Today, was the week in which i had to present the reading with my fellow peers Kyle and Ariel in which today's tutorial would be run by Glenyce for the first time.
The reading was 'A Vision for 2020: Achieve Equity in Education. A Contribution to Public Discussion of the 2020 Summit Idea by Save our Schools.' The article discusses the need for an improvement and increase in equity within education. It focuses on the need to improve education to support low SES and Indigenous families to achieve equity across the nation.
I had specifically focused on the National Goals for schooling and the issues that arose with it. One of the main issues was that Australia has not made any actions since 1999 in addressing the National goals. One of the goals that I had focused on was increasing the number of students finishing schooling to year 12. The question that I had formed was how can the government and society help increase the numbers of students completing school to year 12. A lot of discussion was provoked which i was very happy to discuss as a whole.
Suggestions that were made included making year 12 compulsory for all students instead of giving students the option to drop out in year 10. However, Glynis had provoked the discussion in relation to this issue that would it be wrong to make schooling to year 12 compulsory because of the fact that some students are just not made for school and would much prefer be a hands on person like a tradesman. But on the other hand I believe that there are that portion of students who are dropping it out as they see it as an easy way out. I also thought that the extra two years of schooling will help students mature and give them enough time to develop a better idea as to what career prospect they want to pursue in the future.
Throughout the tutorial run by Glynis we talked about the digital divide and equity. A digital divide can range from socioeconomic status, gender divide and economic divide to name a few. I think that the discussion we had in this lesson was very beneficial for upcoming student teachers to develop the understanding of different equity issues that are present in the school environment.
References
A Vision for 2020: Achieve Equity in Education. A Contribution to Public Discussion of the 2020 Summit Idea by Save our Schools - the national independent advocacy group. April 2008. Retrieved from www.valuesineducation.org.au/pdf/sos0804.pdf.
I think this is a really important point for future educators and I think that equity in the technology used in the classroom is hugely important as well. If equity can be achieved in the classroom it would greatly improve teaching standards.
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