Teachers from across the nation recently gathered together in Rockefeller Plaza, and virtually through Facebook, Twitter, and an online chat for the second annual
Teacher Town Hall hosted by NBC's Education Nation. One topic that elicited some strong opinions among the participants was that of how to prepare students for the future.
www.futurekidseducation.com/ Towards the beginning of the segment, host Brian Williams of NBC asked: "Is your job as educators, as institutions, to educate kids, or to get them ready for the wider world?" Annie Bogenschutz, a community resource coordinator for Cincinnati Public Schools, answered that in her experience, kids come to school carrying all sorts of baggage, whether that be hunger, homelessness, or a lack of support at home, and that in Cincinnati, educators try to align their school goals with resources to help students face the world around them. Kids can't learn when they are grappling with these issues, said Bogenschutz. She explained that her district incorporates services such as after-school programming, health and mental health programs, extra-curricular activities, and mentoring to help kids succeed not just in school, but also in life
But there was a stir in the room when Williams asked why students are unprepared for college. Survey results for the teachers at the summit showed that 52 percent believed it was due to lack of academic prep, 34 percent because of lack of student motivation, and 14 percent due to lack of encouragement. A national survey conducted by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation showed that 41 percent believed it was due to lack of academic prep, while 35 percent thought it to be lack of student motivation and 24 percent because of lack of encouragement.
I believe that student’s lack of academic prep is not the faults of teachers, its learners themselves. Parents are entitled to educate as well and guide their children. Teachers can only do that much. Let us not put the blame on them it is time learners wake up and smell the coffee.
ReplyDeletei think its every parents duty to see that his or her child is doing well academically, teachers are called 2nd "parents" so they also have to emphasise the importants of school
ReplyDeleteit is not the teachers fault that students dont perfom well academically,but it is their responsibility to see that students do their work
ReplyDeletethen jabu you are contradicting yourself,
Deletethey are called teachers or educators for a reason, the problem is because people just choose a profession that they dont have passion for
ReplyDeletewow zanele i couldnt agree more with you,
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