Connections: Current Trends, Challenges, and Issues in Education Presentation

1. Connections: Current Trends,
Challenges, and Issues in
Education Presentation
By: Candace Spinks

2. Connections Between Globalization
and Education…
Top 6 connections:
1. Committed Teachers
2. Multicultural Education
3. No Child Left Behind
4. Providing students with the time and opportunity to think and be
creative, rather than simply memorizing and repeating
5. Replacement of traditional writing boards and TVs previously
rolled into classrooms on carts with wireless laptop computers,
electronic whiteboards, remote controls and large LCD screens
6. School Year and Scheduling

3. Issue…
Committed Teacher
• Teachers that are
knowledgeable,
understanding, know their,
content, enthusiastic, convey
effective communication,
willing to listen, be reflective
and acknowledge the
strengths of students and
not their
limitations(Kellough, R. D.,
& Kellough, N. G. ,2011).”
• In our society today, I think so of our
teachers these days lack some of these
qualities due to the lack of professional
development coming in as a new teacher.
• When I started out as a first year teacher,
I didn’t know the things that I know now.
Most of these skills can be taught but it
is very vital to get this information
before entering the school. I feel like my
teaching would be totally different. I felt
like I was lacking as a teacher because I
did not know what all my students
needed from me. Once I learned this
through a Professional Development, I
started to implement this within the
classroom.

4. Challenges…
Multicultural Education
• Multicultural education is
“the recognition and the
acceptance of students from
a variety of backgrounds
(Kellough, R. D., &
Kellough, N. G. ,2011).”
• Multicultural education is
bringing the world’s culture
and ethnic diversity into the
curriculum (Kellough, R. D.,
& Kellough, N. G. ,2011).”
• Within the school system
now, teachers not only have
to teach the curriculum, they
have to diversify it. Teachers
have to be open minded and
flexible to new strategies,
techniques, and teaching
styles. This allows for my
students to feel accepted.

5. Challenges…
Multicultural Education
• At my previous school we had a diverse group of
students. We had about 4 Korean students, 4 Chinese
students, 3 African Americans, 1 Russian, 1 Arabic
student, and 4 Caucasian student. While teaching I noticed
that a number of my students didn’t understand some of
my terminology. Therefore, I spent a lot of my time
during lessons explaining the meaning of my terminology
by using YouTube or google search engine to research my
terms so that my students would gain a solid
understanding of the message that I was trying to convey.

6. Challenges…
No Child Left Behind
• “No child left behind act is seeing
that every student succeeds in
school so that no young person is
left behind(Kellough, R. D., &
Kellough, N. G. ,2011).”
• In education, it is going to be vital
for a teacher to always be open to
constant change. As Kellough R.D.
and Kellough N.G said, “No single
shoe fits all.” With that being said ,
teachers have to constantly get
educated, get to know their
students, staff, faculty, and
adminstration.
• At the new school I am at, things are a
whole lot different. My school is made
up of 40% Hispanics, 33% African
American, 25% Caucasians, 2% Asians.
Most of our students receive free or
reduced lunch. I work at a high poverty
school. Coming into a new environment
was different. To make a long story
short, I had to develop relationships with
my students so I can understand their
passion, what motivates them, see what
they are lacking, and what they need help
with. This led to me having a successful
classroom. Once I understood their
backgrounds I was able to address the
needs of my students.

7. Trend…
Providing students with the time and the opportunity to think and
be creative, rather than simply memorizing and repeating
information
• As a teacher, it is our job to teach our students and for them to
retain it. Also if we present the information in a fun and interest
way then our students should retain it. After we teach our students,
it is vital to ask probing questions to our students to make them
think critically.
• I know when I teach sex education, I spend a lot of time
demonstrating, and making up silly rhymes trying to get them to
remember body parts and what they do. A exercise that I do in my
class is handing out note cards to my students. I call this teacher
moment. This is when the students read the term on the note card
and explain the term or body part on the note card. The catch is
that student cannot repeat what I said. The student have to be
creative with the way they present the information to the class.

8. Trend…
Replacement of Traditional writing boards and TVs previously rolled into
classrooms on carts with wireless laptop computers, electronic
whiteboards, remote controls, and large LCD screens
• I love the use of technology in the classroom. However, I feel
like some things are unnecessary and necessary. For instance, I a
basic writing board should be left in the classroom. What
happens if the electronic whiteboard has a glitch and messes up
that you were relying on? Then this will mess up the lesson plan
and you have to revamp.
• I know based on my personal experiences, when I planned a
lesson on the smart board and it doesn’t work on the day that I
need it for my lesson. The remote control stopped working and
the board touch sensing stopped. Therefore, I had to revamp
and focus on demonstrating parts of my lesson so that the
student could gain a visual of the meaning of the terms.

9. Issue or Challenge?
School Year/Scheduling
Year Round Education (YRE)
• “Year round education tend to a
week or two earlier than traditional
schedules. They have a 45/15 program
which is 45 days on and 15 days off
and a Track A and Track B schedule.
(Kellough, R. D., & Kellough, N. G.
,2011).”
• Classes tend to range between 8:00am-
3:30pm depending on the summer
months and freeze time (Kellough, R.
D., & Kellough, N. G. ,2011).
• Class periods tend to be 50 minutes
with 7-8 periods (Kellough, R. D., &
Kellough, N. G., 2011).
Traditional
• Traditional schools operate
from August through late
May or mid June.
• A traditional schedule
usually consist of teaching
three of four classes before
lunch and three of four
classes after lunch with a
period being planning
(Kellough, R. D., &
Kellough, N. G. ,2011).

10. Issue or Challenge?
School Year/Scheduling
• When it comes to the school year or scheduling, as a teacher, it
can be a issue if you do not have enough instructional time in
the schedule or a challenge if this is schedule is new to you.
• At my previous school I was always on a traditional schedule.
That was the norm for me. At my current school, we are on a
year round education. This is something new to me and I love it
so far. I work hard for nine weeks and off for two weeks.
• When we take a look at scheduling, when I was on a traditional
schedule, classes seem to be a bit shorter which cut off some of
the instructional time opposed to a year round schedule which
allowed for more instructional time.

11. Works Cited…
• Kellough, R. D., & Kellough, N. G.
(2011). Secondary School Teaching: A Guide to
Methods and Resources (4th ed.). Allyn &
Bacon.