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Pop culture has a place in the classroom; popular trends like hip hop help to foster interest and ignite conversations in education.
Should They Still Teach Cursive in School?
In case you are not aware, some time ago, they stopped teaching cursive writing in schools across many states. As a writer, I am not sure that eliminating any form of language is ever a good idea. What are your thoughts and opinions on this? You can decide for yourself.
By Timothy A Rowland4 years ago in Education
No Need To Be Scared About School, Say Youngsters
Most schools around the UK will have now reopened following the Covid 19 lock down. They will have had new hand washing stations and sanitising stations added to make sure children can keep their hands clean on a regular basis and avoid catching the virus. The lay out of the schools will also have had to have been changed to ensure social distancing. To help with this, most schools will have input one way systems in classrooms and corridors to ensure that pupils can maintain a 1m+ distancing from each other.
By Ashish Prabhu4 years ago in Education
Support Education by Causing Some “Good and Necessary Trouble”
As school districts continue to determine the direction of the upcoming school year, the following quote reveals more than any of the posts, news reports, testimonies, or speeches I have encountered. The superintendent’s response raises concerns, both about if schools should open and, if they open, how will expectations be enforced.
By Brenda Mahler4 years ago in Education
Pop Culture In Academics
Pop-cultures Place in Academics Pop-culture is the youth’s pastime and is generally consumed by everyone around the world, it’s time to bring pop-culture into the classroom. It is imperative that teachers start using new strategies to keep students engaged and be productive in class. Teachers directing intermediate 200-300 level courses should be able to use the pop-culture technique to push and help their students to comprehend the course material. This technique is carried out by teachers through media education. Media Education is when teachers systematically use pop-culture to relate to course material that students might not be doing well in to then grasp a better comprehension of the material being presented. This in turn creates what is called media literacy in the students because they begin to interpret pop-culture academically and thoughtfully which allows students to recognize the correlation between the media and the course material. This is a great strategy for teachers and a very effective way of educating students, utilizing media education is the future of academics and is an inevitable concept that people must pay attention to. The biggest misinterpretation that people from the outside looking in see, is that pop-culture is seen as a distraction and pastime for consumers as opposed to being thought of as a constructive learning technique. The media is inevitably making its cross into the academic world, teachers must be able to use media education properly, in order to get their students to learn at the highest level possible and attain media literacy.
By Ethan Holloway4 years ago in Education
Urdu Education Board submitted representation to Shri Narendra Modi Ji, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for Justice to the Pass out Students of UEB
Urdu Education Board has submitted a representation to Shri Narendra Modi Ji, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India dated: 15.06.2020 regarding injustice caused by Shri D.K. Goel, former Deputy Secretary, MHRD, Govt. of India whose misconduct was well known by the officials of MHRD and still facing Departmental Enquiry had illegally and unconstitutionally cancelled their earlier letters issued by MHRD, Govt. of India dated: 25.05.2015 and 25.05.2016 on 05.06.2017 to Directorate of Education, GNCT of Delhi and Chairman, NIOS in respect of Urdu Education Board. In the interest of the students, UEB has moved to Hon’ble High Court of Delhi for Seeking Justice Hon’ble High Court of Delhi after observing all facts has stayed the operation of the cancellation letter as above vide Court order dated: 17.08.2017. The Hon’ble High Court has fixed fresh date of hearing as 07.08.2020 and stay order is made absolute during the pendency of the said writ petition. UEB has requested Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India to withdraw the cancellation letters dated: 05.06.2017 in respect of Urdu Education Board, after that Urdu Education Board immediately withdraw writ petition presently pending in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi.
By Rehana Khatoon4 years ago in Education
The Education System Then and Now
Education for me was almost a get away. Growing up in an urban environment makes one think that they are in an experiment almost. PBS, Create, History Channel and The Smithsonian were all ways where I could travel without leaving Indiana. For my friends and I, being told by almost every adult that we had something to prove because we were from the "worst district" gave us all some short of fire under us all.
By Ariel Kelly4 years ago in Education
What? No GCSE’s?
Of all the pandemics to hit countries in the past, the coronavirus may be the biggest crises to hit the world as we currently know it. Stock markets have experienced extreme volatility and oil prices became negative for the very first time. It has been said that the economic effects of this pandemic will outweigh the effects of the credit crunch of 2008. So I ask , what would the effects of Coronavirus on formal education be? In a time where almost all of the world has had to lockdown and effectively shutdown what used to be the normal way of life. Can it stay the same? Will it have the same purpose? What was it’s main purpose in the first place? What needs to change? and should there be any change for that matter?
By Lifestyle with Cassandra4 years ago in Education
Why Not Edutainment? By Abdul Kargbo and Emmanuel Salia Gaima
We were shooting through St John(Western Area Urban) many months ago, and we noticed a stand-by placard. The placard was, and to a guess, may be still neatly leaned there on a standing pole. It protruded a flaring photo of a Diva of fame-Rozay. The placard carried the first of a type 'edutainment' campaign in Sierra Leone. We did not stop by to take a perfect gander at the other neccessary details of Rozay's brainchild,and to remember faintly,the placard did not carry anything further explanatory of such innovative campaign. In short,it was an ad calling all and sundry to congregate for an official launch of Rozay's innovative Edutainment Campaign. Maybe this will consternate many of our friends, but we had indeed never heard about such innovative plan of Rozay until that day. We might seem newsy to many,but this was one news out of our earlier grabbing reach! What are we on and about? We are about Rozay's exquisite innovation.
By Emmanuel Gaima4 years ago in Education
EDUCATION
While the notion that learning takes many shapes and forms is commonly accepted, the meaning of education is frequently hard to pin down, yet one can perceive it as an engaging social process. John Dewey appropriately called it ‘a process of living and not a preparation for future living’. (1) Education’s purpose relays on expanding potential, at its core, the deliberate cultivation of learning is an invitation to truth and possibility, through the development of understanding and judgement, we can enable action.
By Carolina Grancho4 years ago in Education
Disability Education
Much advancement as been made in the area of equality. Women gained the right to vote, segregation laws against African Americans were removed, and the LGBTQ+ community has gained support and protections. However, one population still under-served is those with disabilities. From failure to provide adequate accessibility to special needs students being bullied at school, there is evidence of the lack of knowledge and understanding when it comes to disabilities.
By Lorraine Woiak4 years ago in Education
Research-Based Strategies and Prevention Science Helps Youth to Become Better Digital Citizens
Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice from the Field is a new book that provides research-based strategies and prevention science, to help educators working with technology and youth.
By Nicole Clara5 years ago in Education