Essays About Education

‘Five key ideas about quality assessment’ – Keep it to 5 main points and write a few sentences on each. Use references to support your ideas. McMillan (2011) describes assessment as ‘the gathering, interpretation and use of information to support teacher decision-making’. (p5) Quality assessment is carried out to evaluate teaching, so that completed assessment […]

1. After viewing the F.A.T. City workshop clips, what did you see as one of the main “take-away” messages? I choose some take away messages from different sections throughout the film. I will use the information from the video and apply it to my everyday tasks in my future classroom. Starting from the beginning of […]

The reason a student misses school will for different depending on the age and circumstances of each student. Sometimes a student will skip school because they feel unsafe at school or on their way to or from school. Other students may miss school because of family issues, financial demands, substance abuse, or mental health problems. […]

This essay will compare and contrast two theories of behaviour management by Carl Rogers and BF Skinner and argue ways in which one of these theories could be implemented for a particular context and practice. Roger’s theory is based on a humanistic approach, while Skinner’s theory takes a behaviourist approach; each theory has both benefits […]

Schools spend a valuable time and effort in planning the formal curriculum. They develop systems for effective implementation of the designed curriculum; and then they device methods of formative, as well as summative evaluation to find out, if the objectives set are achieved or not. But one important aspect of curriculum which is never documented, […]

I have learned from observing my peers and experienced teachers how important it is to use a variety of teaching methods and styles. Within the same lesson I have witnessed teachers organising their students so that they worked alone, in pairs, in pods, and in teams. The students were encouraged to move around the classroom, […]

Language came into life as a mean of communication. It exists and is alive only through speech. When we speak about teaching a foreign language, we first of all have in mind teaching it as a mean of communication. In teaching speech the teacher has to cope with two tasks. They are: to teach his […]

The sensorial materials are sets of objects designed to educate the senses. In addition, and perhaps even more important, they also appear to assist the child’s concentration, ability to make judgments, move with purpose. Maria Montessori was greatly influenced by the ideas of his two predecessors – Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin. She took the […]

Analytic students with a left-brain processing style learn very differently from the way students with a right-brain processing style tend to learn. Analytics learn sequentially, building details into the understanding and often prefer a quiet learning environment, bright light, formal seating arrangements and tend to continue their tasks until they have been completed. This makes […]

There are a large range of professionals who work with the school on a regular basis they will come in and work with the head and other staff when needed. There are many children in schools today with learning, physical and behavioural difficulties. The educational psychologists provide advice and support for schools/parents of children with […]

Homework is defined as piece work done at home or an assignment given to students to be completed outside regular class work or preparatory reading or research for discussion. Homework is whether a burden or not that cannot be decided randomly. It may include the analysis of various factors that declares it as a burden […]

The high level of students allowed to graduate despite their poor performance is atrocious. In Mary Sherry’s essay, “In Praise of the F Word” she states, “tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. ” (Sherry 564) Further, in Sherry’s essay she discusses the need for teachers and parents […]

Students skip school; it is the behavior that the children have not enjoyed to learn then they avoid or escape from the school. In my opinion, I totally agree this problem is occurred from several reasons which their family and teachers should coordinate to solve this problem. First reason which may affect student to abstain […]

Meteorologist June-Bacon Bercey, born June Esther Griffin, is a native of Wichita, Kansas. She was the only child of James Griffin, an attorney, and Cherrie MacSalles, a music teacher. Being married twice, once in 1956 to Walker Bacon (doctor) and in 1968 to John Bercey (businessman), is how she got the combination of her last […]

Mark D’ambrosio is Albuquerque’s most sought after drummer. Teaching 45 students a week and playing in front hundreds of fans with his band “Duke City Saints”, he is what every young drummer hopes to be, a professional musician. Mr. D’ambrosio has been my teacher for 2 years now and he’s currently living my dream. I […]

The Wheaton College Teacher Education Program Conceptual Framework The Department of Education (the unit charged with teacher preparation) at Wheaton College envisions the teacher as an agent of change. This conceptualization of teaching has a spiritual and historical foundation as well as a theoretical framework. The role of teacher as an agent of change is […]

In Thailand, the commencement of each school year is symbolized by Thai students taking part in Wai Kru Day or Teacher’s Day, an act of reverence towards their educators. The tradition usually kicks off in October but can also be observed in January or June based on the institution’s calendar. The day always falls on […]

Among local films, Abakada Ina starring Lorna Tolentino as an illiterate mother comes to mind. Her mother-in-law (a teacher) looks down to her because she is “useless” and “unreliable.” When one of her kids gets sick and the doctor prescribes some medicines, the latter has to put some colored stickers on the bottles to help […]

Educational administration, according to Van der Westtuizen (1999:36) is when the government should take care of this through the necessary legislation providing for the proper functioning system. This will also entail legislation which provide for the matters such as the necessary decentralization, financing, maintenance of facilities, teacher training, compulsory education, differentiated education and general control […]

Self-directed learners according to Knowles, Holton & Swanson (2005) stated, “adults generally become ready to learn when their life situation creates a need to know” (p. 194). This has some grounded facts because most adult learners do not go back to school without a pre-determined purpose and/or desire to improve on personal or professional set […]

Pupils in the U.S. generally spend around six and a half hours at school per day, totaling to one hundred and eighty days per year. A lot of specialists in the educational sector hold the opinion that presently, children do not have sufficient time within the school’s schedule to cover all of the necessary curriculum. […]

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a system-wide approach in general education to prevent and/or resolve lack of student success. RTI provides the framework and means to meet the needs of all learners, especially struggling learners, by using data-based decisions to identify the students, link interventions and instruction to their needs, monitor their progress, and make […]