Reflection Sebastian's speech

Sebastian talked about race and some of the challenges that black people had faced. He say equality is something that people would have, to be successful. Just equality give to people success in their lives. It is not the color of the skin, but the intelect ability shows what someone is in personality and your skills.

Also, he said that interpretation is different between languages, and it is not one better than another. In adition, Sebastian talked about children and how theyr feel safe when meet someone like them. Children like someone who give motivation and respect. Education changes people and construct their personality.

From class: 12/05/2012

Education article

Rushed maths leads to "superficial" learning, reports says.

According to Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Acme) students in England are developing mathematicians skills. Professor Steve Sparks, of Acme, says "urged deep learning over rapid progress".
It is proved that students in primary have ability from second level through the curriculum. This is an issue that requires a reform to produce a curriculum to students in Level-A. This can be a challenge, but student might be fine studying in their time. Because the result is not successful, students just have superficial understanding about Maths. Despite of England have been on top, researches shows that schools only has accelerated their students and this is not a proof that students are learning as they should. However, the government is providing a review in the schools to change this situation.


Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20678353

Education article

How to help with primary reading, maths, homework.

This article talks about how help children to like to read. Parents can help their children since they are a little baby, before they can read. Also, take children to the library encourage them to like it. Parents should read to them books that are interesting, such as books in different languages. Furthermore, books must be in a place where children can take them. In the maths studies parents can show to their children that Maths is around us daily. Also, children can learn playing interesting games , puzzles and jigsaws to develop their math skills. Maths can be learn through the shapes around home, let children manage their money, such as look for plates on the streets.
Parents should help their children to do homework, but not parent do instead of children. First they should be in a quiet place to have concentration and learn better, such as no TV or anything that could distracts children; to know the new methods to help children, such as "timetable and agree on when your child will do their homework."
The article show time to spend with homeworks:

Years 1 and 2	60 minutes a week
Years 3 and 4	90 minutes a week
Years 5 and 6	30 minutes a day or equivalent over two/three evenings or at the weekend

It is very important parents involvement in their children's life at school. Children can learn better when their parents are giving importance to them.

Souce: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/primary_support/

The Filand Phenomenon

The video shows that it is possible do more and more for Education, that is it that happen in Finland. Teaching is going too serious and  to be a teacher is not going well, but do your work the best that it can. The main reason for succesful is teacher education. Research teaching education is the focus to improve your knowledge and be updated, because everyday are invented new sources to improve the teaching. Also, to learn, to think pedagogically and be reflected, such as encouraging are the difference to give the best for Education. 

They work together of the teachers is very important to improve teaching, and that is it that they do. Discussing the better ways to hold concentration and attention from students. Teachers say that the most important to teaching is not transmite knowledge, but to give a chicange for students share experiences, explore more their leraning, create a new information and knowledge. Teachers understand that the important is do the best, is not the money. They see the priority and make changes.

The resources that they have are the diferencial in the students's life, because studying is not only a few hours in the classroom, but beyond the classes. Computers, eletronics, workshops and textbooks help students to learn better. However, teachers support students also in their vocation to be better in the future. Teachers are presents and they have a different way to encourage students to study. Such as tutoring programs, doing projects and participing of the small group of discussion. So, those sources give to students support to continue their studies. This way students learn that theyr have to be social too for the life.

The data says that the hours that teachers spend in classroom are lesser than American teachers, such as the money that they spend with each student. Otherwise, it not works very well, or even that do not work.

Furthermore, teachers work together to do the best for children with special needs, that is a type of work that we cannot see in all schools around the world.

Schools there offer free food for students, all kind of meals during the day. I could see that the fodd is healthy and the place is clean.

In conclusion, the work in coperation works better than any other way to teaching and make the best for Education in general. Schools should do many things that the schools in Filand do it now, but adepting to own culture of every country. A teacher says "It is much more important than to learn and think to learn and repeat...", that it is the essential to really learn and practice your learning and develop more and more, such as add a new knowledge to the other.

Education article

Homecoming King Gets the Royal Treatment

In San Diego a child who have Down syndrome was winner 

Crawford’s homecoming game. It is interesting how these 

children are adorable and can be able do develop their 

skills.

Source: http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=DAF517AE-17AE-11E2-A3EB000C296BA163&aka=0

Education article

Brazilian Sign Language is increasing more and more. The children in the school are learning each other. The teacher is even more, learning about the sign language to speak with their students. The interpreter in the class is not a teacher, his role is just transmit what is the subject that the teacher is speaking. The Portuguese teaching like a second language in Brazil, has many problemas that the researchers are trying to change and make the best for deaf children inside of schools.Many search show how the children should be literate and there are many resources to do really works.
"And how is the acquisition of written language by deaf children?
Maria Cristina: Deaf hypothesize writing, as well as the listeners. The first cases are very similar. Children begin to write listeners using the letters of the name. The deaf, too. Except that the chances of deaf people are visual and not auditory. And here is a serious problem for us, researchers, to convince linguists and educators do not fall into the trap of oralization. The deaf children, as well as the listeners will get to alphabetic writing, but his relationship with writing will be through the vision. The process takes much longer than with listeners because they are coming into contact with the Portuguese language first." 
Source: http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/inclusao/educacao-especial/maria-cristina-pereira-fala-aprendizagem-lingua-portuguesa-criancas-surdas-612889.shtml?page=all

Education article

We can see how much is difficult parents are involved in their children's Education. There are many reasons for this, and one of them is the less time to pay attention in their kids. "A divorce can shatter the life of a kid, but this is not a rule." Another relationship between applicant is "unstructured" and the little family involvement in school issues. Nowadays the structure of family have changed. It is not like people think, like father, child and mother. We can see grandparents taking care of the children. Also, I new structure of family, like gays. According to  Clarice Ehlers Peixoto, anthropologist Study Group on Contemporary Family at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Uerj). "Love is the regulator of the unions, which may have different names: cohabitation, gay marriage, single parent family (mother and child, father and sons, and recently, grandparents and grandchildren)," he explains.

Source: http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/formacao/formacao-continuada/culpar-outro-497466.shtml