...October 19, 2010 Reforming Education by Eliminating the Bureaucratic Influence “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” –Nelson Mandela The future of our nation lies in the decisions we make today. Our children’s future will be shaped by the courage to make the difficult decisions that we so often avoid. The United States of America has a broken educational system and we must not succumb to the bureaucratic influence. The strength of our nation lies in our ability to rise to the occasion and do what is in the best interest of our country. Our children deserve the best education and we must put our own self interest aside to make sure we achieve that goal. This country is ruled by politics, but the education of our children should bring all parties together in an effort to enact true authentic education reform. While certain changes might not be the most popular to the parents it ultimately comes down to this simple question—will our children be that much more competitive because of the reform we enact today? If the answer to that question is yes we must move forward without looking back. The question then becomes how do we go about embarking on such dramatic change? And how do we overcome the bureaucratic influence? The Broken and Current Educational System Our current system in many ways is upside down teachers are not rewarded sufficiently and those who try to enact positive change within their schools are at times chastised for...
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...BROAD TOPIC: REFORM OF EDUCATION NARROWED TOPIC: REFORMING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN ST. LUCIA THROUGH THE USE OF ICTs Saint Lucia is part of a group of islands which form the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The current trends of the island show an increase in adults who are dependent on the ministry and their parents, as well as an increased hardship on the younger members of society. In order to achieve economic growth and national development, a highly skilled and efficient workforce is needed. Improved performance in mathematics at the primary and secondary levels is necessary for a growing workforce that is becoming more mathematically based. Boaler (2009) states, “Mathematics is now so critical to young people that some have labelled it the ‘new civil right” (p. 9). According to the Compact Oxford English Dictionary for Students, “Education means the process of teaching and learning” (p. 317) whereas “Reform means to make changes in something in order to improve it” (p. 862). Therefore from these two definitions, educational reform is improving the way students learn and are taught thus creating students who are prepared for a workforce where the use and understanding of numbers is critical, the use of Information and communication Technologies (ICTs) in the mathematics classroom is crucial. There are many reasons why ICTs are used in the mathematics classroom and though beneficial in many ways, several challenges are faced during the implementation...
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...EDUCATION REFORMS- SIGNIFICNACE OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION Current ministry of human resource and development- kapil sibal Budget- rs.31,036(US $-7.05 billion)(2009-2010) Literacy2001 Total- 66% Male-76.9% Fem-54.5% • Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to the world and 'charaka' is known as the father of Ayurveda. He developed this system some 2500 years back. • Takshila was the first university of world established in 700 B.C. • Nalanda University, built in 4 AD, was considered to be the honor of ancient Indian system of education as it was one of the best Universities of its time in the subcontinent. • Indian language Sanskrit is considered to be the mother of many modern languages of world. • Place value system was developed in India in 100 B.C. • India was the country, which invented number system. • Aryabhatta, the Indian scientist, invented digit zero. • Trigonometry, algebra and calculus studies were originated in India. CURRENT CHANGES IN EDUCATION 2010 At first, the HRD ministry has allowed the entry of the Foreign Universities to set-up campuses on Indian shores to boost higher education for top B-school students. While on the other hand, a revolutionary change in taking the educational system of CBSE in conformation to the international standard aptly serves the interest of primary education. 1) Education Bill Regulating Entry of Foreign Universities. 2) Introduction of International syllabus in CBSE. ...
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...To: QEP Committee From: Mario Brown Subject: Miles needs to train upcoming teachers in the education department to show compassion Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 I loved to read before I stated school, but from second through sixth grade I was scared and a bad reader. Finally a guidance counselor gave the encouragement that made me into a good reader. If my elementary school teacher had shown compassion I would have been a good reader long before. Instead I heard Can you read? Can you write? Boy, you need a reading and writing class. The teacher did not realize that her job was to teach me reading and writing. Elementary school teachers need lessons in respect and compassion. As a seven year old in the second grade at Robinson Elementary school I heard often that I should be in a special class from my teacher Mrs. Crawford. I loved reading and writing before Mrs. Crawford class. From preschool to the first grade I use to sit down and read books to my mother and other family members. That all changed during my second grade year Mrs. Crawford and the other children would make fun of me when it was my time to read I would stumble over words miscall words many times it was because I was nervous and afraid. If Mrs. Crawford would have worked with me on my reading and writing I would not have struggled so hard though elementary school she could have setup a tottering program that would have enhanced my reading or she could stayed late some days after school with me...
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...Education reform has a major impact on teaching children of poverty. For decades, education reform has been a leading topic on the national political agenda. It is an epidemic issue which has led to various legislations to include: the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the most recent, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Few Americans realize that the U.S. educational system is one of the most unequal in the industrial world, and students routinely receive dramatically different learning opportunities based in their social status (Jensen, 2010). If policymakers continue to ignore the correlation between poverty and education reform, many students will be left behind and unable to succeed in the...
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...How do you feel about change? For many, change is scary. From when I can remember, education did not take on the form of many programs. Education was something you needed to get by in life and that was final. Despite its many changes, public education still faces challenges with academic success. Education Reform is best known for improving public schools. The system focuses on changing teacher centered schools to student centered schools, because its main standards are academic centered thriving more on assessments such as test scores. In my experience, diversity in schools have affected me socially and emotionally. As a black woman growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood, I did not feel as welcomed. Granted I was not discriminated...
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...Politicization Differ from John Dewey approaching Public Education by Jasper Thompson jasper.thompson@waldenu.edu ID A00240846 Specialization: Educational Technology Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for EDUC 8111: Principles of Social Change Walden University April 24, 2011 Comparing Tyack and Cuban With Dewey on Social Change 2 Abstract The essay material will examine the viewpoints of the Assumptions Tyack and Cuban concerning the Public Schools traditional strategies and social change will blend gradually to form the essay that compare the theories of John Dewey involving traditional and progressive approaches of schooling pertaining to their purposes and assumptions about Public Education. Comparing Tyack and Cuban With Dewey on Social Change 3 How Tyack and Cuban Assumptions and Purposes Differ from John Dewey approaching Public Education The title of the essay paper is How Tyack and Cuban Assumptions and Purposes Differ from John Dewey Approaching Public Education. The essay will discuss the assumption and purposes of both theorist John Dewey and Tyack and Cuban about public schooling reform and social change. The organization of the essay will first analyze the central concepts of Tyack and Cuban and the theories of John Dewey. The Assumption and Purposes of Public Education will be discussed from three view points. Similarities...
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...Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education ISSN: 0305-7925 (Print) 1469-3623 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ccom20 International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience Katherine Forestier & Michael Crossley To cite this article: Katherine Forestier & Michael Crossley (2015) International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 45:5, 664-685, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 Published online: 27 Jun 2014. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 364 View related articles View Crossmark data Citing articles: 3 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ccom20 Download by: [The University of Manchester Library] Date: 01 December 2015, At: 11:00 Compare, 2015 Vol. 45, No. 5, 664–685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience Downloaded by [The University of Manchester Library] at 11:00 01 December 2015 Katherine Forestier* and Michael Crossley Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK This paper analyses how the impact...
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...IBM REINVENTING EDUCATION: Research Summary and Perspective Introduction People all over the world are obsessed with improving public education. During the last US election, Americans split historically over who would be the next president. But they were passionately united on the highest priority of the new administration: Fix education. In poll after poll, people listed poor student performance as the nation's greatest liability and its most critical need. Despite years of debate and scrutiny, worldwide comparisons like the Third International Mathematics and Science Study revealed the true extent of failing schools in the US. And while fixing public education tops our national agenda and many public and private institutions have attempted to address the challenge success stories are few and far between. Compounding the problem is a changing world with growing emphasis on highly-skilled individuals. Today's expectations for schools - that ALL children will achieve at a level much higher than required in previous eras - demands much more than a quick fix or a cosmetic approach. Poorly trained teachers, unfocused curriculum, and the inefficient use of resources inevitably result in poor student performance and the inability to compete globally. For the US, the stakes have gone up dramatically. People have also reached consensus on what public school reform looks like. It involves a radical shift from the status quo, with a new foundation built on standards, accountability, and...
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...Foundation: “Competition spurs growth”- PM Modi, an apt concept which applies to our schools as well. An environment where individual schools compete for excellence will not only ensure catalyzed development but people-driven progress as well. When stakeholders drive change, it sustains. With adequate planning on objectives and aligning incentives with peoples’ needs, it can be done. Forward Path: The need of the hour is to identify key areas which are of utmost importance to improve the standards of rural schools in India and create a system where these schools compete with each other to achieve them. This will be accomplished through a four step process. Future Action: a) Priority areas will be identified from the current government agenda. They may include a maximum of 6 targets to ensure focus and effectiveness, such as (i) toilets for girls, (ii) enrolment rate for girls, (iii) dropout rate for girls, (iv) school attendance rate, (v) cleanliness and clean drinking water facility in schools, (vi) innovative methods applied to upgrade school infrastructure (like water harvesting, school beautification, etc.). b) Once the priorities are decided, primary (leadership role) and secondary (support role) stakeholders, who will drive fast track implementation, will be identified. The stakeholders will take initiative/ coordinate and follow up with existing responsibility owners to ensure fast implementation/ accomplishment of priority targets. One school will be represented...
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...September 23, 2010 Here's what you see in Waiting for Superman, the new documentary that celebrates the charter school movement while blaming teachers unions for much of what ails American education: working- and middle-class parents desperate to get their charming, healthy, well-behaved children into successful public charter schools. Here's what you don't see: the four out of five charters that are no better, on average, than traditional neighborhood public schools (and are sometimes much worse); charter school teachers, like those at the Green Dot schools in Los Angeles, who are unionized and like it that way; and noncharter neighborhood public schools, like PS 83 in East Harlem and the George Hall Elementary School in Mobile, Alabama, that are nationally recognized for successfully educating poor children. You don't see teen moms, households without an adult English speaker or headed by a drug addict, or any of the millions of children who never have a chance to enter a charter school lottery (or get help with their homework or a nice breakfast) because adults simply aren't engaged in their education. These children, of course, are often the ones who are most difficult to educate, and the ones neighborhood public schools can't turn away. You also don't learn that in the Finnish education system, much cited in the film as the best in the world, teachers are—gasp!—unionized and granted tenure, and families benefit from a cradle-to-grave social welfare system that includes universal...
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...Running head: Educational Reform Paper Standards as Vehicle for Educational Reform University of Phoenix Cur 562/Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Suranna January 15, 2009 Standards as a Vehicle for Educational Reform Standards have been one of the most controversial topics in the field of education. Therefore, it has captured the concerns of the public to take the necessary action through a national movement that could help improve educational outcomes for all students. The movement has brought about major attention to stakeholders in the public arena, which include educators, administrators, parents, community leaders/members, businesses, and lawmakers. According to Marzano and Kendall (1996) many educators believe that the national publication of A Nation at Risk ( National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) has somewhat initiated a standards based reform movement. This publication has been one of the first documents to mandate the needs for significant improvement in public schools. In conjunction with such efforts came national and state level reform initiatives have help create standards of performance in the various subject areas. These standards later were used to develop assessments that would measure the extent in which the standards are to be mastered. Setting such rigorous academic standards, measuring students’ progress against these standards, and holding students and educators accountable...
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...the “School Education Department, Government of the Punjab” through The Secretary Schools Education, Punjab, (here-in-after) called the (SED-Punjab) which expression shall, wherever the context allows, includes its assignees, executors, successors, and attorney etc; AND Children’s Global Network Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as “CGN-P”) which is a certified tax exempt organization under the PCP certification programme striving to promote quality education in Pakistan and its current work and partnerships extend across Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, FATA and Azad Jammu & Kashmir. CGN-P has worked at the policy level in provincial, national working groups on education reforms; it has a track record and relevant experience in the field of sector wide approaches to improve the standard and spread of Education through public Private Partnerships (PPPs) completely aligned to provincial education sector plans and priorities therein. CGN-P’s critical partner for action is the public sector at all levels and Education Foundations, NGOs at local, national and international levels, district governments, provincial/federal governments, Private Corporate Sector, Philanthropists, Expatriate Pakistanis and Donors alike. CGN-P works in the areas of Capacity Building, Skill Development (PSDF) and Policy Influence, Education Reform and Rehabilitation, Free and Compulsory Education, Early Childhood Education, research studies on education at all levels...
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...The key components of progressive education centered around the progressive movement of the late 19th and 20th century. This educational style embraced industrial training, agricultural education and social education. “In the late 1940s, progressive education focused on ‘the whole child’ concept with the most prominent educational reform being called ‘Life Adjustment’ from a group called ‘the Adjusters.’ It was believed that students needed lessons in practical matters such as friendships, hobbies and family life more than the lessons acquired in college or vocational school.” John Dewey, who was one of the main advocates of progressive education and became known as the “father of Progressive education,” created a “Laboratory School” in Chicago. The curriculum at Dewey’s Lab School was described as two-dimensional: 1. The child’s side that focused on activities, and 2. The teacher’s side that focused on “logically organized bodies of subject matter” (Tanner 102). Students learned subject matter through familiar events and social activities: they cooked, sewed, wove, wood-worked, explored farming, etc. (Benson 30 ; Tanner 109). Critics of his school and his philosophy argued that “Dewey isolated children from the real world by creating an imaginary world with curriculum that gave students experiences with the sole aim of acquiring subject matter.” Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator who developed an educational philosophy that focused on independence...
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...RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 1 Howard Gardner: Human Development and Education “Thinking about Thinking” University of St. Thomas School of Education Counselor Education Cohort Program Submitted by: Carolyn Assaad, B.A. School Counseling Candidate Submitted to: Dr. Roman Alvarez, LPC-S, NCC, ACS, LMFT, LSOTP, FAPA, MTAPA Summer I, 2012 RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 2 Abstract This paper explores the following: 1) discusses Howard Gardner’s philosophy of education and background; 2) discusses qualities that make him an educational leader including the relevance of his work; 3) examines his theory of multiple intelligences and its relevance in education; 4) addresses pros and cons of his theory and 5) discusses the influence he has had on education in the United States. Implications for current issues in education and counseling are addressed with regards to the theory presented. RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 3 Background and Philosophy In the 1960’s Howard Gardner was a graduate student in Psychology at Harvard University. He was trained as a developmental psychologist so he was concerned with the nature of human organisms and the stages and laws of cognition as well as the stages of moral judgment and aesthetic evaluation. He had the opportunity to study under individuals such as psychoanalyst...
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