Post #5: Elevating the Education Reform Dialog

First, this post was based on the Webinar I have attended on December 5th, which is ‘’ Elevating the Education Reform Dialog’’. Throughout the presentation, various moderators exposed their points of view of many majors’ issues on the dialog about the educational reform. One interesting point every moderators discuss was the importance to include the teachers in the dialog about the reform since they are the basis of teaching and learning.

According to a majority of moderators, teachers are professionals that need to be more listened to. It is important to bring the teachers on the dialog too. Educators might be part of the solution to the problems brought by the Education Reform. The teachers have the right to say their points of view about the educational reform too. The teachers need to have a voice. Moreover, a problem that arrives nowadays is that the teachers are not asked to share how they think school, teaching and learning can be improved.

Furthermore, the goal of schooling is to help kids to be proficient in their learning. Almost all the moderators have the same vision of teaching and learning, it is to create a variety of pedagogical tools to interest and help the students learn in context. Another important part of the role of teachers is to have their students self-directed. Learning should be done in terms of integrating subject matter and technologies. School is the center of the life of a person for about 20 years; therefore the focus should be more on learning than on teaching.

Finally, the important aspect is to respect the teachers and allow them to share their points of view about the advantages and the consequences of the educational reform. Allowing the teachers to have a voice would result in a better educational system and a better teaching that would upgrade the results of the learning process.