Posts for 'Elementary Education' Category

If you have kids (or even if you don't), it's relatively evident that no two children are the same. They don't all have the same interests, they don't all like the same toys, and they definitely don't all learn in the same way. As adults, we need to encourage our children to enjoy learning, and it's our job to figure out which way will work the best. One of the best means for us to encourage this striking of a creative chord is with educational toys.

First, let's start with music. Music itself speaks to so many, and instruments help to develop necessary skills and confidence, and are a fabulous means of creative expression. Younger children will adore kazoos, maracas, and other "controllable" instruments that shake, rattle and roll. As they get older, throw in guitars, recorders and other "detailed" types of instruments that require a bit more skill.

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South Jersey public high school students were among the thousands statewide who staged walkouts Tuesday to protest Gov. Chris Christie's school aid cuts a week after voters rejected a majority of district spending plans for the coming year.

The protests, initially organized on Facebook by a college student who grew up in the state, were generally held in districts where school budgets were defeated. Some students were arrested in Pemberton Township and a school was locked down in Monroe, but the protests were mostly low-key.

At Eastern High School in Voorhees, students began filtering out of the school into the front parking lot at 8:45 a.m. By 10 a.m., the stream was steady as teens protested the cutting of 33 staff members, including 24 teachers, in Eastern's failed budget. Also gone are 21 clubs and multiple sports programs -- with more cuts possible as the budget is reviewed by the governing bodies of Voorhees, Gibbsboro and Berlin Borough.

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Parents of the 32 students studying in standard seven in a school at a non-descript village in the Karnataka State of Southern India staged protests last June. The reason? They wanted their children, especially girls, to continue their education beyond the seventh standard, without travelling to neighboring villages; and the local school in the Tigalarapalya village where they were studying so far did not have classes beyond seventh. So they forced the authorities to add higher classes to the school.

Yet in 2000 and 2001, the same parents had resisted when the government officials, volunteers and non-government organizations pleaded with them to send their children to school. They preferred to send them to work in the silk-weaving factories which abound in their villages, so they could clear the loans they had taken from the factory owners. The rural district of Magadi on the outskirts of Bangalore city has many such villages, where the children work in hazarduous factories. Magadi Makkala Dhwani - a group of four non-government organizations, supported by UNICEF, had then approached both parents and factory owners and educated them on the rights of children and sensitized them to the hazards of working in factories.
The most heartening feature about the protests is that these were not headed by NGOs. It was a protest by the parents and students,which showed the concerted efforts by Magadi Makkala Dhwani had paid off in creating awareness about the importance of education.

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Today we stand on the edge of a technological hiatus, the swelling gasoline prices an omen of the need for alternative energies. Many college students are selecting scientific majors in hopes of discovering an alternative energy source, augmenting a pivotal change in human history. Consequently, a scientific major may appear most useful toward a career, yet such a view is myopic. Without early education students cannot understand or use the sciences and all scientific growth becomes stagnant. Thus, elementary education is the most important major for the future.

One of fundamental reasons that elementary education is important is because it teaches reading. German Otto Lilienthal, a contemporary of the Wright brothers, studied gliders and wrote many influential articles about his research. A quote by the Wright brothers suggests that Lilienthal's book, Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation, inspired the brothers to pursue the dream of flight. "He presented the cause of human flight to his readers so earnestly, so attractively, and so convincingly that it was difficult for anyone to resist the temptation to make an attempt at it himself..." The ability to read opened their minds to being the first in flight and their elementary school teacher had a share in their future of aeronautics.

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Too busy with work or at home, yet you aspire for an education career. Then opting for an online education degree is the right way to proceed.

If you love teaching and coaching children something new, then an education degree is your right choice. Maybe you could spend most of the time with cute and innocent toddlers or at kindergarten teaching them nursery rhymes, alphabets, numbers... or doing something exclusive like teaching disabled students who require special skills. This would definitely be a much satisfactory activity disregarding the money factor which could vary upon your institution of service.

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"For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation." This is the part of the speech of Dr Abdul Kalam in Hyderabad. Whenever we are talking about Developed nation, suddenly education comes to picture with other major indicators like the growth rate of the economy, birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate (IMR), and literacy rate. These indicators are all interconnected with each other and the literacy rate has been the major determinant of the rise or fall in the other indicators. There is enough evidence even in Orissa to show that a low literacy rate correlates with high birth rate, high IMR, and decrease in the rate of life expectancy. The recognition of this fact has created awareness on the need to focus upon literacy and elementary education programmes, not simply as a matter of social justice but more to foster economic growth, social well-being, and social stability.

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According Ediger (2000), elementary school career education is important. Ediger stated that "the elementary school years are not too early to begin to achieve a vision of what one desires to do in life contributing to the world of work". Without career education, students have unrealistic perceptions of careers due to a lack of knowledge and poor decision making. Students have limited knowledge and exposure to careers. (2,3) When students look at the different industries e.g. sports, media and entertainment, most students underestimate the skills and time required to have successful careers. (3)

The Basics for Elementary School Career Education Programs In career awareness programs, students do not make premature career choices. Elementary school career education is not career exploration or career preparation. Elementary students remain open to new career ideas and possibilities. (7,8,13,15) Elementary students build awareness of self, personal interactions, school, and the workforce. (2,15) Elementary school counselors and teachers build self-awareness, family awareness, school awareness, community awareness, career/ work awareness, attitude development, skill development, decision making strategies, and self-worth. (2,4,11).

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