Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 10/In the News



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Author Reflection == == In order for our nation to survive, it must start with educating our children. Today's child is tomorrow's future. In school, learning is the responsibility of students, teachers, administrators, and parents. We have an obligation to make sure students are learning enough of the right information to take them into the future. We also have an obligation to make sure that teachers are qualified enough to teach students. School budget cuts and lack of resources have put students in danger of not meeting standards. This is not the fault of the students, but unfortunately test scores tend to argue. I have seem too many instances where teachers have had to shell out thousands of dollars out of their own pocket in order to provide for their students. For this, I think is a shame on our government who should fund more for education. The news is not a pleasant show to watch because of the negativity and bias surrounding the topics they choose to present. However, with that being said, they are informative. Last month there was talk on the news about the Govenor of Washington state, who said that they were going to have to do some serious budget cuts to pay off the deficit. The cuts she was referring too were in the safety, health and education departments. In my opinion, those are three vital areas where we should not be cutting, but adding money too. Since budgets are being cut in education, schools are forced to combine classrooms and put teachers who are not qualified to teach certain subjects in classrooms. Here again, we are shortchanging the student. I have worked in a school where the P.E. teacher had to teach the English class. The students were struggling and could not catch up with the other classes because the teacher was never prepared. Times have changed since I was in elementary and secondary schools. No longer are students being held for their actions or lack of responsibility. The school that I completed my observation in was in total chaos. Children screaming inside classrooms, running around without raising their hands, not following rules (which there were very few) and not doing assignments because they would rather talk amongst themselves. How can we have effective students and learning, if we do not have effective teachers and educational system? The only problem I had when figuring out which content to include was how to condense the information. There is a lot of information about education out there, but narrowing down to the most important was daunting at times. However, I have learned a lot from this investigation and writing experience. It is information that I can adapt of what and what not to do as a teacher.Scarlett1 (talk) 00:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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Your article was well written and the reading targets were all fulfilled. The information was very informative and helpful. Hcogg001 (talk) 20:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Being a teacher that took a non-traditional route to my profession, I didn't have the luxury of enrolling in an effective teaching course. Reading this article I was surprised at the variety of courses that are available to undergraduates today. A class just for English majors on the use of technologies seems a bit lavish. Jtmitchem (talk) 23:50, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Overall it is a very well written article. You might think about put links to the news stories you addressed directly into your work. This would also help to add visual appeal by breaking up the large sections of text. Scrai010 (talk) 01:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I agreed with the author's stance on standardized testing and how it's jeopardizing the creativity of our teachers as well as the students. While an effective teacher should be able to roll with the punches and keep with the changing times, it is also important to remember that teachers are beneath a thumb and are expected to "produce results." These "results" are heavily relied upon from standardized tests. While under these restraints highly effective teachers are able to maintain standards while infusing creativity of their own. It's nice to have something to aspire to in this field and material to get you there. I hope to become an educator with the many positive characteristics explored in this article. Great job!Rpaige (talk) 03:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

This article was very well written. It consisted of many very important points. The learning targets were very accurate. They were easy to understand and I was able to relate them to the article with ease. I think that your conclusion was very good. It didn't just end it left you thinking about what you just read. Rcoll029 (talk) 02:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)