TEACHERS AS AGENTS

Complex Positioning: Teachers As Agents Of Curricular And Pedagogical Reform KEVIN M. LEANDER And MARGERY D. OSBORNE

Complex Positioning: Teachers As Agents Of Curricular And Pedagogical Reform KEVIN M. LEANDER And MARGERY D. OSBORNE

The notion of the reader and reader identities being shaped by socially mediated processes also implies the existence and influence of 'others'. Parents, teachers, and the reader's peers are 'others' who play a crucial role in socially mediating the construction of the reader and reader identities.

It is pertinent at this point to remember that, like the reader, each of these community members have been shaped by the social and cultural discourses in the various employment, educational, familial, and other communities in which they have participated. Through these experiences, these 'others' have been socialised into particular ways of considering what counts as reading and reading competency.

Leander special education parents revealed a high degree of satisfaction with the quality of services their children receive through the district's special education program as well as with schools' efforts to partner with parents. The district exceeds the state targets for serving students for special education students are higher than the state targets for all subject areas. However, there are systemic and programmatic issues that need to be addressed by Leander ISD. Some of these issues have resulted from the district's rapid growth and the related challenges of monitoring campus activity. Others are attributed to lagging information systems, accountability mechanisms, procedures, and training to support consistent application of programs and program administration across the district. Life is a never ending learning experience. One of the most important lessons we can ever learn from comes from within. As we go through life, it is essential that we learn who we are, and have the ability to recognize and grow from our own personal strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what we are good at and what we are weak in is the only way we can truly grow as individuals.

Another one of the strengths is the ability to adapt to nearly any type of environment or situation, which allows me the flexibility to be comfortable talking to many different levels of people. Most people would call this "people skills". There''s a certain sense of satisfaction to be had in reading process that you are able to make others comprehend something that they felt was so foreign. Nature of Learning

The process of creating and transforming experience into knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, emotions, beliefs and senses. It is the nature of learning through which individuals become themselves. These broadly involve learners being involved in new experiences, having time to reflect with feedback, form and process their ideas and use these ideas to make decisions, problem solve and generate material to start the process again. The important part is that each individual will have a preferred nature of learning but will be likely to contain some elements of the four categories. Activists tend to act first and consider the consequences ...