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    The document discusses the role of schools and education in promoting social progress. It argues that schools should reflect community values and provide a safe, supportive environment for students to grow. Education is key to societal transformation, and students must be taught compassion and understanding of multiple perspectives to address issues like ignorance and human suffering. Classrooms can model moral values like recognizing everyone's worth and foster social change at the local level, with impacts that could potentially scale up to the national and global levels.

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    The document discusses the role of schools and education in promoting social progress. It argues that schools should reflect community values and provide a safe, supportive environment for students to grow. Education is key to societal transformation, and students must be taught compassion and understanding of multiple perspectives to address issues like ignorance and human suffering. Classrooms can model moral values like recognizing everyone's worth and foster social change at the local level, with impacts that could potentially scale up to the national and global levels.

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    The document discusses the role of schools and education in promoting social progress. It argues that schools should reflect community values and provide a safe, supportive environment for students to grow. Education is key to societal transformation, and students must be taught compassion and understanding of multiple perspectives to address issues like ignorance and human suffering. Classrooms can model moral values like recognizing everyone's worth and foster social change at the local level, with impacts that could potentially scale up to the national and global levels.

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    the school

    The school, composed of faculty, parents and students, is meant to reflect the diverse
    values and beliefs of the community within which it resides as well as stand for it’s
    improvement. Like the development of a seed, a student needs an environment
    conducive to growth. Such an environment is one that is safe, secure, and fosters the
    potential qualities possessed by the individual. The school is a place where students,
    faculty and parents work together to create an environment that is safe and fosters
    learning to take place. It is a community haven where diversity is appreciated and unity
    is recognized in the shared goals that promote academic as well as social well being and
    progress.
    the subject matter
    The way I see it, both Social Studies and Language Arts education exist to reach all
    types of learners from a diverse range of backgrounds, as these are elements that
    enrich the classroom. As such, it is foundational for all learners to work on their reading
    and writing in the content. It is the role of the educator to create a curriculum that is
    built with opportunities for students to improve their literacy. Helping students learn
    how to read and write in the content goes beyond the memorization of a series of
    factual information and regurgitating information on paper; students need to build their
    skills with the different levels of cognitive learning as identified in Bloom’s Taxonomy,
    which revolve around reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Thus, students
    need help with their literacy in the content in order to empower them as independent
    and articulate thinkers.
    Social Studies and Language Arts classrooms are where connections should be made to
    help students understand and live in their worlds. I believe that a Social Studies and
    English curriculum should incorporate current issues, pop culture elements and content
    that helps open up the classroom experience to the real world; students need to see
    that both are educational experiences. As educators, we must not undermine the
    classroom’s worth by creating an atmosphere that sends the message the classroom
    exists as a separate entity from the rest of the world. Instead, we must invite the
    experiences of our students and the greater outside issues of the world into our
    classroom to create a relevant and progressive learning experience for everyone.
    In terms of curriculum development, my instructional approaches align with Wiggins &
    McTighe’s Understanding by Design is an instructional design method I have
    successfully incorporated into my teaching, where lessons are built around desired
    outcomes and understanding can be assessed in various ways. It also involves essential
    questioning that ties to fundamental themes and meaningful learning. Meaningful
    learning is not just about lesson design, however; I have come to find that meaningful
    learning takes place when students are sharing their ideas and views in class or within
    small groups. Collaboration of sharing ideas and thoughts between students and the
    teacher helps everyone identify, clarify, and think of new possibilities that may have
    otherwise been overlooked. It is also a form of assessment, as students can learn from
    each other things they may have missed, or clarify others. Thus, meaningful learning is
    facilitated by the teacher and centered on student ideas, input and world

    technology in the classroom


    The way I see it, technology lends itself to the fast paced, global world we are emerging
    as. It is critical to make use of the technological resources we have and learn how to
    utilize them in the classroom. At the classroom level, technology is meant to be
    shared by the students and the teacher and serves to promote an engaging and
    interactive approach to learning. In addition, technology presents an opportunity to
    stay connected with parents; classroom websites and blogs allow instant access for
    parents to stay updated on their child’s education. We must not stop at the notion that
    technology is something that students have already mastered and exists only for
    entertainment purposes; we must stay committed to the ideal that to teach is to
    empower. Students need to learn how to utilize technology in a way that promotes their
    ability to expand their knowledge and apply themselves intellectually in order to make
    informed and positive decisions.

    the school and social progress


    The way I see it, the school and social progress go hand in hand, as education is the key
    to every society’s transformation and growth. As the saying goes; if you think education
    is expensive, try ignorance. Our world today reflects the poisonous effects ignorance
    has on societies. It is the students who are our future leaders of the world, and we must
    educate them in a way that inspires them to want to learn, have compassion, and be
    knowledgeable about the world they live in, so that ignorance can no longer cause
    human suffering and other evils. We must help our students identify alternative
    solutions and understand multiple perspectives alongside fostering their academic and
    social skills. I believe these serve as avenues for social change and the progress with
    humanity.
    It seems social progress needs to start with changes and improvements made in the
    local community, through volunteerism and collaboration with others. While we should
    strive to recognize ourselves as global citizens, change begins at the grass root level, in
    the local context. Classrooms are an environment where the same moral values and
    actions for social progress of a community can happen. What if every classroom
    functioned off the notion that everybody matters? What if we could apply that to how
    we live at a national level? A global one? While it seems ideal to live to these standards,
    it is also a way to live. The experiences students have in the classroom should remain
    relevant to those they have beyond the 4 walls; it is an avenue for students to see their
    role as citizens and agents of change in their classroom, community, and world.

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