This past semester, I have acquired so much information regarding education and how it relates to Standard 9. It’s critical to know about the social, historical, and the philosophical base of education when aspiring to be an educator. These 3 key terms have the most impact on a student’s education, which is why future teachers need to know and become familiar with Standard 9.There are many responsibilities to posses when teaching, such as knowledge of the U.S. Education System, and how it’s history affects how students are taught today. Sometimes the best way to learn is through other people’s mistakes. Since there are some flaws in the U.S. Education System today, I will do my best to make sure those faults don’t affect my students
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Which is why I think learning about diversity is essential in this field. After watching a recently made documentary on Raza classes in Arizona, I realized the struggle for minorities in education has not ended. Relief and a sense of admiration washed over me once I heard my classmates vocalize their contempt on the termination of Raza classes. Ideas were shared on how to teach future students more about different cultures without being biased (Class discussion April 25). This issue is a major concern of mine, because of how people have been treated in the past, because of their ethnic background. Just as segregation in education was a huge issue in the United States, so is the absence of multicultural classes. We need our future students to feel encouraged and not ashamed of their cultural background just because it is different. In the Barton article, racism and sexism go hand in hand when concerning ethnic girls in schools. It is stated, “Evidence increasingly shows that while White girls have nearly closed the science achievement gap with White boys, girls from other ethnic groups have not, and girls from all groups still opt out of science-related trajectories at far higher rates, especially in the physical science” (Barton pg.39). Again, the importance of diversity is necessary. How can we
Which is why I think learning about diversity is essential in this field. After watching a recently made documentary on Raza classes in Arizona, I realized the struggle for minorities in education has not ended. Relief and a sense of admiration washed over me once I heard my classmates vocalize their contempt on the termination of Raza classes. Ideas were shared on how to teach future students more about different cultures without being biased (Class discussion April 25). This issue is a major concern of mine, because of how people have been treated in the past, because of their ethnic background. Just as segregation in education was a huge issue in the United States, so is the absence of multicultural classes. We need our future students to feel encouraged and not ashamed of their cultural background just because it is different. In the Barton article, racism and sexism go hand in hand when concerning ethnic girls in schools. It is stated, “Evidence increasingly shows that while White girls have nearly closed the science achievement gap with White boys, girls from other ethnic groups have not, and girls from all groups still opt out of science-related trajectories at far higher rates, especially in the physical science” (Barton pg.39). Again, the importance of diversity is necessary. How can we