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The relationship between Teachers and Parents


Teachers and parents in play an important role to identify a child’s skills and interests as they

can provide proper guidance to students and can assist them in realizing their dreams.

Teachers and parents can act as motivators and can nurture the children as they cooperate

with one another. In fact, they can prepare the children for a bright career and to face
challenges of the future. Inculcating certain important habits like reading and writing from an

early stage can help them to get attuned with the competitive world.


A parent is the one who makes up a child’s behaviour, attitude, thinking, and character. They

are the ones who have regular interactions with the child and understand their ambitions,
dreams, and aspirations. Parents should identify at an early stage what the child’s interest

areas are.

Responsible teachers can guide their students properly right from the initial stage as they can

teach them about the nuances of preparing for competitive exams and so on. Also, teachers

should teach the students to be self-conscious and should train them to recognize their own
talent and develop themselves accordingly.


In short, parents and teachers play a crucial role in molding a student’s career, as they are the

one who are capable of nurturing a child properly. Thus, with cooperation of both teachers
and parents they will be an important catalyst for the educational development of the students.





Recent Global Education Issues


1. Lack of Funding for Education
Developing countries can’t rely solely on their own financing for education as there’s also

a need for more foreign aid. Only 20% of aid for education goes to low-income countries,

according to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). However, it costs an average of
$1.25 a day per child in developing countries to provide 13 years of education.

2. Having no teacher, or having an untrained teacher
Teacher effectiveness has been found to be the most important predictor of student

learning as the GPE is determined to fight the global teacher crisis at hand. Due to this,

there aren't enough teachers to achieve universal primary or secondary education, and
many of the teachers that are currently working are untrained. As a result, children aren’t

receiving a proper education. There are 130 million children in school who are not

learning basic skills like reading, writing and math.
3. No classroom

Children in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are often squeezed into overcrowded
classrooms, classrooms that are falling apart, or are learning outside. They also lack

textbooks, school supplies, and other tools they need to excel. In Malawi, for example,

there are an average of one hundred and thirty children per classroom in first grade. It’s
not just a lack of classrooms that’s the problem, but also all the basic facilities you would

expect a school to have basic necessities, such as running water and toilets.
4. Distance from home to school

For many children around the world, a walk to school of up to three hours in each

direction is not uncommon. This is just too much for many children, particularly children
living with a disability, those suffering from malnutrition or illness, or those who are

required to work around the household. Imagine having to set off for school, hungry, at
five a.m. every day, not to return until seven p.m. Many children, especially girls, are also

vulnerable to violence on their long and hazardous journeys to and from school.



Education and Globalisation


Globalization is a widely defined word with several connotations to many different people.

Since there has been a hot debate about globalization, some people believe globalization is a
dangerous phenomenon which has changed the world in negative ways. To them,

globalization has brought undesirable consequences to society, affecting its peace. On the
other hand, another group of people regard globalization as a fruitful phenomenon, making

the world more connected and informed than ever before. They look at it as a novel source

for optimism in the world. It is clear that this group see various advantages of globalization.


In describing both views, Jan Aart Scholte states that ‘Some people have associated
“globalization” with progress, prosperity and peace. For others, however, the word has

conjured up deprivation, disaster and doom.’

Having said so, it is obvious that the impact of globalization has been both positive and

negative in the sector of education. As such, here are the list of both positive and negative
effects of globalisation:-


1. Positives:

i. Globalization has radically transformed the world in every aspect. But it has
especially transformed the world economy which has become increasingly inter-

connected and inter-dependent.
ii. Global education interconnects methods of teaching from worldwide systems to

encourage the international development of environmental sustainability, as well

as contribution toward fortifying global industries. These educational initiatives
prioritize global access to school from the primary to the university levels,

instigating learning experiences that prepare students for multinational leadership
roles.

iii. Globalization enhances the student’s ability to acquire and utilize knowledge.
Globalization enhances the ability of learners to access, assess, adopt, and apply

knowledge, to think independently to exercise appropriate judgment and to

collaborate with others to make sense of new situations.


2. Negatives

i. The potential fall-back of globalization in education can be the increased
technological gaps and digital divides between advanced countries and less developed

countries.
ii. It also made the world economy increasingly competitive and more knowledge based,

especially in the developed western countries


Reflection


From this chapter alone, it made me realize that there is an intrinsic relationship between a
teacher and parents, This is because the parents are the one who teaches their kids at home

and the teacher is the one who is responsible for their education at school.

Thus, you can see that collaborations between teachers and teachers need to be done so that

they can help out the students in the most effective way possible. Not just that, the school

also has to reach out to the community to ensure that there is always events going on in
particular for the students.

As it can be seen from this chapter, globalization is the standardization of education, whether

it be in the eastern country or even in Malaysia. Still, a teacher should be aware of the
problem or events going on within the academic field to ensure that they are aware of what is

happening.

Chapter 14


Knowledge Management in Education


The objective of knowledge management is to improve the quality of the contributions
individuals make to organizations by helping stakeholders to make sense of the context

within which the organization exists, to cooperate and share what they know and learn, and to
effectively challenge, negotiate and learn from others. These concepts, tools, and techniques

of organizational knowledge management can also be applied in the education sector.


Education institutions have significant opportunities to apply knowledge management

practices to support every part of their mission. This is because this type of management will
allow education institutions being better able to increase student retention and graduation

rates, retain a workforce in the face of severe employee shortages, expand new program
offerings, work to analyse the cost effective use of marketing, technology and other strategies

to meet more enrolment; transform existing processes and systems to provide information,
not just data, for management, and compete in an environment where institutions cross state

and national borders to meet student needs anytime.





Teacher Preparation

Preparation and planning are a critical component of effective teaching. Teachers should

always be prepared for the next lesson due to the fact that the impact of preparation and

planning is tremendous on student learning. Organising your approach, planning your lesson
to ensure maximum student understanding are critical goals of preparation. It requires a

healthy blend of content knowledge, instructional strategies, and classroom management

tactics. It also takes some experimentation and even a little luck Here are a few ways to
proper preparation for Teachers, as stated below:-


1. Be a better Teacher


Preparation and planning will make you a better teacher. A significant part of planning and
preparation is conducting research. Studying theories and exploring the best practices that can

be used for better classroom management. Studying the content that you teach in depth will

also help you grow and improve.

2. Boosting Student Performance


A teacher should have the content mastered. In order for the students to understand your

lesson, what you are teaching and why. Students should get to know that what is being taught
is important because the teacher also feels the same. This comes with proper planning and

preparation.

3. Minimize Discipline Issues


Preparation and planning help minimize classroom discipline issues. Teachers who develop

and present engaging lessons on a daily basis rarely have classroom discipline issues. These

classes are fun and students enjoy learning. But these classes too take time and planning to be
successful.


4. Get Confident


Preparation and planning make you confident in what you do. Confidence is an important
characteristic for a teacher to possess. You might not like how a particular lesson goes, but

you should take pride in knowing that it was not because you lacked in preparation and

planning.

5. Earn Respect


Preparation and planning help earn the respect of your peers and administrators. Teachers

know which teachers are putting in the necessary time to be an effective teacher and which
teachers are not. Investing extra time in your classroom will not go unnoticed by those around

you. They will have a natural respect for you when they see how hard you work.





Teacher Research

Teacher research can be a powerful form of professional development that can change a

teacher's practice. This is because teacher research is practical, which is to say an action-

based research. It enables educators to follow their interests and their needs as they
investigate what they and their students do. Teachers who practice teacher research find that

it expands and enriches their teaching skills and puts them in collaborative contact with peers
that have a like interest in classroom research.

In order to conduct the research, a teacher act as participants and observers as they conduct

research in their own classrooms. With these dual roles, they complete the following tasks:-


1. Develop research questions based on their own curiosity about teaching and learning in
their classrooms.

2. Systematically collect data and research various methods of conducting research.
3. Analyze and interpret the data and the research methodology.

4. Write about their own research.
5. Share findings with students, colleagues, and members of the educational community.

6. Discuss with colleagues relationships among practice, theory, and their own research.

7. Examine their underlying assumptions about teaching and learning.
8. Assume responsibility for their own professional growth.





Teacher Action Plan


An action plan is a plan created to organize a school-improvement effort. It may take the
form of an internal school document or a website that can be viewed publicly as action plans

may be reviewed and revised annually due to it being based on progress made over the course

of the preceding year or to reflect evolving school goals and values but multiyear action plans
are also common.


As such, action plans typically include information such as the following:


1. A school’s improvement goals, such as targets for improved student test performance or
graduation rates

2. The specific actions or strategies a school will undertake to achieve its goals

3. The roles and responsibilities assigned to staff members
4. The project timeline or the deadlines to be met

5. The resources allocated to its execution
6. The milestones or growth targets expected to be achieved at specific stages of the plan’s

execution
7. The data or other forms of evidence that will be collected for the purposes of action

research or project evaluation:

There are two kinds of action plan, the first one being systemic action. A systemic action plan

is designed to organize a comprehensive or multifaceted educational-improvement plan
focused systems-level changes, such as major redesigns of the structure and operations of a

district or school, particularly its academic program. A systemic plan would map out and
organize the complexities of coordinating such an initiative, typically for the purpose of

making sure that the plan is coherently designed, aligned in both purpose and execution, and

understood and agreed on by all those responsible for its execution.

A project-specific action plan is similar in all major features to a systemic action plan, except

that its scope would be limited to a district program, grant-funded initiative, academic

department, or some other subordinate part of a school system. The potential downside of a
project-specific action plan is that it may fail to take into account potential effects on the

larger system, or its execution may result in redundancies or other unforeseen conflicts with
pre-existing plans or programs.





Teacher Reflecting


Planning lessons, preparing materials and delivering information are not the only essential

parts of the teaching process. This is because one of the most effective practices of
experienced educators is reflection. When teachers practice reflective teaching, they look

back at their teaching, student responses, student success and student behaviour. They
evaluate the lesson and how the students received it. They become more aware of not only

what they teach but also why and how they teach it.


As such, when there is a lesson being less successful than expected, the teachers should not
rush on to the next thing. They will take the time to look back at the lesson and make

observations about their teaching and how students reacted to the lesson as it may be possible
to identify specific elements of the lesson that the students misunderstood or did not receive

well. It may be that the outcome was completely different than the teacher expected.

Whatever conclusion teachers come to, looking back is always beneficial.

Reflection


Having now arrived at the final chapter, this particular topic in particular focuses on the

necessary preparations that are needed to be constructed by a teacher before even the lesson
begins. It is no exaggeration to say that in order to become an excellent teacher, one has to

formulate many of plans such as teacher action plans or even research of their owns in their
profession.


Last but not least, it is not just the planning lessons, preparing materials and delivering

information that are essential for the teaching process, but the stage of reflection. It is upon
looking back at what a teacher has taught and analysed under scrutiny can the teacher be able

recognize their own weaknesses and try to improve upon it. That is what it means to be a

teacher that know how to manages their classes, education and the entire teaching process.

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