Experiential education

Physical Education. The philosophies and theories that I believe in with the methods I’d in the classroom. Between dealing with the ages groups I’d be with everyday or the age I’d like to be with. How I’d assess my classroom along with how I’d discipline my students. Along with what I’d personally like to accomplish in my classroom. As an effective Physical Education teacher I must be motivated, I love impacting students through motivation. It’s…

Education in the United States promises equal opportunity to every student. However, does equal opportunity truly grant every person with the resources and access he or she needs in order to succeed in a standardized education system? With incredibly different ethnic groups coming together in one system, how can a general education adapt to a multicultural curriculum in order to promote appreciation for cultural diversity? Thurgood Marshall once stated that “the United States has been called the…

Is Homework beneficial to kids in our society? There are many opinions on homework and its benefits toward children. Is it harmful or helpful? Is it increasing knowledge or diminishing grades? Lisa Morgues, a teacher from California states, “The concept of homework is so ingrained in our culture , that people can’t and won’t think about what it might be like if we stopped doing homework. If a child is struggling, homework is valuable in fixing the problem. Teachers give students the amount of…

Sexist School Dress Codes Changing clothes, embarrassed faces, and angry students have been a result of the dress code. All around the country, the school dress codes are getting harsher and harsher each year. Many of these rules have caused discomfort in many female students across the nation. The school dress code is unfairly directed towards females, it sexualizes the female body, and humiliates students whenever they get chastised for breaking the rules. As the school dress codes get more…

Because of this, I cannot compare my schooling to the education at private or charter schools, but am very happy that my parents chose for me to attend a public school since it gave me experiences that I may not have had elsewhere. At the public schools I attended, I was able to take honors/AP classes, compete…

Taking criticism can be a difficult thing, but it allows individuals to be guided away from poor practices and be led towards proficient ones. The problem is that our supporters, such as our educators and parents, pass their limits when trying to correct others for their benefit, or in some cases for their own satisfaction, which often leads them to over criticize. This causes individuals such as students and the children of parents to be pushed over the edge, or in very few cases, accept it and…

Along with other factors, homework is a prominent reason why some students dread going to school. No student wants to go to school for eight hours a day, just to go home to complete homework for another three or more hours, and on top of this, hold down a job or participate in extracurricular activities. Homework has been a customary practice since the first public school was opened. Even though it has been around for so long, recent research states that there are times when completing homework…

Differentiation is the “instructional model where teachers tailor content, process/support, and product in response to their students ' levels of readiness and interest” (Whipp, Taggart, & Jackson, 2014). There are three different aspects of curriculum that involve differentiation mentioned in the quote above: content, process, and product. Each of these aspects benefits different students in their own unique way. From those aspects there are different strategies that are used to mix up the…

Throughout our educational career we are often told, “Always study, don’t stop going to school, listen to your teachers and do what they tell you to do” because education is important and without it we would work at Mc Donald’s for the rest of our lives. But if we only listen and do what we are told to do don’t we become machines? Education should be used to help us critically think and open our mind to the information that is out there, to make us strong leaders and not weak followers. I have…

heavily involved in the Australian education system. It is important to do so because these organisations and departments play an integral role in all aspects of schooling and pedagogical practice. Furthermore, these are incredibly important resources for professional development (especially for pre-service teachers). Another thing that I discovered during one of the lectures is how education works in Australia. For example, there are four sectors in Australian education which include –…