Paradigm Evaluation of Learning Environments

Paradigm Evaluation of Learning Environments

Introduction

A paradigm is made up of the commonalities of a scientific community which are the principles that unify a group of scientists and popularizes of a discipline, so beliefs, generalizations, values, techniques, types of research problems, and so on make up the "disciplinary matrix. Paradigm consists of the production of prototype solutions for a given class of problems, and the training of new generations of scientists in theoretical and methodological aspects for the preservation and development thereof (Smith, 2005).

Paradigms serve as patterns or models that form the basis of theory or methodology. Human beings daily action frameworks are influence by teachers, stakeholders and leaders. Operation of the education system is affected by paradigms. In addition, actions taken for improvement or reforms are also affected by paradigms. These paradigms are often called as beliefs, these beliefs shape the way group of people or an individual acts. Because of the several impacts, and importance of paradigms it is important that these paradigms should be analysed, and actions should be taken for the improvement of educational field rather than holdings success and achievements of students. Paradigms are changed and evaluated with the passage of time. An authors have said that, in twenty first century leader must be visionary able to successful and efficient (Bransford, 2009). A visionary leader is one who imagines the future picture which requires an attention and understanding of past, future present paradigm shifts and paradigm. In this paper, we are going to draw a table in which there would be several paradigms related to leadership, administration, and learning. This table will be analysed regarding how could they be opertionalized through actions. The task of defining learning, in terms of the what, where, how, why and with whom becomes even more difficult in informal learning environments, for example, when individuals visit a museum, watch documentaries on television, play an interactive web-based game, participate in an after school science program, read articles and books, etc (Taylor, 2007).

The paradigms are consisted of beliefs about the learning environments and further it also focuses on how education systems are taking actions based on these paradigms. In this paper, we have done analysis of paradigms and their opposite beliefs so that educators could know proper actions to take the system into right direction and towards further growth. With the analysis of both failure, and success, the American education system could have a better and effective chance of creating a rubric. It will allow administrators and educators to know what actions need to be taken and provide feedback on each area being evaluated. The following table is evaluated to produce a rubric that contains areas that should be evaluated in order to create effective learning environments in today's schools. Each category should be evaluated and reflected upon to create an effective tool to assess learning environments. By analyzing the results indicated in the rubric, educational leaders and teachers will be able to implement effective practices into the ...