Tuesday, March 27, 2018

WHAT PARENTS LOOK FOR IN SCHOOLS: DETERMINANTS FOR SCHOOL GROWTH.

1. Children's happiness
No sensible parent will compromise the happiness of his/her children for anything. children learn better when they are happy with their place of learning. We were determined that our children would love learning and would want to learn. For parents, schools are merely the foundation for a life of learning. Learning do not stop after graduation. . Your child's happiness trumps every other consideration on why parent choose a particular school for his children.
The quality of the teaching
Wonderful teachers are the glory of the school. Parents visit schools to ascertain or assess teachers while schools are unconsciously aware. They come in during school time to observe teaching situations while they pass quietly to administrative offices.
 A wonderful teacher knows her subject. More importantly, she knows how to teach it. Teaching a subject which you love involves communicating that love and passion for your subject in everything you do and so. Children listen to what you say but they are truly impressed by your actions.
The curriculum
What our children study or learn mattered greatly to parents. We value education which would challenge our children and make them really work hard. We value learning activities which can task the learners to be problem solvers in the society.
The cost
The cost is another consideration. Its, however, not the most important consideration on the list. Once again, times have changed. Parents look for schools that are affordable with quality.
The sports program
Sports never matter much to either of us. Sports is something you did for exercise. So as long as the schools which parents are looking at have a wide range of activities with plenty of choices, parents are satisfactorily happy. Now, if you have an athletically gifted child, this is an item which you should consider moving up the list a notch or two. Several private schools offer a level of varsity competition which is very impressive. They have the experienced, skilled coaching staff to make this possible.
The extracurricular activities
For me, extracurricular activities are always about learning which takes place outside of the classroom. Private schools pride themselves on offering a wide range of extracurricular activities because they know how important these activities are for building team spirit as well as uncovering talents and abilities which students never realized they had.
Again, if you have an artistically or musically gifted child on your hands, you might want to move this item up the list. It will deserve closer scrutiny. You want to confirm that your child will receive the kind of professional training which will develop her talents.
The facilities
Parents are always impressed with their children's school facilities. The pre-schools are compact affairs housed in an education wing of the churches in which they were housed. They are spotless and filled with artwork. The classrooms look just the right size for little people.
The high schools, on the other hand, are completely different matters. The facilities are actually on a par with those at many colleges and in many cases much better. Playing fields of every kind, hockey rinks, equestrian rings - the list is endless.

The library
Libraries are places where learners/readers go to find  books and do research. They are morphed into state of the art digital learning centers. Having the right tools is important. Knowing how to use them is even more important. Learning centres help make that possible.
The parents' role
Parents always feel that taking an active role in our children's education is vitally important. As a result parents are not afarid to pitch in and do whatever they can to help the school. Pitching in financially is an important part of what the school expects parents to do. But the things like chaperoning a class trip or helping with a class meak are important too. Being involved also allows parents to peek behind the curtain and see what really goes on.
The reputation of the school

 The reputation of the school is important to parents for a couple of reasons. Knowing that the school offers academic activities that have been operated successfully for years give them peace of mind. While the work would be demanding, parents know that children would be in good hands. 

So parents check or collect information on the lists of schools to which previous learners have been excelling. They are concerned about the overall well-being of their children. So the quality of supervision and rules of the school are significantly important.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Teacher Professional Development

Modern day teachers need to need to apply new technologies to facilitate effective teaching and learning in schools today, these devices make learning to be fun to the learners, while at the same time make them teaching and learning to be learner-centred. This approach reduces teaching stress and makes learning faster and concrete to the learners. There is need for teachers to recognize that professional development (PD) can be achieved  through collaboration with other teachers. This type of collaborative learning is not as easily achieved through traditional professional development practices.
Professional development in the digital age should be participatory in nature, where ideas and resources are exchanged and incorporated into instruction. For decades, lofty school reform rhetoric has identified the skills and knowledge that have to be integrated into everyday practice. Yet all too often the structures and demands of teaching in most schools create too many barriers. All stakeholders need to come together to create an environment in which innovative, collaborative PD can thrive.
Professional development in the digital age should be participatory in nature, where ideas and resources are exchanged and incorporated into instruction.
When a new push to reframe educator professional development occurs, teachers often ask:
  • How does the PD help with specific curriculum requirements and standards?
  • How does it trigger additional professional learning opportunities?
  • How does it help the students in our classrooms and community?
  • How does it contribute to connections with other educators?
A collaborative platform that facilitates resource discovery and best practices gives teachers ownership of their own professional development. As personal learning networks expand, teachers achieve more recognition in their school communities and beyond.
Teachers organically organize collaborative environments, often ending one another through one or a number of the hundreds of Twitter chats that occur in any given week, or in locally organized EdCamps that are taking place throughout the globe. Blogs, webinars and conferences are also fruitful environments where educators can share ideas with one another.
Educators are also already taking advantage of the flexibility of online and interactive professional development to interact with peers and design programs based on their own interests. So why not build upon inquiry already taking place through blogs, Twitter chats, digital badges, Slack channels and interactive platforms?
Ultimately, it’s about empowerment and self- discovery through the expansion of personal learning networks, and the ability to blend in voices, concepts and tools from all over the world.

Friday, May 13, 2016

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

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Friday, September 19, 2014

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Federal Govt to introduce new curriculum for schools

The Nigeria Educational Research Development Council (NERDC) has said it would reduce education curriculum to meet with the international best practice and standards.
The Executive Secretary of the council, Godwin Obioma, disclosed on Wednesday in Abuja that the council intends to reduce the number of subjects from 20 to nine in what will become the new Basic Education Curriculum.
He said the implementation of the new curriculum structure would begin in September.According to him, a study carried out by the council has shown that the old curriculum was over-loaded in terms of subjects being offered at both the primary and Junior Secondary School levels.Mr. Obioma said that the council was directed by President Goodluck Jonathan through the Presidential Task Force’s Report on Education to ensure that the curriculum is compressed at all levels of basic education.He said that the council was also directed to ensure that standard quality is maintained in spite of the compression of the curriculum.“What we have achieved is a revised nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which has seven to nine subject combinations – English, Mathematics, pre-vocational studies, religion and national values, IT and basic science and technology, to make the curriculum compliant to international best standards as it is in the US, they have about six subjects, Tanzania, they have eight, Kenya they have seven.“In neighboring Ghana they have eight and these eight subjects are generic, covering mathematics and sciences, the humanities, the languages and so on.“But the former curriculum has about 20 subjects listed; so what we’ve tried to do in the last three or four months is to review the curriculum, reduce the load, and maintain quality.”Mr. Obioma said that the curriculum would integrate security education under the title ‘religion and national values’.He added that the incorporation of such ideals became necessary owing to the current security challenges in the country.“It is very important that we begin to think about being security- conscious at the level we are,” the executive secretary said.He said with the new structure, the council is optimistic that there would be a significant reduction in mass exam failures in the country.He said the curriculum overload could have been one of the major factors responsible for mass failures among students.According to him, with the new curriculum in place the council expects to witness effective teaching and record better results at all levels.“We also hope to see resources being brought into schools culminating into the reduction in mass failures.”Mr. Obioma called for more investment in the education sector especially from state governments.