EDUCATIONEDUCATION

THEORY AND PRACTICE

BY JOSEPH CIANTAR

CONTENTS-1CONTENTS-1 Teaching as a profession. The traditional professions. A profession on a continuum. Educational concepts. The social partners in the educational set-up. Curricula. Ethos. Classification. Resources. Staff Development.

CONTENTS - 2CONTENTS - 2 Tests and examinations. Auditing. Prioritisation's. Craft knowledge theories put into practice. Rewards and punishments. Management in Education. Educational Administration. Implementation Processes.

Chapter 1: Teaching as a Chapter 1: Teaching as a Profession.Profession.

Criteria for a profession. Applied criteria to teaching. The status and expectations of members. Historical background. Famous teachers. The continuum. Perceptions and evaluations.

CHAPTER 2: TRADITIONAL CHAPTER 2: TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS.PROFESSIONS.

Enumerated and evaluated. Their function, placing and esteem in to-

day’s world. Comparative appraisals. Feedbacks. The clients. Interdependence within professionalism.

CHAPTER 3: ON A CHAPTER 3: ON A CONTINUUM.CONTINUUM.

Emergence of the new professions. Perceptions - fallacies and absolutes. Progressive and regressive practices. Vocation, occupation, craft...... The standards and values its members

project on their profession. Universal basic absolutes.

CHAPTER 4: CONCEPTS.CHAPTER 4: CONCEPTS.

Aristotle, Socrates, Plato. Theories-practice in the middle ages. Monasteries and their role. The advent of modern thinkers. Pestalozzi, Dalton, Montessori, Froebel,

Rousseau, St. John Baptist de la Salle,etc... Humanism - the Universities.

CHAPTER 5: SOCIAL CHAPTER 5: SOCIAL PARTNERS.PARTNERS.

The parents. The educational authorities. The teachers’ body. The students’ body. Inter-relationships. Responsibilities , rights and obligations. Judging by results.

CHAPTER 6: CURRICULACHAPTER 6: CURRICULA

Expression of educational concepts. Choice of subjects. Schemes of work. Lesson preparations. Monitoring. Quality teaching. Flexibility in accordance with levels.

CHAPTER 7: ETHOS.CHAPTER 7: ETHOS.

Autonomy. Supporting qualified staff. Equivalence between freedom and

responsibility. Character. Flexibility. Manifestations and acknowledgements.

CHAPTER 8: CHAPTER 8: CLASSIFICATIONS.CLASSIFICATIONS.

Methodologies for homogenous grouping. Mixed abilities. The gifted students. Vertical and horizontal movements. Elitism. Attempts at solving grouping problems. Equal opportunities to all.

CHAPTER 9: RESOURCES.CHAPTER 9: RESOURCES.

Human resources. Teaching tools. Buildings and their maintenance. Supporting and ancillary staffs. Towards meaningful attempts at availability

of informatica. The neighbourhood as a resource.

CHAPTER 10: STAFF CHAPTER 10: STAFF DEVELOPMENT.DEVELOPMENT.

The quest for better qualifications an on-going process.

Appraising quality teaching. Sectional and group meetings. Monitoring, auditing and appraising

teaching. Resolution of conflicts.

CHAPTER 11: TESTS AND CHAPTER 11: TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS.EXAMINATIONS.

Basing criteria on selection. Tests and examinations. Formal and informal testing. Assessments and appraisals. Subjectivity and objectivity in testing. Controlled, creative efforts: assessments. Statistics - marking schemes.

CHAPTER 12: CRAFT CHAPTER 12: CRAFT KNOWLEDGE THEORIES.KNOWLEDGE THEORIES.

Development of productive methodologies. Time and practice tested procedures. Bequeath of traditions. Personalised approaches. Pooling of strategies by peer-groups. Textbooks. Complimentary CKT.

CHAPTER 15: CHAPTER 15: MANAGEMENT.MANAGEMENT.

Implementation processes. Decision making. Delegation and Abdication. Cabinet of senior staff. Management of time and resources. Timetabling. Comparative studies from industry.

CHAPTER 16: CHAPTER 16: ADMINISTRATION.ADMINISTRATION.

Teamwork by qualified staff. Commitment. Glorification of minor procedures. Communication. Dichotomy: professional teaching and

administrative procedures. The treatment of student-teachers.

SUMMARY.SUMMARY.

Education is a life-long on-going process which is only initiated at school when young.

Education results are not all quantifiable - but positive results highly esteemed.

Which is the good school on earth ? Transparency in education.

FURTHER RESEARCH.FURTHER RESEARCH.

Reports on education. Literature on the subject Statistics. Comparative studies. Fieldwork. Questionnaires. Periodicals.