I’ve been thinking about this NYU professor and it sort of gave me a mix of opinions. Btw this is all an opinion from a student that has worked with disabled college students/children in a learning setting.
University/College/High School don’t do enough for different students: For example university and college schedules are only centered around the traditional student that immediately leaves high school and attends college with no part/full-time job. Ultimately these limited schedules make classes inaccessible for both older and younger students with outside responsibilities. On top of that other than rate my professor there isn’t a way to get a professor/teacher that matches your learning style or needs. In some cases students with ADHD need professors that provide a simple structure for classes and direct instructions (no discussing of minor details). Other students with learning disabilities are rarely taken into account when being put in a class with a fast-paced professor. Teacher compatibility is important and if more action was done to figure out the teachers teaching style and students learning style then it could be easier to efficiently learn. This wouldn’t call out professors/teachers instead it would show off their pros as a instructor. Providing lists for recommended professors like: recommended for full-time workers, recommended for part-time workers, recommended for parents (able to miss lecture frequently), recommended for fast-paced learners.. etc
Academic language/Gatekeeping information/Technical Writing Skills: A frequent complaint I’ve heard is that it’s hard to study or as the NYU professor said students just aren’t studying as hard. I would say two things can be true at once. It is really easy for someone to blame the pandemic or smart phones but we need to focus on the state of the world right now and the limitations that cause these issues. One of the stereotypes about stem professors is that they don’t know how to teach. I wouldn’t say that they don’t know how to teach but that don’t have the technical writing skills to properly layout their material. Look with the state of the U.S. right now we have high inflation, high gas prices, and lack of leisure time. Nearly three-fourths of college students can be considered a non traditional student meaning they have outside responsibilities. Many high school students have jobs as well. NOW think about coming home from a 6 or 8 hour shift and trying to study and only seeing notes with no headings/ unnecessary information/ lack of bullet points/ unnecessary academic language. This is the reality for many students and causes students to become overwhelmed, unmotivated, and quit. Being able to SKIM THROUGH notes is important for everybody regardless of their learning style. Adding different fonts to notes and simplifying academic language can make it easier for a student to study especially with the overwhelming state of the world right now. Melissa Marshall talks about this in greater detail in her Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/y66YKWz_sf0 Making material easy to read for students is one of the ways to break the barrier between student and teacher. This creates more opportunities for professors and teachers to actually ✨challenge✨ students. Having a student seek information for themselves or handing them a academic textbook and telling them to read it is not helpful and doesn’t actually challenge a person instead it just makes the information in accessible.
Outside factors/ lack of funding, parenting, healthcare/ teacher shortage/ classroom management: Lack of funding for public schools in high poverty areas can create unstable classroom environments. This isn’t coming from any specific study but my own personal experience. Growing up I realized how many of the trouble makers where just undiagnosed. There are many racial/ethnic disparities in children being diagnosed with autism. Boys that should have had cognitive behavioral therapy. There is not enough funding provided in low income areas to deal with these kinds of students. The general attitude towards teachers isn’t helping either. Overworked, overwhelmed, and underpaid teachers have to deal with 100 things at once and adding a undiagnosed disruptive children/teens to the mix can throw the classroom into a chaotic mess. In addition to that a lot of classroom management practices actually sacrifices the quiet student.. putting the loud kid next to the smart kid further interrupts that child’s peace. Finding ways to stop disruptive children from ruining a classroom environment is hard. Many teachers have asked for aides and lower classroom ratios. All a school counselor can do is suspect that a child/teen has something. It is up to the parent to take these warnings and use them efficiently. Unfortunately with lack of health insurance or leisure time to miss work that can be impossible for parents. There are also just bad parents that do not care. In states like Texas school linked mental health programs are required but are they efficient. Are these programs helping the neglected, unmotivated, disruptive children/teens enough? Are teachers being provided with the necessary tools they are asking for?I’m not SURE :D all I know is we have a teacher shortage right now so I’m guessing the answer is no?
There are so many aspects to the education system that needs to fixed. There are also outside factors that effect people’s ability to access education. It is nobody’s fault in particular we just need to provide resources. Listen to complaints. Research how you can help. Donate to teacher’s wish’s list. Vote for people that actually care about educators. Get a library card. Pay attention to the people around us. Get involved in our own communities in anyway we can.
Submitted October 19, 2022 at 01:52PM by Available-Parsnip739 https://ift.tt/3KWTcXP
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