing information, a traditional method of teaching might not reach them in terms of personal interest including intellectual individuality. This, along with Equally inspiring resources that is scarcely available, it makes learning things seem similar to a chore or a modern but ancient way of punishing someone for doing a bad deed or also as a way to persuade someone to lose themselves for something that all of a sudden doesn’t seem worth the trouble or time to get after strenuous work, to obtain, Primarily, A Certificate of completion.Furthermore, fueling the need to work hard, struggle, and eventually in due time crash and burn. My solution to this problem would be to change the course of the school system and leave the old ways of old school bland instructing and bring in a more hands on creative process to erase inaccurate groupings of incompatible students when it comes to learning effectively, and, efficiently, together, which reinstates my thesis that everyone everywhere are different, and even if they are they should have a chance to learn by being taught in a more effective long lasting way. Which brings me to my thesis, I
Imagine this scenario; Oklahoma without an educational system. Knowledge is lost in this state. We are running out of doctors and business leaders. Universities are shutting down, major oil companies have relocated, and the economy has nearly crashed. What led to this crisis? Teachers fled to other states to find better paying jobs so they can support their families. The teachers of Oklahoma loved their jobs and lived to make an impact on every child who entered the classroom. Unfortunately, teachers have left in hopes of being able to do more for their families and now the system is in a complete state of frenzy. “ Good teachers are the reason why ordinary students dream to do extraordinary things.” Teachers are vital to the growth and development of children. They teach them how to read, write, and many other forms of knowledge that everyone must know to be successful. Teachers also pass on knowledge of past things they have encountered and give students valuable life skills that will always be remembered. Teachers are the foundation of the economic system.The average starting pay for teachers in Oklahoma is 31,600 dollars a year. Even after a teacher works their way up to 25 plus years of teaching, they still get paid only 42,325 dollars a year. Teachers deserve a pay raise because they teach lessons that last a lifetime, work a tiring job that requires much thought, work countless hours outside of the classroom, and if teachers do not get higher pay, there will be a
First, before I start I would like to say, many of these ideas and examples are from a video made by a man named Dave who did a similar project to this. I watched a video about how many schools and school systems are teaching things that don't need to be taught, and I started to question if some of the things we are learning in school are really necessary. With a job like an accountant or someone in a doctor's office, when will we ever have to use information about Andrew Carnegie? There are many things we are learning in school that we will most likely not need to know for a future career. There are many things we could learn instead of those things that could actually be useful for a job a student might want. I think it's just a waste of time to learn them and all these things are simply useless information. Sure it depends on what field you want to go into for example if you want to be a math teacher you will probably have to learn this stuff but we could still learn things that don't involve what job we have. For example, instead of reading a bunch of Edgar Allen Poe and his writing we could be learning how to get a job or how to vote. Why did we dissect frogs last year? Was it really useful to us? Did we learn anything that we will actually need in the real world? Personally, I don't think so. Just think of how much time you were in school learning things that you never used or never will use. Now imagine what else you could have done with all of that wasted time. With
First class of the day is genetics at 8:00 am, still waking up, I sit in my chair and listen as the professor drones on and on about DNA and other things I wont remember after class today. After two hours of genetics I have five minutes to run from one class to another. Now I sit in my chair, in a different class, and listen to another professor lecture for another two hours. My hand begins to cramp up from all the note taking, and I feel even more tired than I did at 8:00 am. My day isn't over yet, I still have to try and keep my eyes from closing as my math teacher goes on about shapes or multiplication or something math related. A full day of school down and I am left with more questions than answers. I feel like I know less now, than I did when I came to school this morning.
We have come a long way since the days of institutions for human beings with disabilities. We now know that individuals with disabilities are quite capable of learning and contributing to society. In the present day, however, the question is not should disabled people be educated, but how best to educate them. Many now believe that the inclusion classroom is the best learning environment for those who are disabled. Still others feel that a self-contained classroom is a better fit for their educational and social needs. In this paper, both types of classroom settings will be addressed, with emphasis on the self-contained classroom being the most effective of the two. It is important that a disabled child's educational needs are put before their social needs. Therefore, they must have their own classrooms that will allow them to learn at their own pace and way.