The Importance Of Education In Education

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.

Classrooms today are diverse and multicultural, and children bring different forms of Englishes into the classroom, such as Spanglish, Chinglish, or Singlish (Crystal, 2013). Therefore, many students are bilingual, whereby they speak their birth language at home and Standard English at school (Ewing, Callow & Rushton, 2016). Most often, aboriginal children from remote communities learn Aboriginal English at home and have a range of experiences based on cultural and family believes (Loanne & Muir, 2017). Furthermore, bi-directional relationships and past experiences such as culture, family, geographic or socio-economic status (SES) all influence students' learning and development (Ewing, 2013; Gardner, 2017d; O'Donnell et al., 2016). Therefore, teachers need to use a two-way learning approach in the classroom to link all students' cultural heritage and home language to literacy. Equally, curriculum needs to be culturally cohesive to help bridge the learning gap amongst the students (Ewing, 2013; Thomson, 2002). Furthermore, the classroom Discourse needs to make students feel they belong, which helps build students' self-confidence, self-efficiency, and self-identity (Green, 2006; Malaguzzi, 1993). Teachers must ensure language used, class tasks and textual resources are relevant and diverse to meet the diverse range of learners in the class. For example, teachers introducing a wide variety of texts, magazines, images with a variety of dialects and sociolects help make

The education system has been established in order for all members of the communities to receive a fair and equal education opportunity. However, there are many variables that take place and all students receive the same opportunities. The students who live in poor areas tend to struggle more in school because it carries on to the school grounds. Those schools seem to have more difficulty keeping students engaged and on track. For some reason, the students at a low performing school are usually minorities and the school environment is not considered a place for them to thrive. Many teachers may find it difficult to teach in those schools because there is a lot of chaos at times. Therefore, keeping competent teachers is not always possible and that negatively affects the students education as well. Trying to close the gap between low performing schools and those that do well is not an easy task. The effort of school administrators to bring programs to help low performing schools and educating those families who’s children are affected is important because it can help enhance their opportunity to succeed educationally.

These differences in achievement do not in any way result from an inherently lower IQ in disadvantaged children. Research suggests that, aside from family situation and parental involvement, the strongest contributing factor may be the neighborhood in which a child grows up. Indeed, research demonstrates a clear relationship between a better neighborhood and more favorable educational outcomes. The community environment in which children are raised has a significant ability to instill in them either positive or negative values.

An educator's preparation and schooling are vital factors in establishing the way they teach, their habits, and approaches regarding education. In a sense, “teaching is an intentional and moral activity: it is undertaken for a purpose and is validated by reference to educational goals and social principles as well as to operational efficacy (Alexander 517).” In order for educators to positive resources for students in a varied specialized system, they must be properly trained in those systems which they are to repurpose. Learning just one method would leave gaps in the educator’s knowledge, negatively affecting their pupils. For educators to properly navigate the system of multiple educational perspectives they must be exposed to plethora of different approaches to education. One such exposure can be accomplished through the use of Student-Teaching abroad programs that are offered by different universities worldwide. Overwhelmingly, in the past, those who participate in these programs do not go on to pursue a career in education. This translates as a waste of the resource that can drive education in a positive direction. In effort to salvage a seemingly failing initiative, high level universities engaged in developing international student teacher training programs (Quezada 458).

veys their drive to acquire an education as well as their work ethic; therefore, this being a main reason why colleges should continue to use standardized testing and view their academic excellence.

As an institution, the school possesses a unique influence over a given community by way of their youngest and most malleable members. From a sociological standpoint, the school serves two purposes education, which consists of the content knowledge and skills such as reading and writing, and socialization the focus of the field. The socialization process, also referred to as schooling covers an array of things that lie just below the surface of the curriculum. The notion that schools have ulterior motives regarding what students are taught and how they’re socialized is not necessarily new to the public, especially in the United States. deMarrais and LeCompte in their book The Way Schools Work hone in on the sociological theories that have developed over time to explain the ways in which schools socialize their students and the intentions, positive, and critiques. In their book, they compare two broad purposes for schooling, social transmission and social transformation in addition to the four well-established theories that fall under the aforementioned purposes functionalism, conflict theory, interpretivism, and critical theory. Although each theory holds relevancy and is still applied to the classroom today two theories, in particular, are considered more controversial and are contested on at a higher frequency in comparison to the others. Functionalism, a theory that has been embedded into the American educational system since the formation of the country and critical

The association between birth spacing and formal education in the context of age at marriage is complex. The length of time a girl remains in formal school reduces her time spent in marriage during her reproductive life, and in turn shortens her window of childbearing years. Furthermore, by forcefully removing girls from school at an early age they are unable to receive the proper information and knowledge involving sexual and reproductive rights and health (Myers & Harvey 2011; Jain & Kurz 2007). Often under pressure from her husband, family, and society to prove her fertility, girls tend to have more frequent, poorly spaced births when married young compared to their adult married counterparts (Nour 2006). Benga et al. (2013) found that in rural communities in southern Ethiopia short birth intervals were almost twice as likely for mothers who had no formal education compared to their educated counterparts. Similarly a different study in Ethiopia by Hailu and Gulte (2016) found that women who had no formal education were three times more likely to experience short birth intervals when compared to their educated counterparts. This is in line with a study from northern Iran that found the length of birth interval significantly increased when women have a higher level of education (Hajian-Tilaki et al 2009). The length of inter-birth intervals studied in Tanzania was related to the maternal level of educational attainment such that as the level of education increase,

Letter 8, question 2: Why should an educator know the concrete world where their students live? Why does Freire use the expressive term “concrete” when describing the environment where students live?

I am a valuable person, I have dignity and worth, and what I do makes a difference. These words are regularly repeated by teachers and students alike at Assumption High School, a private all-girls college preparatory school in Louisville, Kentucky that illustrates an ideal environment for the growth of young women. Students are undoubtedly empowered through their education in ways that transcend academics. Messages boosting confidence and self-worth are woven throughout the curriculum and programming. The primary focus of the education of adolescents should be about more than just achievement; it can potentially play a powerful role in mental and social development. Therefore, all-female schools that emphasize the development of young girls are a powerful option to consider in closing the gender achievement gap.

The wise man once stated, “Teaching for nearly 40 years has allowed me to see how much our world has changed.” I had no idea how how far our world has come in just 40 years, until I asked my teacher, Mr. Gibson. Since 1978, Mr. Gibson has taught high school math. He attended college at Bemidji State University, receiving his four-year degree and eventually earned his masters. He is a very intelligent man, to say the least. Mr. Gibson explained how change has occurred in the school, how academics have been reshaped by technology, and how life in general has been revamped.

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.

In the opening of The Great Debaters Dr. James Farmer, declares “The most important job in America is the education of our young people”. Those teaching and being taught have accepted the responsibility of molding America’s tomorrow. We are stepping into ‘the hot spot’ as both the teacher and the taught, learning and giving lessons based more on character formation than fact memorization. You, I, personally are the teacher, life and its lessons, are the teacher. We are all the taught, but often, our education is invested into those who will be the future. We are teaching our young people, and allowing them to pursue otherwise unprecedented opportunities. To teach, and to be taught, it strengthens the mind, a tool that can never be taken away.

Having a child is an adjustment for every family. While families behave differently, there are key aspects typically shared, such as reserving physical space, preparing a budget, purchasing necessary items, and choosing the appropriate resources. However, are the parents fully prepared for the emotional and mental stamina it takes to rear a baby until adulthood? That question introduces the plight of the Habib family. Dan and Betsy are the parents of two boys. The older sibling is Isaiah; and he has a brother named Samuel, a beautiful boy with an affectious attitude.

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