Reflection on School-wide Literacy
This course on education has provided me with significant insights regarding teaching and learning in the classroom environment. One of the major insights I have obtained from this course relates to strengthening student literacy. An important aspect of enhancing student achievement and improving graduation rates at a school is strengthening student literacy (Irvin, Meltzer & Dukes, 2007). This essentially means that students’ literacy skills have huge impact on their achievement as well as a school’s graduation rates. This paper provides a reflection of what I have learned in this course on student literacy as an important factor in promoting and enhancing student achievement. The reflection covers various issues including how the course has modified my self-knowledge, observation of the school’s literacy program, and the role of collaboration, technology and instructional leaders in enhancing school-wide literacy.
Impact of the Course on my Self-knowledge
As part of learning about school literacy and other important aspects of promoting student achievement, I completed an analysis assignment that involved reflection on self-knowledge of my beliefs and attitudes regarding language, culture, and literacy. Learning in this course has modified my self-knowledge on these different aspects and their role in the educational environment. I have learned that language skills play an important role in a student’s understanding of learning concepts, particularly those relating to reading and writing. For a student to demonstrate the desired language skills, he/she needs to enhance reading and writing skills. Without appropriate reading and writing, language development becomes a major challenge for...
References
Irvin, J.L., Meltzer, J. & Dukes, M.S. (2007). Chapter 5 – Develop and Implement a Schoolwide Literacy Action Plan. In Taking action on adolescent literacy. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107034/chapters/Develop-and-Implement-a-Schoolwide-Literacy-Action-Plan.aspx
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