One problem schools face is the large number of non-readers. To address this, the author's previous school implemented remedial measures like having students read for an hour after lunch to motivate reading and tutoring non-readers during free periods. These measures aimed to help students socialize, be curious about reading, and ultimately learn to read through practicing with others.
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Monica Edwards was frustrated. As a teacher in an urban elementary school, Edwards faced a
class that was largely African American and Latino: she was neither. She often felt that she
wasn’t effectively reaching them, and she was beginning to get discouraged.
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Monica Edwards was frustrated.
As a teacher in an urban elementary school, Edwards faced a class that was largely African
American and Latino: she was neither. She often felt that she wasn’t effectively reaching them,
and she was beginning to get discouraged. (Monica Edwards isn’t her real name. She’s a real
teacher who told me her story privately.)
After hearing a colleague briefly mention her success in using culturally relevant instructional
strategies, Edwards decided to try her hand at the same. She bought a commercial CD called
Multiplication Rap, which promised to teach mathematics based on repetition and rhyme,
hand-clapping and a hip-hop musical style. She was sure the CD would appeal to her students’
interest in the rap music genre.
In the classroom, however, things didn’t go quite as planned. Students focused on the music
itself, paying little attention to the math objectives. Several were unimpressed with the CD, and
commented on the poor audio quality and amateurish lyrics. Except for the musical debate,
nothing much happened. The failure rate on Edwards’ weekly exam did not change.
Sadly, Edwards’ experience is not uncommon. Many teachers have a cursory understanding of
culturally relevant pedagogy, and a desire to see it succeed in their classrooms. The problem is
that in many cases, teachers have only a cursory understanding, and their efforts to bridge the
cultural gap often fall short.
“Culturally relevant pedagogy” is a term that describes effective teaching in culturally diverse
classrooms. It can be a daunting idea to understand and implement. Yet even when people do not
know the term, they tend to appreciate culturally relevant pedagogy when they see it.
Think of the film Stand and Deliver, in which Edward James Olmos, as teacher Jaime Escalante,
teaches his students about negative numbers using the example of digging and filling holes in the
sand on the California beach. He tells his mostly Latino class that the Mayan civilization
independently invented the concept of zero. When the students begin to catch on, the audience is
inspired by this moment of epiphany.
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Most people understand intuitively that this type of teaching engages and motivates students.
Teachers want to be a Jaime Escalante for their own students — and they leap at the chance to
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The life and works of Doctor Maria Montessori will continually be an inspiration to teachers and the world at large. There is so much to learn from her educational philosophy and pedagogy, which in the slightest form cannot be completely captured in this article. She is a profound educator and physician who has astounded other educators with her career achievements and her contributions to the method of teaching and learning worldwide.
There are five key concepts that this article will cover, as regards the educational contribution of Maria Montessori.
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One language related problem in the school today is the
huge number of non reader.
What remedial measures are undertaken of the school?
The community where my school before is located was
lack of source of instructional materials that could harnessed
for creating authentic learning situation. Eventhough that it
was lack of modern instructional materials they think an
alternative solution to inhance the learning ability of the
students especially their reading ability. Way back then there
are a lot of non readers, that’s why the teachers initiated that
the students should be practiced and motivated to read. So
they make a remedial measure to help the students. The one
o’clock reading hobit, the student should read books after the
lunch time. It motivates the students to be active and
observant, giving vent to their innate curiosity and interest in
what is happening or anything new in their surroundings.
Because when they saw their classmates reading books they will
be curios about it. And the next is the tutoring the non
readers during vacant time. Through this kind of remedial that
student will be able to socialize with others and especially they
will learn how to read.
Mrs. Gina Salvadora
TEACHER