From W.S. Both educators and the general public look upon knowledge as a priority. Knowledge is knowing. Educators have to reflect on the knowledge that has been gained and decide what to do with this knowledge as we head into the future. Knowledge is changing at a fast pace and educators need to adjust and determine what past or historical knowledge is needed which organizing curriculum in context with change. The book points out that the subject of knowledge relies on logic and rational thinking to organize information, concepts, generations, and principles of the subject. Knowledge in a subject matter to be used in curriculum should be adapted or modified on a regular basis. True, old knowledge is what has brought the human race to the present. New knowledge is needed for children to acquire the critical-thinking and problem skills they need to succeed in the 21 century.
The social issues I believe that should be addressed are education for all students, education for gifted students, subject matter, and disadvantaged students. I think we need to provide relevant education for all students. The Ten Imperative Needs focused on many areas of education such as social issues, subject matter, and cognitive learning. These Ten Imperative Needs include: economic and vocational, good health and physical fitness, community and citizenship duties, family duties, consumer skills, scientific skills, leisure activities, literature, art, and music skills, ethical values, rational abilities. I found these to be priorities that are relevant to the educational process.
Gifted students have had their programs cut too many times. Their programs are almost non-existent. Educators need to foster these students’ abilities and help them succeed beyond their own expectations. Subject matter in schools systems has improved with better standards and content. However, we need to go through subject matter and theories and take out the old theories that do not work anymore. Then we need to replace them with curriculum and theories that would allow teachers to use “new knowledge” to help prepare student for a challenging work force and society. The general could get more involved by having businesses helping schools. They could donate money or have employers donate their time at a school. If a parent has a student that has a learning disability, they could be more involved in their student’s lives by telling teachers that their students have a disability or health problem. A great example of the general public being involved in schools is the work programs offered in high school. There are businesses, such as Publix, that allow students to go to school half a day and work half a day. This provides students with the ability to learn job skills and earn money at the same time. Another great example are transition programs for students who in ESE. The transition program helps prepare students who are in ESE to live and work on their own. The teachers train the students, but they also get businesses in the community to let the students work jobs. Some of the businesses go on to hire the students after they graduate. There are many ways for the general public to get involved in education, and it is welcome help for teachers.
Educators need to address social priorities such as ensuring all students have equal access to education. The politics of education needs to be addressed. The diversity within our school systems needs to be recognized and addressed. Educators are responsible for engaging all students, spurring interest and learning, so that the individual is advanced, and in turn society will benefit from that student’s contributions. Educators must constantly be revising the concept of education, curriculum and instruction to reflect our society. Educators must take into account local, national and international realities and reflect those in the curriculum. Educators must be able to withstand political and public pressures and make the necessary changes for the greater good of the students and society at large.
I agree with the text, in that we have to reflect our social, political, economic and environmental realities within the curriculum. We live in a highly technological, bureaucratic and automated society. There are many social and economic problems we are facing today. Unemployment, lack of adequate healthcare for many, a depletion of natural resources, racial and sexual discrimination, pollution and the economic woes from Wall Street to the failing housing market all plague our society. We need to infuse our curriculum with these realities and ensure we are going beyond the core subjects and teaching mindfulness, advocacy and change in order to guarantee success. As a nation, we must ensure equal opportunities in education and employment. We must provide resources for those in need. We must provide adequate healthcare. Politicians and the business industry must be held to higher standards in order to avoid economic problems such as the technology bubble burst and the housing market collapse. We need to protect our nation from terrorism by opening dialogue to the Middle East and understanding their social, economic and politic issues, instead of isolating these countries and going to war. All of these issues are interrelated. They cannot be excised and dealt with individually. Society at large is responsible for the health and well-being of our nation. We as educators are responsible for the academic, and equally important, social success of our students.
Comment on Kristin: I really appreciate your spin on answering this question. The focus on ESE students is a great social priority. I like how you described the transition programs and the great need for that today and the public's responsibility to employ these students. It is a win win situation. Also, there is a lessening of programs/resources for gifted students. A few alpha classes here and there are not cutting it. Gifted students should have more opportunties to excel and extend.
One of the biggest priorities in education will continue to be the challenge of educating all students effectively. We must deal with the politics of education and be able to converse with the increasingly diverse voices of our population. We must determine the role that technology should play in designing and delivering the curriculum. We must entertain ways to engage students in learning, in creating knowledge and understanding, so that both knowledge and the social community are advanced in ways that address the total human condition. We must continually rethink the concepts of education, curriculum, instruction, and the school so that education in this new century is responsive to local, national, and international communities. Schools have reacted to these priorities by revising the aims and priorities of education and changing their programs to meet the demands of society. If education is public business, then I believe the general public should get in the trenches and help us get the job done. I think most schools want the public’s support and help. It should be the responsibility of both the public and school to address and teach social priorities to our students. I feel that the only thing students get from the public anymore are reality shows, opinion-voiced music, video games, and the Internet. It has ultimately become the job of the school to teach social priorities, manners, and subject matter because there aren’t many sources available anymore to provide these things.
I agree with Andrea, "I think most schools want the public’s support and help. It should be the responsibility of both the public and school to address and teach social priorities to our students. I feel that the only thing students get from the public anymore are reality shows, opinion-voiced music, video games, and the Internet. It has ultimately become the job of the school to teach social priorities, manners, and subject matter because there aren’t many sources available anymore to provide these things." I agree with Andrea, social priorities need to be addressed mostly by the parents. A teacher confronts these social priorities on a daily basis. For this reason, numerous beginning teachers face a high attrition rate because these social priorities are demanding and a teacher needs to trust in her decisions and possess a high level of confidence. For this reason, the design of a curriculum is challenging because educators and curricularists need to address the demands of the State as well as the concerns of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large.
I agree with Andrea. The general publi needs to be more involved in the public school systems. They are always saying that things need to change in the public school system. However, they are never there to give their opinions or help make the change in schools. Student's social issues should be a priority to the public and to educators.
The challenge confronting educators is how to process the pressure, the popular rhetoric, the slogans of the day, as well as the concerns and demands of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large. As the social, political, and economic contexts have changed, we have looked to our schools to assist us both to cope with the changes and to participate in varying degrees in the management of the changes. As a society, we have reacted to change and social pressures by revisioning the aims or priorities of education. In turn, the schools have responded to our demands by changing their programs. As a society, we are now of the mind-set that all students must be educated in order to deal with and participate in the information century. For this reason, the design of a curriculum is challenging because educators and curricularists need to address the demands of the State as well as the concerns of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large. According to Ornstei and Hunkins, (2004), in this new century, we must solve the challenge of educating all students, we must deal with the politics of education, we must be able to converse with the increasingly diverse voices or our population, we must determine the role that technology should play in designing and delivering the curriculum. Most importantly, we must entertain ways to engage students in learning, in creating knowledge and understanding, so that both knowledge and the social community are advanced in ways that address the total human condition. A teacher confronts these social priorities on a daily basis. For this reason, numerous beginning teachers face a high attrition rate because these social priorities are demanding and a teacher needs to trust in her decisions and possess a high level of confidence.
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ReplyDeleteBoth educators and the general public look upon knowledge as a priority. Knowledge is knowing. Educators have to reflect on the knowledge that has been gained and decide what to do with this knowledge as we head into the future. Knowledge is changing at a fast pace and educators need to adjust and determine what past or historical knowledge is needed which organizing curriculum in context with change.
The book points out that the subject of knowledge relies on logic and rational thinking to organize information, concepts, generations, and principles of the subject.
Knowledge in a subject matter to be used in curriculum should be adapted or modified on a regular basis. True, old knowledge is what has brought the human race to the present. New knowledge is needed for children to acquire the critical-thinking and problem skills they need to succeed in the 21 century.
The social issues I believe that should be addressed are education for all students, education for gifted students, subject matter, and disadvantaged students. I think we need to provide relevant education for all students. The Ten Imperative Needs focused on many areas of education such as social issues, subject matter, and cognitive learning. These Ten Imperative Needs include: economic and vocational, good health and physical fitness, community and citizenship duties, family duties, consumer skills, scientific skills, leisure activities, literature, art, and music skills, ethical values, rational abilities. I found these to be priorities that are relevant to the educational process.
ReplyDeleteGifted students have had their programs cut too many times. Their programs are almost non-existent. Educators need to foster these students’ abilities and help them succeed beyond their own expectations. Subject matter in schools systems has improved with better standards and content. However, we need to go through subject matter and theories and take out the old theories that do not work anymore. Then we need to replace them with curriculum and theories that would allow teachers to use “new knowledge” to help prepare student for a challenging work force and society. The general could get more involved by having businesses helping schools. They could donate money or have employers donate their time at a school. If a parent has a student that has a learning disability, they could be more involved in their student’s lives by telling teachers that their students have a disability or health problem. A great example of the general public being involved in schools is the work programs offered in high school. There are businesses, such as Publix, that allow students to go to school half a day and work half a day. This provides students with the ability to learn job skills and earn money at the same time. Another great example are transition programs for students who in ESE. The transition program helps prepare students who are in ESE to live and work on their own. The teachers train the students, but they also get businesses in the community to let the students work jobs. Some of the businesses go on to hire the students after they graduate. There are many ways for the general public to get involved in education, and it is welcome help for teachers.
Educators need to address social priorities such as ensuring all students have equal access to education. The politics of education needs to be addressed. The diversity within our school systems needs to be recognized and addressed. Educators are responsible for engaging all students, spurring interest and learning, so that the individual is advanced, and in turn society will benefit from that student’s contributions. Educators must constantly be revising the concept of education, curriculum and instruction to reflect our society. Educators must take into account local, national and international realities and reflect those in the curriculum. Educators must be able to withstand political and public pressures and make the necessary changes for the greater good of the students and society at large.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the text, in that we have to reflect our social, political, economic and environmental realities within the curriculum. We live in a highly technological, bureaucratic and automated society. There are many social and economic problems we are facing today. Unemployment, lack of adequate healthcare for many, a depletion of natural resources, racial and sexual discrimination, pollution and the economic woes from Wall Street to the failing housing market all plague our society. We need to infuse our curriculum with these realities and ensure we are going beyond the core subjects and teaching mindfulness, advocacy and change in order to guarantee success. As a nation, we must ensure equal opportunities in education and employment. We must provide resources for those in need. We must provide adequate healthcare. Politicians and the business industry must be held to higher standards in order to avoid economic problems such as the technology bubble burst and the housing market collapse. We need to protect our nation from terrorism by opening dialogue to the Middle East and understanding their social, economic and politic issues, instead of isolating these countries and going to war. All of these issues are interrelated. They cannot be excised and dealt with individually. Society at large is responsible for the health and well-being of our nation. We as educators are responsible for the academic, and equally important, social success of our students.
Comment on Kristin: I really appreciate your spin on answering this question. The focus on ESE students is a great social priority. I like how you described the transition programs and the great need for that today and the public's responsibility to employ these students. It is a win win situation. Also, there is a lessening of programs/resources for gifted students. A few alpha classes here and there are not cutting it. Gifted students should have more opportunties to excel and extend.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest priorities in education will continue to be the challenge of educating all students effectively. We must deal with the politics of education and be able to converse with the increasingly diverse voices of our population. We must determine the role that technology should play in designing and delivering the curriculum. We must entertain ways to engage students in learning, in creating knowledge and understanding, so that both knowledge and the social community are advanced in ways that address the total human condition. We must continually rethink the concepts of education, curriculum, instruction, and the school so that education in this new century is responsive to local, national, and international communities. Schools have reacted to these priorities by revising the aims and priorities of education and changing their programs to meet the demands of society. If education is public business, then I believe the general public should get in the trenches and help us get the job done. I think most schools want the public’s support and help. It should be the responsibility of both the public and school to address and teach social priorities to our students. I feel that the only thing students get from the public anymore are reality shows, opinion-voiced music, video games, and the Internet. It has ultimately become the job of the school to teach social priorities, manners, and subject matter because there aren’t many sources available anymore to provide these things.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrea, "I think most schools want the public’s support and help. It should be the responsibility of both the public and school to address and teach social priorities to our students. I feel that the only thing students get from the public anymore are reality shows, opinion-voiced music, video games, and the Internet. It has ultimately become the job of the school to teach social priorities, manners, and subject matter because there aren’t many sources available anymore to provide these things."
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrea, social priorities need to be addressed mostly by the parents. A teacher confronts these social priorities on a daily basis. For this reason, numerous beginning teachers face a high attrition rate because these social priorities are demanding and a teacher needs to trust in her decisions and possess a high level of confidence.
For this reason, the design of a curriculum is challenging because educators and curricularists need to address the demands of the State as well as the concerns of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large.
I agree with Andrea. The general publi needs to be more involved in the public school systems. They are always saying that things need to change in the public school system. However, they are never there to give their opinions or help make the change in schools. Student's social issues should be a priority to the public and to educators.
ReplyDeleteThe challenge confronting educators is how to process the pressure, the popular
ReplyDeleterhetoric, the slogans of the day, as well as the concerns and demands of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large.
As the social, political, and economic contexts have changed, we have looked to
our schools to assist us both to cope with the changes and to participate in varying degrees in the management of the changes. As a society, we have reacted to change and social pressures by revisioning the aims or priorities of education. In turn, the schools have responded to our demands by changing their programs. As a society, we are now of the mind-set that all students must be educated in order to deal with and participate in the information century.
For this reason, the design of a curriculum is challenging because educators and curricularists need to address the demands of the State as well as the concerns of various public groups, and balance them with regard to what is good for the general public and the nation at large. According to Ornstei and Hunkins, (2004), in this new century, we must solve the challenge of educating all students, we must deal with the politics of education, we must be able to converse with the increasingly diverse voices or our population, we must determine the role that technology should play in designing and delivering the curriculum. Most importantly, we must entertain ways to engage students in learning, in creating knowledge and understanding, so that both knowledge and the social community are advanced in ways that address the total human condition. A teacher confronts these social priorities on a daily basis. For this reason, numerous beginning teachers face a high attrition rate because these social priorities are demanding and a teacher needs to trust in her decisions and possess a high level of confidence.