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Fact: "this study claimed that 42 percent of college students are not adequatly prepared by their high schools to meet college expectations."(pg.47)
ReplyDeleteStatement: "the average or unspecial students are generally ignored by the specialty shops."(pg.49)
Response and question: I've seen it, im sure you have seen it in your previous school's, how the outsider is left out because they cant throw a football into an inzone or make a basket at the free throw line. Girls who cant cheer, ect. Football players are intensly pushed to achieve amazing grades or they will be thrown off the team.
The question is, how can administrative offices and teachers put that same drive in "unspecial" students and how can unspecial students gain those personal relationships and "family" bonds with other students that they seem to lack.
Lindsey Heidle
ReplyDeleteFact: . . . 39 percent of students attending college had gaps in their preparation for the expectations of college.
quote: "All of us have two educations: one which we receive from others; another, and the most valuable, which we give ourselves." John Randolph
Question: What do schools need to change to better teach the students in this century?
Question: There are many learning styles for educators. Why do some schools still adhere to one style? Is it just tradition or are some educators still in the "dark ages"?
ReplyDeleteQuote: If students do not learn the way we teach, then let us teach the way they learn.
-Kenneth Dunn, expert on learning styles
Fact: We, as educators, need to realize that all students (learning disabilities, gifted, etc.) should be treated with the same respect we all deserve. That is to make them feel or appear to be outsiders.
Question~ Do you think the teaching-learning process (where the teacher decides who in the class speaks by calling on them) is a quality way of speaking or are there better ways to go about encouraging class participation?
ReplyDeleteQuote~ "It's good to be smart, but if you can't get along with others then it doesn't make much difference how much you know."
Fact~ High schools now are remarkably similar to the high schools in the 1890's.
Lacy King
ReplyDeleteQuote: "All of us have two educations: One which we receive from others, another, and the most valuable, we give ourselves"- John Randolph
Fact: Socialization is the process of social learning in which a child learns the many things to help them become well functioning and acceptable members of a social environment.
Question: Why was it not necessary for girls to go to school in premodern socieities? Did they not think that it was important for females to have an education? If not, then why?
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ReplyDeleteEducation is the process of human growth by which one gains greater understanding and control over oneself and one's world.
Quote:
"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another"
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Question:
What is the makeup of a good school environment?
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ReplyDeletekatie brown
ReplyDeletestatement- We as teachers and as parents know that learning happens at school but starts home. As educators we teach and explain then send home. As parents we help understand, explain, teach, and complete. As much as the parent shows interest so will the student, and you will see them stride to excel. Teaching starts at home so get and keep those parents involved.
Q???- As teachers how would you get parents involved? How can you tell that a child needs that little extra help cause they may not be getting it at home and what would u do?
Fact- " An effective school reaches out and draws parents in instead of ignoring them or keeping them at arms length." pg53
Quote- "Kids may do poorly in school not simply because they aren't motivated to study or because they lack ability but because they are intent on maintaining their standing in a crowd that regards academic achieviment as uncool." B.Bradford Brown pg 49
Megan Lofgren
ReplyDeleteQuestion: It's said that it's a teacher’s job to make the school environment a good or bad one, what's a good strategy to accomplish this when every year new students with different values come into the picture?
Quote:"It’s good to be smart, but if you can't get along with people or don't know how to work with others, then it doesn't make much difference how much you know." (pg.41)
Fact: One in five U.S. students goes home at night to a family in which English is a second language. As they become acculturated, using English become more important for these children, and their first languages become something private or rarely used in public. (pg. 35)
Question: Do the really great teachers provide an education to their students, or do they provide schooling?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "If the curriculum a community chooses turns out to be a losing bet, the individual and social consequences are indeed severe."
Fact: There are several different ways to form schooling for the middles grades and how they are formed has a deep impact on the education provided.
Ali Dalsing
Question- What are the other techniques to dealing with student behavior that won’t disrupt the rest of the class?
ReplyDeleteQuote- “good schools do not just happen—they are made” Pg 50
Fact- An informational fact I found interesting was that 42% of college students are not prepared enough in high school to do well in college.
Quote: "The difficulties of schooling...do not change...Difficulties remain." Pg 38
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Will these difficulties ever diminish or disappear? Can teachers do anything in their classrooms to help students work through their difficulties? How can people in the community help diminish the difficulties in our schools today?
Fact: "If a child doesn't miss a day of school, he or she spends 1,000 hours in school each year. Including kindergarten, the average child by the end of sixth grade will spend more than 7,000 hours in elementary school."
Question: What can we do as teachers to promote a positive culture in our schools?
ReplyDeleteQuote: (pg. 39) ". . .Illuminate the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts, which history exhibiteth. . .that they may be enabled to know ambition under all its shapes." Thomas Jefferson
Fact: The elementary school teacher engages in as many as a thousand interpersonal interchanges each day. (pg. 43)
Question: Where do you draw the line between the school being an institution of tests, worksheets, memorization, etc, and being a free space of imagination and character-building?? (How do you balance the 2?)
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Never doubt that a small gruop of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
Fact: As far as economic purposes, "well-schooled" people and "appropriately-schooled" people are both needed to sustain a strong national economy.
Quote: "These young people, if they are to become successful students must learn how to be alone in crowd." (Philip Jackson).
ReplyDeleteFact: An elementary school teacher engages in as many as a thousand interpersonal interchanges each day (from the Jackson study, p43).
In the text, there was a section that referred to high schools as outdated and not well-suited to modern students' needs. If high schools are being required to teach state standards (which focus heavily on traditional academics) how are they to evolve into modern, forward thinking institutions?
Meagan Murphy
Quote: "Expecting all children the same age to learn the same material is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing." _ Madeline Hunt
ReplyDeleteQuestion: With such a large amount of time a child is in school how can I, as their teacher, get them excited about learning? How can I keep fresh, fun ideas to keep my students from getting bored of the same old routine?
Fact: The teacher takes on many roles in the elementary school age classroom. Dispenser of supplies, timekeeping, and granting of special privelages are just a few that keep the classroom running smoothly.
Mary Sanders
Quote:"education is a process of human growth by which one gains greater understanding and control over oneself and one's world.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How can our classroom be better arrang to help our students learn?
Fact: Kids may do poorly in school not simply because they aren't motivated to study or because they lack ability, but because they are intent on maintaining theirstanding in a crowd that regards academic achievement as uncool.
Quote: Education is a life long process: it starts long before we begin school and should be an on-going part of our entire lives.
ReplyDeleteFact: A society is a group of individuals bound together by a variety of connections.
Question: What is the priority level of the arts among other subjects like math, science, and English and where do you see its priority in the future?
Question: With children having so many different needs in a classroom, how does the school and teacher find a balance, so that everychild's needs are met?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing." -Madeline Hunter-
Fact: In a 2005 survey of nearly 1500 recent graduates, "just 24 percent of graduates said they were signigicantly challenged during high school.
Question: Of the teachers you most remember from your K-12 education, both positively and negatively, did they focus more on academic or social/cultural achievment? What aspects do you hope to bring or not bring to your students?
ReplyDeleteDiscussion Quote: Page 44 quotes Philip W. Jackson as stating, "These young people, if they are to be successful students, must learn how to be alone in a crowd." What are the advantages and disadvantages of this being the traditional view of teachers today? How can a teacher help this issue?
Fact: pg46 "In recent years a counterbreed in thinking about middle school has emerged. Critics see this period as the "soft spot" in the U.S. educational system because of the curriculum's failure to focus on academic learning."
-Alisha Neidinger
Quote: "It's good to be smart, but if you can't get along with others it doesn't make much difference how much you know."
ReplyDeleteFact: 42% of college students are not adequately prepared by their high schools to meet college expectations.
Question: What can teachers do to help better prepare students for what is expected of them in college? What is it that they are lacking? Is it the knowledge necessary to keep pace, or rather responsibility or maturity?
Logan Burgess
Question
ReplyDeleteLooking back at our own school experiences, did we know what the true purpose of school was? Did we just go because our parents told us to? How can we help todays youth understand?
Quote
"Education is a life long process: It starts long before we begin school and should be an ongoing part of our lives."
Fact/Intrest
One in five U.S. students goes home at night to a family in which English is a second language.
Quote: "Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing" Madeline Hunter, Psychologist, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How many students become skilled technicians and accomplished artisians? How many Succeed in business or professional life? in atheletics? Socially? Ethically?
Fact: In 2005 a survey of nearly 1,500 recent graduates, "just 24 percent of graduates said they were significantly challanged in high school. Twenty percent of these high school graduates said that 'expectations were low and it was easy to slide by." The same study reported that 39 percent of those students who were attending college had gaps in their preperation for the expectations of college.
Dustyn Holland
ReplyDeleteWhen did society change its values when it comes to the education of children?
"What do we really want from our schools?... Given the public's muddled feelings about brainwork (which is what excellence refers to0 and the parental indifferenc up to now about what their children are being taught, the school has a double fight on its hands: against ignorance inside the wall and against cultural prejudice outside..." (pg 38)
There are many different approaches to schooling depending on the age group.
This is Billy Jones- I could not log in so im using corey whites, I hope this is ok
ReplyDeleteQuote:"Dont get into my class if you dont want to work" I really enjoyed this quote because its very true.
Fact:Americans genrally expect that more schooling will lead to greater personal wealth, and , in general, they are right. On the whole, high school graduates do obtain higher-paying jobs than those who didnt complete high school, and college graduates earn more than high school graduates.
Question:My question comes from page 54 on whats a good school? How do you determine a good school? Is it overall grades of the students? Is it the faculty? Or is it the interactions with students and facutly and the whole student body?
Question: How do you balance teaching a factual "by the book" learner, and a "creative" learner?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "If students do not learn the way we teach, then let us teach the way they learn."
Fact: 42% of college students are not prepared enough in high school to do well in college.
Quote: "Kids may do poorly in school not simply because they aren't motivated to study or because they lack ability, but because they are intent on maintaining their standing in a crowd that regards academic achievement as uncool." -B. Bradford Brown
ReplyDeleteFact: "If a child doesn't miss a day of school, he or she spends more than 1,000 hours in school each year."
Question: What are some ways we can improve the problem of students feelings that learning is uncool?
Quote: "If students do not learn the way we teach, then let us teach the way they learn."
ReplyDeleteFact: Schools are created for the express purpose of delivering a certain type of education experience.
Question: Should kids that have been raised with a bad childhood be treated any different than the rest of the class? (In reference to socialization)
Question: Why should we all have to conform to one idea or method of learning?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "It's good to be smart, but if you can't get along with people or don't know how to work with others, then it doesn't make much difference how much you know."
Fact: I had never given much thought to the definition of schooling and education. I always just thought of schooling as old terminology.
Question: Should a teacher always conform to the "climate" of a school? Or is it okay to vary from that in certain situations?
ReplyDeleteFact: By the time an average person graduates from high school he/she will have spent about 14,000 hours at school.
Quote: "... the basic task of education is the care and feeding of the imagination." - Katherine Paterson (page 34)
Alicia Bell
ReplyDeleteQUOTE: "If fish were scientists, thelast thing they would study would be water"
QUESTION: How do you handle a school with a weak negative culture?
FACT: 1 in 5 U.S. student goes home at night to a family in which English is a secon language. As they become acculturated, using English ecomes more important for these children and their first languages become something private and rarely used in public.
Question-How could a teacher make school a more cool and fun place to be?
ReplyDeleteQuote- "All of us have two educations, one which we receive from others; another, and the most valuable, which we give ourselves."-John Randolph
Fact- Schooling is different than education. Education involves creation and immagination.
Quote- "all of us have two educations: one which we recieve from others, another and the most valuable which we give ourselves." John Randolph
ReplyDeleteFact- one in five US student goes home to a family where english is the second language.
Question- What are some teaching methods to help teach those who dont fully understand english?