HW 41 - Initial Internet Research on Schooling: Edited

1)

Mariam. "Everybody Has The Right To Be Educated". Source. Education News, Special Education. January 7th, 2009.
This article argues that everyone has a right to an education despite physical ability, race, gender, etc. Students with physical, emotional, or mental "issues" are educated by 'special education teachers who are involved in the students’ behavioral, social, and academic development. Education doesn't discriminate and there's always an alternative for children if they need some sort of special attention.

This article is very short and easy to read. However, it provides no real depth to her insight. If she is arguing that education does not discriminate, she should probably include how the educational department holds different standards for different races, physical abilities, etc. I would argue that as discrimination itself. Also, the author defines 'everyone' being human beings and equal to god. Those two factors justify your right to an education (or so according to the article).

2)

Hasmik. "Education Is For Everyone". Source. Special Education. November 17th, 2008.
This article argues that education is the basis of our whole career and life itself. To be successful, we must pay attention to our education because only a well-educated, literate person can survive in this world. Everyone has the right to an education no matter your health or economic status because we are all equal and have the same rights.

This article is also very short and easy to read/follow. I found it as a follow-up link to the previous above article. I think, just as the last article, this one lacks solid reasoning. Hasmik seems to just say his ideas but he has no real evidence supporting why he thinks the way he does. Saying that education leads to success is so typical. Hasmik fails to mention that education doesn't always lead to success. Education can lead to an ‘okay livable lifestyle’ (not exactly the way you always dreamed of living but not a bad/hard way of living). He doesn't even define success. I guess this article is good if you want to start off by reading on very basic ideas/brainstorming.

3)

Horany, Elizabeth. "Women's Issues Then And Now". Source. Utexas. May 18th, 2002.
This web page talks about how equality was fought for from woman for so long. It argues that education as a stepping stone in gaining equality but it also mentions the inequality in expectations for woman and men to still be an issue. Education is a way to attain equal status in society and before that woman were seen as lower-class citizens who couldn’t vote/own property etc.

I like this source because it offers the history of woman in education, reasons for oppression, and its social relevance. It's a bit longer than the above two sources but it’s just as easy to understand. This source also gives quotes of lines that support their arguments such as what other people thought about woman in education (Queen Victoria specifically). I think I might want to refer back to this source if I continue in this direction of internet research/area (topic) of interest.

4)

Fırat Açıkgöz. "A Study On Teacher Characteristics And Their Effects On Students Attitudes". Source. The Reading Matrix Vol. 5, No. 2, September 2005.
This article is mainly about how the styles of teachers affect the students attitude and overall approach to school work. It mainly talks about how teachers choose to tackle certain things such as classroom management and the outcome/ how the students mainly react.

I thought this source was very informative about teachers and students and the interactions between the two especially because the article was made after conducting several interviews from the students and talking to the teachers. Although this article was helpful, it was taken in a Turkish mono-lingual setting and was done as an extension of earlier studies to provide feedback to Turkish teachers.

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William L. Saunders and June C. Rivers. "Cumulative and Residual Effects of Teachers On Future Student Academic Achievement". Source. University of Tennessee Value Added Research And Assessment Center. November 1996.
The portion of the article I focused in on explained how as teacher effectiveness increases, lower achieving students are the first to benefit.

Good article, easy to follow and read. This information was gathered through the TVAAS and specifically explains and pertains to the students of Tennessee. I like how this source breaks each step up (of how they got their information to how they analyzed it). I also like how they compared students scores in math, reading, language arts, science and social studies to the teachers style of teaching and then made further predictions based on the information that was gathered.


Additional Works Consulted:

The Right To Be Educated: Source 6

Education and Human Rights: Source 7

You Have To Be Educated To Be A Leader: Source 8

Teacher and Classroom Context Effects on Student Achievement: Source 9

How Large Are Teacher Effects?: Source 10