Journal Article #2 Information I shared with my principal while student teaching - 5 views
started by Paul Pelc on 08 Mar 12
started by Paul Pelc on 08 Mar 12
started by Paul Pelc on 08 Mar 12
started by Paul Pelc on 08 Mar 12
With the dynamics of parents' today parents are not just mother and father; parents today can be older siblings, extended family members, adoptive parents, foster parents, stepparents, same sex parents, blended family parents, and / or guardians. Because of the changes is it important for the teachers to realize the social differences that the students may have with their home environment and attempt to bring in teaching and lessons of relevancy of many different family life styles. As parents today are more educated and more employed than years past the responsibility of the teacher is weighed more heavily to make sure that the students are receiving more of a blend of: (1) culturally relevant education, (2) having an understanding of and sensitivity of a greater diversity of families, (3) have the understanding of keeping one's own personal beliefs to be bias free when it comes to other family life styles for the betterment of the students.
Research shows that for the students that have families involved with their education the students complete more homework, attend school at a higher frequency, earn higher grades than students who have families less involved with their schooling. As students reach higher grades from elementary to high school parent involvement tends to decrease as studies show, this chapter points out that parents need to stay evolved as much with the students as they reach higher grades to keep proper motivation in the students life. It is very important for the parents to keep open communication with teachers and themselves to provide adequate feedback to help meet the needs of keeping the students ability to reach his or her maximum potential of learning a success.
While students enter into higher grade levels it is important to realize parent involvement should never decrease, but other peers begin to dominate the influence of the students. It should be the parent's role to supervise and watch who their children are spending time with and what organizations they are involved with. Roles of open communication with teachers and parents can help keep students in positive peer relationships and keep the parents informed of any positive or negative activity that may be seen within school hours. By keeping a contact between teacher and parent situations of students can be rectified and handled promptly. By having teachers create well managed classroom structured classrooms peer group interaction can remain positive.
Parents and teachers that hold high expectations of the their children and students will more often reach the achievement level of higher grades and be influenced to pursuit college and reach these goals of being a successful student. I agree with the author in the importance of the role of a parent involvement, but realistically not all students are receiving the proper message from their family members about the importance of education, this is where teaching life lessons as a teacher has to increase with lesson and activities in the classroom. In recent years teachers have to depend on teaching more than just about content level, and to teach children.
This chapter has really increased by knowledge of importance of making sure that parents are involved with the learning process as much as possible to help their children to become as successful as possible in receiving the best education a teacher can provide. I also have a greater understanding of understanding that life as a teacher is much more than teaching daily lessons in fact that's probably one of the least concerns of a successful teacher. Managing the students in the classroom and providing for meaningful lessons that students can relate to real world activities and create a well rounded student. I am learning that not until a student's personal and everyday life can be successful can a student achieve his or her maximums potential in learning. With the help of the students parents the students can achieve this goal much quicker. It is up the teacher to help inform parents of practices and methods in helping their children where help may be needed then students will have a greater chance in succeeding in life.
Sparapani, E. F. (2011). Society, the classroom, and instructional practice, perspectives on issues affecting the secondary classroom in the twenty-first century. R&L Education.