Sentence Outline Technology And Education
Based on the rubric and the Tutor Comments on Science and Body Image II, what are the strengths and weaknesses of this paper?
Broad Topic: Technology and Education
Narrowed Topic: How computers can enhance teaching methodologies in Jamaican secondary schools
INTRODUCTION:
The Jamaican education system, with its myriad of challenges, is one which is constantly being revamped in order to produce worthwhile citizens who can contribute meaningfully to economic and social development. With continued worrying trends of less than half of the students who leave secondary schools attaining 4 or more CSEC subjects, there have been consistent calls to address weaknesses, such as mode of delivery, in the system. Realizing that technology is impacting every facet of society, The Ministry of Education and Youth and partners such as The Jamaica Computer Society for Education have embarked on ventures such as The E-Learning project and the Ed-Tech 20/20 project to make computers available to schools and train and encourage teachers to use them to make learning more meaningfully relevant to students. According to Ying (1997, p.223) “Information Technology (IT) can serve as a catalyst and vehicle for arriving at solutions to important endemic problems in the education system.” The multifunctional computer can be employed to enhance teaching methodologies in the dynamic secondary classrooms in Jamaica, through stimulating innovative and diverse approaches to the delivery of the curricula, aiding in lifelong learning and improving teachers’ administrative competencies.
BODY:
I. Careful use of computer applications by secondary teachers in existing multilevel classrooms can enable meaningful reorganization of teaching and learning.
(A) Exploratory work aided by investigatory software can support the desired paradigm shift from teacher centered to student centered approach, breaking the monotony of traditional methods.
1. “The ‘chalk and talk ‘should be replaced by more
Broad Topic: Technology and Education
Narrowed Topic: How computers can enhance teaching methodologies in Jamaican secondary schools
INTRODUCTION:
The Jamaican education system, with its myriad of challenges, is one which is constantly being revamped in order to produce worthwhile citizens who can contribute meaningfully to economic and social development. With continued worrying trends of less than half of the students who leave secondary schools attaining 4 or more CSEC subjects, there have been consistent calls to address weaknesses, such as mode of delivery, in the system. Realizing that technology is impacting every facet of society, The Ministry of Education and Youth and partners such as The Jamaica Computer Society for Education have embarked on ventures such as The E-Learning project and the Ed-Tech 20/20 project to make computers available to schools and train and encourage teachers to use them to make learning more meaningfully relevant to students. According to Ying (1997, p.223) “Information Technology (IT) can serve as a catalyst and vehicle for arriving at solutions to important endemic problems in the education system.” The multifunctional computer can be employed to enhance teaching methodologies in the dynamic secondary classrooms in Jamaica, through stimulating innovative and diverse approaches to the delivery of the curricula, aiding in lifelong learning and improving teachers’ administrative competencies.
BODY:
I. Careful use of computer applications by secondary teachers in existing multilevel classrooms can enable meaningful reorganization of teaching and learning.
(A) Exploratory work aided by investigatory software can support the desired paradigm shift from teacher centered to student centered approach, breaking the monotony of traditional methods.
1. “The ‘chalk and talk ‘should be replaced by more
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