Here is a infographic I created to try and summarize the findings of the Innovative Teaching and Learning Research: First Year Report published in October 2010. More info about ITL research can be found here.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Educational Organizations (Teach-Now Module 2: Activity 2)
Groups Within Korea
KOTESOL, Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, is
a group that specifically caters to teachers of English within Korea. The group
holds frequent conferences and has numerous publications to promote further
education among its members. KOTESOL has numerous chapters around the country
including one in Seoul as well
as an active Facebook group.
The Korean
Federation of Teachers Association (KFTA), with sites in both Korean and English boasts on it site as being "as the largest and most important organization for
teachers, by contributing to the advancement of teachers' rights and the
enhancement of education in Korea." While he site has limited information
in English, it does provide an excellent list of websites
concerning education in Korea as well as an aggregator for news about
the group and education issues within Korea
The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, or KTU,
(sites in Korean & English)
offers information to teachers across the country. While
the English site is clearly a result of a poor translation attempt it
does provide contact information to the group that boasts 70,000 members, 20% of
all teachers in South Korea. The KTU became of member of
Education international in 1993. Events in the past year, however,
have seen the legal status of the KTU revoked and there has been a subsequent fight to have it reinstated.
The Korean
Education and Research Service (KERIS) is a group and works with public
schools and administrations to provides e-learning technologies and education
Koreans. They stress the importance of ITC, information and communication
technologies, to facilitate learning.
In September e-Learning Korea will be holding its annual conference
at COEX in Seoul. The group, as their name suggests, promotes education through
Korea's advanced technology infrastructure.
While the speakers have not yet been announced for the 2014 conference, international speakers from previous years suggests that this
event will accommodate both Korean and English speakers alike
International Groups
The Education Resources Information Center
is a database of journal articles and other resources on research done on the field of
education. The searchable database is pretty extensive and should prove to be pretty
useful to me personal as my current studies move along.
Education International is a group that
represents teachers and teachers unions around the world. I found this group's
site to be a great resource for up to date news on education issues around the
world. The group its self seems very involved in issues concerning the
rights of children especially dealing with child labor and the right to
education.
The Association
for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) seems to be a net working group that holds
annual conferences and training programs. I would definitely be interested to learn more
about this group as it seems to be related to where I would like to be teaching
in the future.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Teach-Now Module 2: Activity 2)
The sentiment behind the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA) is hard to argue against. In 1965
as a part of Lyndon Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’ the act sought to equal the
playing field by providing access to education for all children regardless of family
income. The ESEA has been renewed every five years since, the most recent being
referred to as the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB).
The government of any responsible, democratic country needs
to provide a quality education, not only to benefit its citizens but also to
ensure the future success of its country. It is in the interest of a nation as
a whole to help those who do not have access to educational advantages. Title 1
of the ESEA looks to address this issue as it provides funding to schools and school districts
with a high percentage of students that come from low-income families.
NCLB also raises the bar for students with disabilities and ensures that they
are provided the same level of education that any other student would get.
I clearly only have an extremely basic understanding of the
ESEA, its implementation over the years, and its current form as NCLB. While it
seems to its intensions in the right place it has no shortage of problems.
Issues of racial disparities
as well as standardized testing that encourages a teaching to the test
methodology are a few that have been mentioned. There is also America’s less than favorable education ranking among countries in the world that is also a
troubling issue.
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