Prairie School

problem with evaluating schools is that achievement tests do not adequately separate school and nonschool effects on children’s learning. It is likely that a schools’ test scores are a function not just of school practices (e.g., good teaching and efficient administration), but of nonschool characteristics (e.g., involved parenting and high-resource neighborhoods). It is unclear, therefore, the extent to which schools with high test scores are necessarily “good” schools and schools with low test…

Education has grown to become a mandatory requirement in not only our culture, but in societies across the globe as well. In John Holt’s essay, “School is Bad for Children” he shares his thoughts on the relationship that children build with the school. Obviously, as one can infer from the title, Holt does not view education as the blessing it is. Not only are his views irrational, they are also completely biased. The manner in which Holt presents his ideas are refutable. John Holt 's essay is…

I arrived early at 3:25pm waited for an interpreter. I saw people waiting to pick up their children from school. Then I went to the office staff and explained that I was English Composition 2 and came to help for service learning. I should my phone that had the email with the information list because she wanted to see that. She wanted to give my form for BISD Letter is Human Resource Department with my Texas ID card. She wanted to copy it and then give it back to me with a letter put to my name,…

As Jean Piaget once said, “[t]he goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge, but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things”. Children have such a wealth of ideas inside of them, and the goal of every teacher, including myself, should be to inspire their students to share them with not only the class, but the world. In the novel Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell, Esmé inspired her students to become…

The prescription of what delineates identity arrived at a surprising intersection during the period between the first reflection and this installment. Differing from the first, the second reflection period realigned the de facto blocs that had prevailed when discussing race in class. Furthermore, the second period enabled the exhibition of diverse components of my classmate’s identities – opening the conversation to increased division. In doing so, I believe that many of my peers were empowered…

When Alexie returns to the reservation school as a visiting teacher to show the children the importance of reading and education, but also to show them that he is educated, successful, and still an Indian. Alexie’s hope is that Indian kids will see they are not defined by their culture, they…

Literature has been around for centuries, but it depends on whether or not the current generation of people will take it up; therefore, literature has the potential to expand the knowledge of whole generations who then develop ideas of their own. In the article, “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” written by Annie Murphy Paul(2013), she supports her main argument that reading is enriching and beneficial by using various scientific and psychologic resources. Similarly to Annie M. Paul…

Abstract This document highlights the personal educational philosophy of James Gilboy. It includes reflective thinking about my twenty-two years of education experience in terms of what I believe to be true, real and valuable. It examines how my teaching, learning, and instruction have changed and been shaped by educational philosophies and theories. Personal Philosophy of Education Introduction In this paper I will develop a comprehensive personal philosophy of education. It is based…

My observation—Seeing as though this lesson was part of a unit plan, the students were not given too much background information. The teacher informed the class that they would be reading a specific scene, and then watching the video clip of the scene in order to compare the two forms of media. The students were aware of what they were about to do, so the teacher probably did not feel it was necessary to outline the daily activities or supply them with background information. There was no…

dread because they will just be listening to lecture the whole time. I would like to lead a classroom with enthusiasm because I would want the students to have fun and be able to express themselves. Ron Clark describes how close everyone at his school was after they performed for students. Especially, those teachers who were hesitant and did not want to participate at first (2004, pg.5). Personally, I would probably be one of those teachers who are hesitant. However, I understand that having…