The topic that I have chosen to research is the achievement gap and possible ways to remedy this problem in the preschool years. My subtopic for this week was attempting to figure out why there is such a huge achievement gap between the races. I almost gave up on this topic because I now realize how broad of a topic it is. One subtopic led to another and kept going on and on! This topic has become so interesting to me and once I began to research my topic of interest, I find another one that I'm interested in......I have about twenty subtopics that I will have to narrow down by the time I reach my final paper.
This is also the first time that I have conducted research from the school library which was a process in and of itself. If you were researching this topic, what would you as an educator, director, or future educator want to know?
4 comments:
Hello Cheryl,
I glad ot hear you found a topic that interests you so much. As an educator (preschool years) I would like to know some effective stratigies for reaching children from ages 3 to 5, and ways to use materials and a budget creatively. I can understand not having much to no budget for spending, so some ideas to save money yet still be effective would be great to learn more about.
Hi Cheryl,
If I were researching achievement gap, I would want to know why there are differences in the quality of education for same age students living in the same city but different districts. I was appalled when living in one district my daughter was an honor roll student. I moved to another district and was told she was behind and needed tutoring. I was told that some districts teach on a lower academic scale to reduce the high-rate of retention.
Hi, Cheryl
If I were studying achievement gap, I would want to know how we as educators can get parents involved on helping to prepare their child on assessment testing because a lot of children fail their assessment performance do to the lack of support from parents.
Thank you guys for your feedback. I like all of these ideas!
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