Education Plan



Education Plan

Introduction

Education is a right for everyone and a responsibility for parents and teachers to provide children with the best education. This right is spelt out in the education legislation of all states and territories in United States. Education is free and compulsory for all children between certain ages. It is the obligation of parents to make sure that their children are attending school and learning gradually. Education has historically evolved from dissent and reform movements and continues to do so. Such efforts emerged early in American history and continued with limited success. Until the latter part of the 20th century, organized reform movements largely fueled by parents succeeded in changing the American educational system.

Strategy and Evaluation Criteria

The approach to make the student able to read consisted of seven to eight steps based on various researches done in the past (Cupples, 2000). It was solely used to progress the reading skills. Stage I was characterized by awareness of print and books as evidenced by choosing books and educational television programs as play interests. During Stage II, the aim was to make The student pronounce letters and show evidence of a sight vocabulary. Stages III and IV were characterized by learning letter sound associations and making words with these sounds, respectively. Stage V was aimed at making the student read familiar books. The ability to sound out new words and subsequently to read unfamiliar books occurred during Stages VI and VII, respectively. Another step was added to the process aiming to make the student read for enjoyment, which completed the reading process. The plan is also shown in the table provided in appendices in a more precise manner.

An account of what did actually happen during sessions with the child

During the learning session, many positive, as well as negative aspects were observed, which were ultimately affecting the ability of the student to learn and read.

The most important factor, which affected the student's learning negatively, was the lack of her parents' ability to respond to their child's queries. In 2005, Brenna noted that parents provide indirect support by spending time with their children, playing, and talking, which provide role modeling of oral and written language skills (Brenna, 2005). It was observed during the session with the student that her parents were not responding her questions regarding letters, words and spelling when the student needed the help. Parents are considered to be the primary contributor to the child's reading ability, and if they do not pay much attention to their children, then the most affected part would be their education. Furthermore, the reason of the student being a quiet girl was her parents because they pay more attention to their elder son, James and neglect the student's abilities, which results in lack of the student's ability to study well.

Evaluation of the Strategy Implimented

Training sessions were scheduled with Studetns for 2 hours per day, 5 days a week. Sessions were usually held in classroom. Students enjoyed spending time while learning how to ...