Kathaleen White (Katie) Exploration One
English 102.048 PoWeR Mini-Unit 3
Instructor: Melissa Keith
During my research I spent time in classrooms observing the instructor and students. I listened to the students’ conversations and body language. Many were so overwhelmed with the amount of homework that they no longer were retaining ANY knowledge in lecture. I wonder, where did the idea of homework arise? Have any studies been done regarding whether it’s beneficial or not? What is the reasoning behind homework? Does it help to increase knowledge or just provide more class time that the teacher doesn’t need to supervise? Is there a specific age or time that homework is beneficial or harmful? Is there an amount of time spent on homework that helps or hinders? How does homework affect students emotionally or physically?
Merit pay is one of the hot topics right now in the educational world. Where did the idea of this start? Do they take into account demographics, socio-economics, or individual student background? What if a teacher has a room full of students in the second grade that begin the year at first semester KG level. She is able to work with them and helps them to achieve first semester 1st level? Is that teacher’s pay negatively impacted although she DID her job? Is merit pay based solely on standardized test scores?
Standardized Testing: who the heck is considered the AVERAGE/MEAN group? Are tests unfair to students from different backgrounds because the questions aren’t asked regarding things that they are familiar with? How are these tests devised? Who gets to choose the average student base? Who interprets scores? Why is that in an “advanced society” we still ignore the things that history teaches us? Cookie cutter students don’t help a nation to prosper. Innovation brought through hands on learning creates great nations. Why does progressive education of the 21st Century reflect the 1880’s?
Question, question, question. I have thousands of them, but for ones that I have a strong opinion seem to be ones to focus an argumentive essay on.
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