Bloom's Taxonomy 

Bloom's taxonomy was developed to provide a common language for teachers to discuss and exchange learning and assessment methods. Specific learning objectives can be derived from the taxonomy; they target knowledge, skills or attitudes for change. Bloom's taxonomy specifically targets these by seeking to increase knowledge (cognitive domain), develop skills (psycho motor domain) or develop emotional aptitude or balance (effective domain). This taxonomy assists teachers in designing performance task, applying questions for conferring the students and providing a feedback on the students work. It has keywords that facilitate the questions that are focused on critical thinking. The result will be increasing understanding and to have the ability to solve a problem-solving skill. These key words are as a guide in structuring questions and tasks for the student. The six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy are: Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating.

As a conclusion, the taxonomy provides a basis for developing sub-goals and assessment methodology to meet these goals. It is important to note that learning objectives are goals, and are not the activities performed to achieve those goals. Bloom's taxonomy offers a guiding framework for breaking these criteria down into accessible blogs which can be used to direct day-to-day lesson plans and can be easily compared to their own goals for the class. Just as different levels require different instructional delivery methods, they also require different assessment methods. Bloom's taxonomy can be used as a checklist to ensure that all levels of a domain have been assessed and align assessment methods with the appropriate lessons and methodologies.

Teachers' Inspiration

To have an effective generation, an effective teacher should lead. Teachers are not measured with how many years they teach; their proficiency is measured on their ability to deliver the information in an easy and understandable way to the students. Whatever the kind of job is, any failure of doing this job will cause a danger for one person or more but teaching failure deals with a unique individual that may destroy the whole generation. Teaching not only delivers the information but also it shapes the character because teaching is about inspiration, not information.

To reach the peak and the development in the teaching process, teachers should read the books that are teaching accurately so that the can know everything without worrying from any question and to link the information to real life. The role of the teacher is not only to deliver the information but also to monitor, stimulate, share and collaborate. “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Roosevelt said.

Become a Field Educator!

 A field educator is important to consider the pros and cons. Foremost is the time commitment. Working with a student requires time to supervise, consult, assess work skills, and provide feedback. Agency support is also key to taking on a student. Your organization needs to be willing to provide space and equipment, access to records, and other necessities for a social work student over a period of time, including your own time. Furthermore, students are developing their professional skills, and there is always the possibility of making mistakes or a lack of professionalism, which may be time intensive to correct.

Steps to Becoming a Field Instructor:  • Field instructor: One of the most vital roles in a student's education, this person holds the responsibility for guiding students' learning throughout their practicum. Field instructors are typically employed by the agency, which lends to frequent contact with students. • Task supervisor: A task supervisor may have a social work degree or a closely related human services background that enhances students' educational experiences in the agency. • Faculty liaison: A faculty liaison, who typically meets with the field instructor and student, is a source of support throughout the internship. • Field coordinator/director:( additional support) They are often the ones coordinating internships and overseeing the field program and student placements. All of these positions are designed so that field programs have levels of support available to field instructors and students to answer questions, address concerns, and brainstorm solutions as challenges and opportunities arise.

Webinar

Helping dyslexic students using various methods was a major point on the webinar.

The webinar focused on many strategies and benefits for teachers too, which starts from educating themselves, let students choose the way they want to learn and be sure that mistakes are done to be corrected again in a beneficial way. We have to keep in mind how to get skills and how to measure them. Furthermore, although these students that have special cases, they have strength and capabilities that differ from one student to another. In addition,  dyslexic students should be taught with all the ways; visual, kinesthetic, auditory and oral. To make all these works, the teacher should provide an outline or a map for these students. After taking notes, they have to practice reading skills by reading them aloud or by reading a dialogue with their friends paying attention to the time they have. Also, a teacher can help students by organize their ideas by memorizing some terms.

Environmental condition is an important factor that affects students. A good and healthy environment helps them to reach high standards, encourages them to do the best and keeps them motivated and active. 

Are Tutoring Centers Good or Bad? 

Benefits of Private Tutoring Centers:

1. Having their own curriculum and structured learning plans.
2.  Having  their ability to diagnose students’ strengths and weaknesses through a variety of      tests (which can provide insights into where students are struggling or succeeding). 
3. Providing an atmosphere where tutors work with 2–4 students at a time.
4. Keeping students engaged in the learning process. 
5. Allowing students the opportunity to help each other if the tutor is occupied with another student.

Drawbacks of Private Tutoring Centers:

1. Tutoring centers are expensive, sometimes requiring parents to pay upwards of $50 an hour or more. 
2. Sometimes a student’s experience will likely not be one-on-one, you might wind up paying the high price for 15–20 minutes of individual instruction.
3. There is no guarantee that tutors will live up to expectations. 
4. There is no guarantee of working with the same tutor in each session, which impedes rapport building.
   

Do You Miss The “Good Old Days?”

Our fathers claim old days were simple but pleasing, old times were way more enjoyable than

contemporary ones, and people were more social than we are. Our fathers, and many of my

existing brothers and sisters, believe education has shattered our societies. Primitive men living in a cave celebrated their life constrained to the dark walls of the cave. We are not caveman. NASA astronauts step on the moon while talking to their treatments in the United States. According to the European Commission, 56% of the people in the world are either bilingual or multilingual. The key for the success of the 7.6 billion people living with tolerance on Earth is education.                (Marian,V &Shock,A. 2012)

Education for many people it’s one of their biggest nightmares. At first you may not think anything of it. You’ll just keep going about your business day in and day out, month in and month out, year in and year out. And little by little it creeps up on you. But at the same time something very unusual and satisfying is taking place. And as strange as it also seems we tend to pass this on to our loved ones, sometimes without even realizing it. How do you know it’s happening to you? Well, you’ll know when you start thinking and speaking about it more often as time goes on. I’m really talking about two things here. One, how you see life currently going on around you. And two, how you used to see life going on around you in the past. The first is the apparent nightmare. The second is the apparent better way of life. What I’m referring to is the “good old days” mindset. I’m sure you’ve had it at some point in time. Most people have. I have as well. Then something came  along which not only changed the way I saw things, but also how life is designed to work. But before realizing what this is,it’s important to ask yourself.         

   Do you miss the good old days?

Reference: Marian, V and Shook, A. (2012). The Cognitive Benefits of being Bilingual.

Positive Interdependence

With positive interdependence, the students either sink or swim together!Positive Interdependence is a key component of helpful learning. Positive Interdependence basically implies that the students must cooperate to accomplish the objective. This may imply that the ability of every student has supplements the gifts of alternate students inside the gathering so the gathering may adequately bolster one another. At the point when students are occupied with exercises that require positive interdependence, if one student neglects to do his/her part, all group will fail. 

Here are some ideas for developing activities that promote positive interdependence.

• Student Roles: Specific roles are assigned; each individual is responsible to complete part of the task in order to reach the success of the whole group.

• Peer Review:  Constructive feedback is provided by students on other's assignments.

• Group Project:  Students work together to finish and reach the goal. Each student must be able to explain the concept behind the project.

• Divide Materials: The student groups divide the content with each student taking a separate section of the materials.  The students then summarize the materials and share an overview of the information with the rest of the group.

• Task or Steps Division:  The students are each given a task or step to complete.  Each step or task must be completed to achieve the final outcome.

• Common Goal: The group works together to develop a common goal or plan for the mastery of the learning standards for the unit of instruction.

Multiple Intelligence

Theory of Multiple Intelligences:

• Gardner suggested (1983) that people possess a range of abilities and have different kinds of intelligence.

• He proposed  that there are eight intelligence and a possible addition of a ninth “existentialist intelligence”

• He theorized that people don't just have an intellectual capacity but have many kinds of intelligence; musical,  interpersonal, linguistic, and spatial visual. 

Types of Intelligence:

1. Linguistic intelligence: the ability to think in words and to use language to express and appreciate complex meanings.
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence: the ability to calculate, quantify, consider propositions and hypotheses, and carry out complete mathematical operations.
3. Spatial intelligence: the ability to think in three dimensions. Core capacities include mental imagery, spatial reasoning, image manipulation, graphic and artistic skills, and an active imagination
4. Musical intelligence: the capacity to discern pitch, rhythm, timbre, and tone. This intelligence enables us to recognize, create, reproduce, and reflect on music, as demonstrated by composers, conductors, musicians, vocalist, and sensitive listeners.
5. Naturalist intelligence: it designates the human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations).
6. Bodily kinesthetic intelligence: the capacity to manipulate objects and use a variety of physical skills. This intelligence also involves a sense of timing and the perfection of skills through mind–body union.
7. Interpersonal intelligence: the ability to understand and interact effectively with others.
8. Intra-personal intelligence: the capacity to understand oneself and one’s thoughts and feelings, and to use such knowledge in planning and directing one’s life.

Education & Religion

Religious participation rises forcefully with instruction crosswise over people, yet religious participation decays strongly with training crosswise over divisions. This riddle is clarified if training the two builds the profits to social association and lessens the degree of religious conviction. The beneficial outcome of training on friendliness clarifies the positive instruction religion relationship. The negative impact of training on religious conviction makes increasingly taught people sort into less intense religions, which clarifies the contrary connection among instruction and religion crosswise over groups. Cross-country contrasts in the effect of training on religious conviction can clarify the expansive cross-country variety in the instruction religion association. These cross-country contrasts in the instruction conviction relationship can be clarified by political components, (for example, socialism) which lead a few nations to utilize state-controlled training to ruin religion.

Reference: https://www.nber.org/papers/w8080 

A Printed Book or an E-Book?

 

Proponents of tablets: Most teachers and students support tablets because they are much lighter than print textbooks, improve standardized test scores, and that digital textbooks are cheaper than print textbooks. . Using tablets, hundreds of textbooks can be hold, the environment is saved by lowering the amount of printing, and student interactivity and creativity are increased.

Opponents of tablets:  Tablets are expensive, too distracting for students, easy to break, and costly/time-consuming to fix. Moreover, tablets contribute to eyestrain, headaches, and blurred vision, increase the excuses available for students not doing their homework, require costly Wi-Fi networks, and become quickly outdated as new technologies are released.

Reference: https://tablets-textbooks.procon.org/