Educators all over the world currently share the same interest and engage in common topics: How can we address the needs for the full range of diversity of students in the school? These include bilingual eduction, special education, culturally responsive teaching, social justice education, and urban education.
Other topics include the following:
- anti-bullying education
- environmental education
- character education
- cultural literacy
- technology-enhanced learning
- project-based learning
- child growth and development
- social-emotional learning/ IQ vs. EQ
Educators also are keen on the current theories and practice:
- cooperative learning
- multiple intelligences
- responsive classroom
- constructivism
- 10000-hour theory
Do you have some questions about education and practice like the following?
- What do students need to know for their grade level? (Actually, a few years back, a good reference: What your kindergartener-6th grader needs to know – the core knowledge series, edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. provided a good guidance for educators and parents.) All teachers also have a curriculum guide to follow.
- Is the teachers’ tenure system a good or bad thing?
- Should teachers be rewarded with merit pays?
- Why didn’t technologies enhance the public education?
- Should we do away with the No Child Left Behind influence, especially the test-oriented instruction?
- Should we arm the schools with guns for higher security?
- What is the best way to work with parents to yield the best results?
- How are gifted and talented students being nurtured and developed?
- How much homework is adequate?
