Essays on Pedagogy

Cons of Standardized Testing The distribution of standardized tests within American classrooms has been implicated since the late 1800s. A standardized test is “any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from a common...

Reforming Standardized Testing The majority of my academic career has been spent preparing for standardized tests. Tests that, while at the time seemed unimportant and a waste of my time actually ended up shaping my future in academics. In third grade, my Virginia SOLs determined...

Homework is something that every kid in school gets. They get it usually after finishing a lesson or chapter and have to do it at home. The amount of homework has increased in the years. I’m fine with a little homework here and there, but...

Learning style inventories are planned towards assist respondents decide which learning style they possess. These inventories normally take the shape of a survey that centers on how individuals desire to learn. Respondents choose the answers with the aim of resembling their specific preferences. Made-to-order essay...

Teachers reflect on the year and often redesign and perfect their teaching strategies and plans. In essence, they get back to the basics of what they believe is the best way to inspire learning in their students. In other words, they revisit and refine their...

Brief description of village Tai Long village was originally composed of five small village in the past. However, three small villages was vanished due to the immigration of villagers to United Kingdom. Nowadays, Tai Long village is composed of two small village called Tai Wai...

For my service learning, I attended to Feeding South Florida. This organization is responsible for providing food to insecure people in the counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe. Their work is based on banking food in big warehouses for future distribution. Being the...

According to O’Halloran (as cited by Cho, 2016), “primary examples of student and academic affairs collaborations include academic support, orientation, service, residential, and policy and planning activities”. As an admissions counselor, from the moment that I have completed an application and enrolled a student, I...

The openness of the incoming teacher applicant to real-life situations in the class can help improve teaching style. This practice attempts to reach the applicant early on in their practice, and expose the applicant to experiences that exceed many aspects, styles and approaches to teaching,...

The teaching has grown with my many years of teaching experience. As I reflect on my beliefs regarding teaching and learning, I find that my mission as a college professor has three basic components; to promote positive learning, to spark enthusiasm for learning, to provide...

Do you remember taking standardized tests as a kid? I sure do. I’m sure you remember the stress, strain, and preparations you and your teacher had. Well, it is my belief that we should do away with standardized tests because standardized testing has been proven...

Going to a college-prep private school for my six through ninth grade year, I was very familiar with homework. Each of my seven plus classes gave me approximately one hour of homework per night allowing me little to no time to play sports, hangout with...

Education has been crucial in the formation of our society, and so has homework. Homework has been around since public schooling was invented, and thus, it’s a rarely questioned practice. However, homework has fallen under extreme controversy in the recent years, with some talking about...

Critical pedagogy is an ideal of democratic schooling which aims to challenge inequity and is committed to social justice. Critical pedagogy aims to challenge inequality through uncovering, learning, and then challenging systems of oppression. Critical pedagogy also relies upon the assertion that difference is socially...

Don Lorenzo Milani was born into a very privileged family in Florence. Milani’s father was a University pro-fessor, his grandfather an archaeologist of repute and his great grandfather an internationally renowned philologist. Milani was certainly not religiously influenced by his parents. His mother declared herself...