Ethnicity In Education

Ethnicity The impact that education makes on one’s life is greatly diverse, while there are several factors that shape this, ethnicity plays a huge role. An individual’s upbringing plays a major role in one’s student learning, not only how one was raised will affect their education, where one is raised also does. Ethnicity is the interrelationship between gender, and class, it is the state of belonging to a particular social group that follows a cultural tradition. Where one lives, grows up, experience life can have a major effect on how they view education. Different countries all over the world treat education differently, have their own views, and set the standard of education to their choosing. As each country holds their own values,
they also set their own standards of what to teach. In the United States of America there is heavy emphasis on placement tests. Not only for the individual students, but for the institution itself. More successful scores on placement tests will vary the amount of money a state will invest in the school. Although this may seem perfectly normal, many countries do not use this approach. Japan is one of the leading countries in technology, yet within their school system from first, second, and third grade students do not take any tests. Japan thinks this is a vital time that is paramount to the development of each student, rather than focusing on memorizing facts and taking tests, they simply teach each student manners and the difference between right and wrong. They believe this approach will not only improve their social skills, but set the tone of their entire academic career. England also takes a similar approach, focusing on interaction with other students, rather than the traditional methods Americans are used to.
Technology
As we continue to grow a society, so does the way we learn and access information, what started as books, pens, and paper has rapidly evolved into tablets, smartphones, and much more.
Students today go to school with laptops, ordering their text books digitally and accessing them on a tablet. As computers and smart devices are becoming more powerful and cheaper by the day, the ability to learn from anywhere has become the norm. Students even have the opportunity to study and receive degrees without leaving the comfort of one’s home. Future generations will never know of the Dewey Decimal System, finding the book using the relative location and index. Now this has been automated and as simple as a search on a public computer in a library. Class room conversations are turning into discussion threads on-line, urging students to freely speak their mind without having to open their mouth. As technology continues, so will the ways academic professionals incorporate it with their institutions
methods.
Conclusion
As Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. stated, challenging one to further themselves, think outside the box, and think critically is the purpose of education. No matter what age or grade, encouraging one to push themselves and always succeed in school is a gift that everyone should receive. While there are many aspects of life that effect a child’s future, education should be a focus of all parents, guardians, and mentors. How one is raised, where one is raised, and the technology that one is raised with have a major impact on one’s student learning. Without these factors, a student would be lost, not knowing what, or where to focus on. Education is more than just reciting facts or adding numbers, it reflects one’s personality, it makes us who we are
today.