[MCP] (no subject)

[Jennifer DeNet]

Mark, I still don't think you are taking Bill's advice. You need to do some thinking about this on your own (and it will be on your own time too since the demands placed on teachers rarely allow them the opportunity to think critically about issues such as this throughout the day.) You need to ask yourself these questions again and try to seek your own answers. This change that you are suggesting "that administration should find a way to implement more productive programs that will help our students learn life long skills" can begin in your classroom. First, however, you need to make some changes in your own thinking as Paul suggested. These are complicated times in which we live, learn, and teach. If we are not able to be reflective thinkers, we are not able to bring about change. Truly think about how you are viewing all of your students and see if you can bring about some change in yourself and your students at the same time, teaching each other "life long skills". Respectfully, JennieFrom: morsemark1971 at msn.comTo: mcp at edchange.orgDate: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:31:23 -0500Subject: Re: [MCP] (no subject)







Bill, 
 I understand your comment to the question I inquired about. 
However, I'm a Physical Education Teacher @ the H.S level. I worked in a 
school that has a Campus setting (7 different schools) housed in one 
building. Each school has there own staff which makes solving problems very 
difficult at times. I have a class with about 40 students, in which 10 of them 
are special education students. They do not have a learning disability 
but severe behavior problems. Everyday they come to class they main purpose 
is to cause distractions. I feel that students of this caliber need to 
self contained because they are interrupting the kids that what to learn. So, 
How does the effectiveness of special education vary by which it is integrated 
into general ed? Also, I feel that most schools in the city are not given the 
proper resources for kids to want to come to school. In my school a lot of after 
programs have been cut. I truly believe that Administration should find a 
way implement more productive programs that will help our students learn life 
long skills. Soon it will be more School Safety agents in the building then 
students. Why does the drop-out rate vary by socio-economic 
status? 
                                                     

                                                                                                         
Thanks,
                                                                                                         
Mark

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Braun 
  To: Multicultural Pavilion's discussion group on 
  equity, social justice,and multicultural education. 
  Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:21 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [MCP] (no subject)
  What do YOU think, Mark? What are you reading on the subject? Any papers
or books that present interesting ideas or theories to you? What does your
own research suggest to you? Have you developed a position on the issue?
Are you an advocate for that position?

What is the context for your inquiry? Are you a teacher? Journalist? Student?

You are asking simple yes/no questions. (My answers are yes and yes.) Can
you reframe your questions as open-ended questions? Research questions are
typically (but not exclusively) "how" questions, neutrally phrased, which
themselves reflect the focus of your research.

For example, How does the effectiveness of special education vary by the
degree to which it is integrated into general education?, or How does the
drop-out rate vary by socio-economic status, and why?

If in fact you are using the list as a primary research source, at least
say so.

Bill Braunmark wrote: 
  

    
    Should special education be included with general education?
     
    Does a child's socio-economic status play a role in the 
    educational dropout rate?
     
                                     
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