Poverty concerns have affected my profession and my educational institution. Our school is approximately sixty percent free and reduced lunch, which under the guidelines of poverty, that means sixty percent of our students come from homes where they are not able to adequately feed their children. I truly feel where I teach is in the throngs of poverty. Poverty issues have affected my career and my school; therefore, poverty has affected my students’ learning in a tremendous fashion. This is a concept that I apprehend; however, after an in-depth look from this seminar, I now feel I have more tools, strategies, and understanding to do something more practical about it. Teaching with poverty impacted students in mind should occur every day during…
the world of higher education today, the education profession is vested by the public with a trust and responsibility requiring the highest ideals of professionalism. Therefore, the university or college professor accepts both the public trust and the responsibilities to practice the profession according to the highest possible degree of ethical conduct and standards. Consequently, professors must develop a keen awareness and sensitivity to a variety of dilemmas and circumstances they may…
The issues involving bilingual education are preventable. Teachers and students have to work together to achieve success. I see the issues as either the teacher is unwilling to go the extra mile or the student lacks the motivation. The text book states the the drop-out rate of minority populations is higher than fifty percent. That is unacceptable. The student has to have the drive but in a way I think the teacher has the ability to spark it. The teacher gives the student a reason for…
In a world in where unstable economy and indecisive times are adults’ main concern, issues as providing special education children with a proper education does not seem as crucial to most. However, as a special educator it is my duty to voice concerns about the major issues that special education is facing at this time. Our schools at any level from the classroom setting to school’s districts face many crucial concerns such as lack of parental and public support, amount of paperwork,…
don’t really know what goes into the funding that is necessary for Student Equity and the outcomes this may bring if both issues are not thoroughly looked into. Maintaining certain requirements on both will make all the difference. There are many issues but maintaining both and by making sure that these issues are efficient as can be. The issues with higher education is that the students are first generation students, these students are coming from poverty, and need academic support. The gaps…
It stimulated my reflection on the meaning and purpose of university education, which are the major focus of the course. After completing the course, I think I have achieved the course objectives to a large extent. 2. Evaluating engagement in the course Since I am not proficient in English, the required article reading was a difficult task to me. I spent a large amount of time in comprehending the passages before class. When we were in class sharing opinions about the articles, I was engaged…
Today’s Major Public Education Issues Education is key to a successful life, it helps us acquire respect and acknowledgement that most of us desire. The significance of education is obvious for each and every individual. It is given that education has a positive impact on human life. Even though education is so important there are so many issues of it. What do you believe are the significant issues confronting Public Education today? There are numerous consequential issues of Public Education…
Multicultural Education occurs when education, values diversity; which, includes a variety of cultural groups. When dealing with Multicultural education you encounter controversial issues. The issue could be cultural uniqueness, religion, beliefs, language and customs. However these cultural issues can be taught to all students. An issue centered education will help a child understand other culture’s values, while making sure it involves equality and social justice. Also while insuring all…
Professional Issues in Early Childhood Education Final Synthesis Paper My journey as an early childhood education student at South Dakota State University has proved to be an exhilarating, inspiring, trying, and an eye opening experience. Originally when I started at South Dakota State University I was journalism major, but I recognized very quickly that I wasn’t truly passionate about writing. My true passion was working with children and their families. At the end of my freshman year I changed…
process on the right track. According to Campos, Mendes, Silva and Valle (2014), leadership, factual knowledge of current quality culture and management of critical success factors are the main elements of the cultural change process. The culture of the university reflects the genetic environment of the universities, which is not documented, although there are fixed regulations and rules (Todorut, 2013). In Oman, all the regulations of the Omani HEIs are designed by the Ministry of Higher…