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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools. Enough is enough!
Geoffery Canada speaks about our failing school system and how the constructs of the education system continues to recycle the same business plan that loses more students than saves them. This is a powerful observation because it suggest that the current pedagogy of our educational structure has habituated practices that have proven to be ineffective for many schools in its newly intended purpose and goal of producing career and college ready young adults. The problem rest in the fact that even though these practices are known by administration and other prominent decision makers at every level of political office, nothing is being done to create a substantial change or revamp the educational system to better suit the needs of the children who fall through the cracks; never learning foundational skills, children who drop out of school; only to become the future dregs of society, and children who have the drive to succeed; but are stuck in the quick sand of poverty. Now we are at the pivotal moment of transitional education. What I mean by this is that the traditionally accepted forms of teacher-student relationships, methods of teaching, and typical practices of learning are now being introduced to technology, which is surfacing a new educational perspective called innovation. This innovative approach through the use of technology is forcing education to transition out of its traditional state and evolve like a butterfly into something that is revolutionary. Technology, however is not the coming messiah, if you will, of education and I think what could potentially happen is some educators will start to depend on technological advancements as the main tool to teach instead of using them as resources to enhance teaching. Geoffery Canada says “We can’t stifle innovation in our business we have to innovate”. The integration of technology is creating such a divided uproar. One side is forcefully pushing the rapid inclusion of technology and the other side is apprehensively unlocking the door to peak at what technology has to offer. As a parent first I don’t want my child to suffer from a stubborn education system that limits his potential on the account of educator’s resilience to change. I want my child to have the option to research the encyclopedia or the internet, to practice his penmanship or increase his typing speed, to even be in a physical classroom or attend a virtual learning environment. This flexibility in learning I propose will benefit the students in ways that make sense in today’s society. As an aspiring educator second I want to expand my knowledge and take the plunge into the dynamic world of technology. Understanding what tools can be used to prepare my students for a future that is unprecedented and designed for the technologically inclined.
Geoffery Canada speaks about our failing school system and how the constructs of the education system continues to recycle the same business plan that loses more students than saves them. This is a powerful observation because it suggest that the current pedagogy of our educational structure has habituated practices that have proven to be ineffective for many schools in its newly intended purpose and goal of producing career and college ready young adults. The problem rest in the fact that even though these practices are known by administration and other prominent decision makers at every level of political office, nothing is being done to create a substantial change or revamp the educational system to better suit the needs of the children who fall through the cracks; never learning foundational skills, children who drop out of school; only to become the future dregs of society, and children who have the drive to succeed; but are stuck in the quick sand of poverty.
ReplyDeleteNow we are at the pivotal moment of transitional education. What I mean by this is that the traditionally accepted forms of teacher-student relationships, methods of teaching, and typical practices of learning are now being introduced to technology, which is surfacing a new educational perspective called innovation. This innovative approach through the use of technology is forcing education to transition out of its traditional state and evolve like a butterfly into something that is revolutionary. Technology, however is not the coming messiah, if you will, of education and I think what could potentially happen is some educators will start to depend on technological advancements as the main tool to teach instead of using them as resources to enhance teaching. Geoffery Canada says “We can’t stifle innovation in our business we have to innovate”. The integration of technology is creating such a divided uproar. One side is forcefully pushing the rapid inclusion of technology and the other side is apprehensively unlocking the door to peak at what technology has to offer.
As a parent first I don’t want my child to suffer from a stubborn education system that limits his potential on the account of educator’s resilience to change. I want my child to have the option to research the encyclopedia or the internet, to practice his penmanship or increase his typing speed, to even be in a physical classroom or attend a virtual learning environment. This flexibility in learning I propose will benefit the students in ways that make sense in today’s society. As an aspiring educator second I want to expand my knowledge and take the plunge into the dynamic world of technology. Understanding what tools can be used to prepare my students for a future that is unprecedented and designed for the technologically inclined.