Teachers are also often so burdened by work that they cannot interact with other instructors from other disciplines to develop interdisciplinary ideas and projects. This is ultimately an effect of lack of funding for schools, but progress must also be made in terms of teachers' willingness to tackle new concepts and reconsider testing strategies.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
W12P2: Shortcomings of Current Curriculum
Today, schools that isolate disciplines disproportionately favor students from affluent backgrounds. However, this style of curriculum is enforced by the emphasis placed by universities on standardized testing. Teachers are forced to focus on subject specific details in order to guarantee their students more success on these tests, and in the process are forced to sacrifice teaching real world problem solving skills.
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What role do you think teacher training plays in this issue too? What about the knowledge level on education of the politicians that pass laws concerning curriculum and funding?
ReplyDeleteIt's not as much task of training teachers as it is hiring passionate instructors and granting them more freedom in terms of curriculum design. In order to execute this educational shift, there needs to be a structural change that makes teaching a very desirable profession. If teachers are more carefully selected, there is less need for administrators so the ultimate government cost isn't as drastic as one might think. Still, politicians need to understand and recognize the importance of educators which would have to be demonstrated through increased funding.
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