Educational Psychology Abstract: Teaching Left Behind
The article "Teaching Left Behind" by Edward J. McElroy, President of the American Federation of Teachers, comes from the 'Teacher to Teacher' section of the www.TeachingK-8.com Website for May of 2005. The main subject of the article is the Federal No Child Left Behind Act. While originally intended to help many children succeed, the implication may be that the Act is also hurting teachers with some of the provisions that it has. The intentions of the Act are good, as it was originally designed to raise standards and to especially help children that were disadvantaged in some way to catch up with their peers and remain there. Some of the ways that the Act intended to do this was to ensure that all classrooms had good quality teachers, and that both students and schools received help to turn around problems that they were facing. However, there have been upsetting consequences of this Act, such as assessment problems for students, and putting too much emphasis on one particular test over the other work that the student has done that school year. Schools also have to make 'Adequate Yearly Progress,' but if this is not met, the school fails -- regardless of the progress that it might have made. There is no reward for progress, in other words, unless it satisfies certain conditions set forth by the act. Students in schools that are failing can go to Supplemental Service Providers such as tutors, or they can get vouchers to attend charter schools. However, neither one of these options is held to the same standards as public schools, so there is certainly no guarantee that these children will learn more or fare better with these alternate arrangements. While it is easy to see why there should be accountability in schools, this article shows that there are many different ways of looking at the issue, and that there are problems that are being seen based on the Act. While it was only designed to help, it may be doing more harm than good and should not be abandoned but should be amended and adjusted until every student receives the promised benefits.
Educational Psychology: An Overview The topic of educational psychology, or psychology as it is practiced within a school system, has become increasingly important in recent years as the number of special education demands on school systems and especially public school systems has increased. While educational psychologists tend to work in universities and other research settings rather than in the school system per se, they are continually affected by what is happening
The results showed that 37% of those responding have had "some type of frequent involvement in bullying"; the data showed that 17.5% of those thirty-seven percent of the student population were victims, 11.7% were bullies, and 8.4% were both bullies and victims (bully/victim). Interestingly, and going back to the Handbook of Educational Psychology's view of bullying as acting out ethnocentrism, "minority youth were significantly more likely to be categorized as
Or finally, students may have insufficient motivation to put into practice what they have learned, such as fears of making a serious mistake. (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2003, p. 444) In the case of Jean she frequently failed because the motivation to achieve was undefined, and her inability to understand the connection between academic knowledge and achievement, through the modeling of her historical culture plagues her throughout her education. People in the
He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together about $1,000 which is half of its cost. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said:
(Smitherman, 2000, p. 287) (Case Study 176) Motivation in education is a crucial aspect of success but it is often incongruent with social attitudes and with the actual educational environment one is exposed to. "Poor educational attainment and delinquency are often described as part of an 'oppositional youth culture' (Ogbu 1978)." (Sanders, 2002, p. 237) the oppositional youth culture that Betts experienced in St. Louis clearly demonstrates the extremes
Talisha was welcomed as a daughter by Barbara, even when the relationship was informal. Barbara intones while discussing the positive nature of Talisha and Nile's relationship as close and non-confrontational siblings that Talisha slept in Nile's crib before he did and that their bond is essential to Talisha feeling a part of the family. Talisha herself reiterates this when she discusses the manner in which herself and Nile partner
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