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CONNECTIONS: CURRENT TRENDS, CHALLENGES, AND
ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Connections Between Globalization & Education
Below are my 5 connections starting with the most influential to the least:
1. No Child Left Behind2. Differentiated Instruction3. Student-Centered Learning4. Literacy Coaching5. Youth Dropout Rate
No Child Left Behind
NCLB was implemented with the hopes to improve student achievement and hold all involved more accountable.
An unsettling outcome of this act is high-stakes testing.
No Child Left Behind
This has become a controversial ISSUE due to increased focus on basic skills instead of meaningful, life-long learning.
Many educators
agree that this is
leaving more
students behind than
before NCLB was
implemented.
Some districts
refuse federal
funding rather than comply with NCLB
mandates
Teachers are “teaching to the
test”
No Child Left Behind
NCLB is extremely influential to students because it affects the progress and future of each student.
Ex. There is a female student at our school that does well in her high school classes. She made a 4 on her EOC. (Keep in mind that many teachers are teaching to the test for job security.) On the flip side, she failed all of her college classes she was enrolled in at the same time. She lacks the ability to be an active participant in her learning and it shows in her college classes.
Differentiated Instruction
To promote a high quality education teachers must produce a learning environment in which students want to learn. This means differentiating instruction to meet everyone’s needs.
A few ways to differentiate instruction:
• Give students choices• Create learning contracts• Provide learning centers• Provide a variety of resources/reading material about the topic
Differentiated Instruction
This is a growing TREND because our classrooms are more diverse than ever and youth dropout rates are not decreasing.
I ranked this as second most influential because differentiated instruction is the key to ensuring that you reach every child in that classroom.
Differentiated Instruction
I had a male student who came in my class with little intention of learning. Teachers previously had given up on him and it showed. It took me about two months to establish a good relationship with this young man and learn about his interests. Everything we did I somehow related it to sports and tweaked his assignments to follow suit. We also agreed to establish learning centers and he was in charge of the students in his center. I am proud to say that he succeeded in my class as well as on the EOC.
Student-Centered Learning
Student-centered learning is where students play an active role in their learning.
This is a CHALLENGE because of many reasons:
1.) student motivation2.) keeping students on task3.) how does one accurately assess
this process4.) NCLB focusing on the basic skills
Student-Centered Learning
There was a student in my class who had trouble with rote memorization. He had to perform hands on activities, write his thoughts in a learning log and then teach it to another student in the class. He was key in choosing these activities and he felt responsible not only for himself but for the students he was teaching.
Literacy Coaching
A current TREND that consists of someone providing professional development to teachers in efforts to help them improve their students’ abilities to read, write and succeed in that content area.
Rated 4th because in
theory, it is a great
concept but it is very
difficult to take an 11th
grader who is reading &
writing on a 7
th grade
level up to proficient
standards in one year.
Literacy Coaching
We have an awesome literacy coach but as I said earlier, it is difficult to correct a problem that has been ongoing in a short amount of time.
There was a student this year that could not read or write sufficiently. We worked with him extensively and he did improve but he was still not on grade level by the end of the year.
These literacy
problems do not
accumulate in one year
and they are not going
to fixed in one year.
Youth Dropout Rate
The number of youth dropping out of high school is alarming.
WHY???????????
Feel alienated
due to cultural
differences
Struggle with the
transition to high school
Lack of diverse
teaching
Youth Dropout Rate
This is an ISSUE because the national high school graduation rate is estimated to be between 75 – 78%
High school dropouts earn
46% than college educated adults
Youth Dropout Rates
I rated this last, not because I think it is any less influential than the others, but because if the previous topics are addressed then the dropout rate would decrease
We cannot fix th
e
dropout rate until
we address WHY
they are dropping
out!
References
Duffy, M., Giordano, V.A., Farrell, J.B., Paneque, O.M., & Crump, G.B. (2008). No Child Left
Behind: Values and Research Issues in High-Stakes Assessments. Counseling &
Values, 53(1), 53-66.
Gross, P.A. (2010). Not Another Trend: Secondary-Level Literacy Coaching. The Clearing
House, 83, 133-137. doi: 1080/00098651003774844
Kellough, R., & Kellough, N. (2011). Secondary School Teaching: A Guide to Methods and
Resources. Retrieved from the University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.
References
Logan, B. (2011). Examining differentiated instruction: Teachers respond. Research In
Higher
Education Journal, 13, 1-14.
Pederson, S., & Liu, M. (2003). Teachers’ Beliefs about Issues in the Implementation of a
Student-Centered Learning Environment. Educational Technology Research and
Development, 51,(2), 57-76.
Rouse, C., & Kemple, J.J. (2009). Introducing the Issue. Future Of Children, 19(1), 3-15.