Creating Classroom Culture
Creating a Culture of Reflection in the Classroom
by
Amanda L. Woodbury
MS, Southern New Hampshire University, 2003
BS, New Hampshire College, 2001
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Adult Learning
Walden University
January 27, 2012 Abstract
Our educational system is broken. It has been proven time and time again that teaching to the “test” does not work. It not only limits the potential of the students, but limits the growth and potential of the instructor. As a result great innovators are leaving the system and what is left is an educational system that has been surpassed by foreign nations leaving the United States with inadequacies and no hope for the future. Creating a culture of reflection in the classroom is an …show more content…
Educators do as well by learning and making constant improvements to the rubric and syllabus (McLaughlin, 2012). It may be that a specific criterion was not understood during the lesson or that the rubric was vague. Some educators may find that their lesson and rubric do not correlate. All of which can and should be consistently analyzed based on the progression of the student body. Like with anything in life change is usually met with opposition. So is this new standard of education. Parents are accustomed to the more stringent technical student analysis of the A through F grading system. They do not want to see that although their child has made constant improvement they are only meeting the third scale out of five (King, 2012). Students too, may protest this grading method because again like their parents and student before them they are used to traditional grading achievement. They may feel inadequate knowing peers will be reviewing their works and they may not feel comfortable with creating a personal reflection of
by
Amanda L. Woodbury
MS, Southern New Hampshire University, 2003
BS, New Hampshire College, 2001
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Adult Learning
Walden University
January 27, 2012 Abstract
Our educational system is broken. It has been proven time and time again that teaching to the “test” does not work. It not only limits the potential of the students, but limits the growth and potential of the instructor. As a result great innovators are leaving the system and what is left is an educational system that has been surpassed by foreign nations leaving the United States with inadequacies and no hope for the future. Creating a culture of reflection in the classroom is an …show more content…
Educators do as well by learning and making constant improvements to the rubric and syllabus (McLaughlin, 2012). It may be that a specific criterion was not understood during the lesson or that the rubric was vague. Some educators may find that their lesson and rubric do not correlate. All of which can and should be consistently analyzed based on the progression of the student body. Like with anything in life change is usually met with opposition. So is this new standard of education. Parents are accustomed to the more stringent technical student analysis of the A through F grading system. They do not want to see that although their child has made constant improvement they are only meeting the third scale out of five (King, 2012). Students too, may protest this grading method because again like their parents and student before them they are used to traditional grading achievement. They may feel inadequate knowing peers will be reviewing their works and they may not feel comfortable with creating a personal reflection of