There are many issues connected to education and it could be argued that they are all great challenges, but according to my personal, current view, here are...
The 5 Greatest Challenges Confronting the Teaching Profession:
1. Job availability at quality schools with quality pay.
2. Unmotivated students; negative in-class (e.g. distractions) and out-of-class (e.g. home life, peer pressure) influences.
3. The increasing amount of mental and emotional health issues/disorders among students.
4. Unbalanced, academics-only, "one size fits all" curricula that try to fit kids into a mold.
5. The outcome of only partially educated students who are unprepared and unmotivated to reach their full potential.
The topic I have chosen for my next paper is a combination of numbers 4 and 5.
Below are organizations and people I have emailed asking for their thoughts on the subject, but have not yet heard back from:
National Professional Associations:
-National Education Association
-Association of American Educators (not yet contacted)
BSU Education Faculty:
-Dr. David E. Coffman
Director of Teacher Education and Department Chair
Professor of Education
Office: Flory Hall, Room 312
540-828-5352
dcoffman@bridgewater.edu
-Dr. Mark A. Hogan
Coordinator of Secondary Program
Professor of Education
Office: Flory Hall, Room 315
540-828-5662
mhogan@bridgewater.edu
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