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Tackling Education in a Diverse WorldTiara Bates

+Current Education System in America Panoptical Funding issues Incompetent teachers Powerful unions Underprivileged environment

+Standardized assessments

Fair? Most do not take into account external factors that put

some children at a disadvantage Number of parents living in the home, parents’ educational

background, type of community, and poverty rate main variables in achievement gap

Cookie- cutter curriculums that leaves little time for higher learning or creativeinnovation

+Value of Education Department of Education

2010 budget: $46.7 billion $38.3 billion to elementary and secondary schools $3.6 billion to postsecondary schools

+Poverty

Disparaging factors in impoverished areas: Parents not able to contribute Poor neighborhood schools doubling as training grounds

for new inexperienced teachers Numbers:

87% non- Black children in poor neighborhoods will graduate high school, compared to 95% who live in affluent neighborhoods

76% Black children in poor areas of country will graduate high school, compared to 96% who live in affluent neighborhoods

+Solution?

New educational system that acknowledges external adversities of students

Introduces different ways of learning to cater to each child

Mentor program to promote healthy relationships that can reach outside boundaries

+Technology to Learn

Play is a very serious matter....It is an expression of our creativity; and creativity is at the very root of our ability to learn, to cope, and to become whatever we may be. (Rogers & Sharapan, 1994, p.1

+Current Examples of ‘Edutainment’

+Technological aids for learning

+The field trip re-envisioned

Hands on experience on subjects learned Vocational or specialty schools have greater roles Internships at earlier age Outcome= students will be more prepared to apply

knowledge and experience

+New Ways of Teaching

Theory of Multiple Intelligence Innovate creativity from teachers to stimulate students

capabilities of learning through multiple mediums Big Bang Theory clip: Sheldon in Ball Pit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MrDe_2eW10

+Other proposals/ sustains

Shorter class periods Required amount of excursions in every subject More attainable external resources for students and

faculty