Retake Literacy Education

To make a positive impact on literacy education, educators need to create an appropriate learning environment in the classroom, school and communities. In the classroom, the educator needs an approach to assess each individual to create an environment that integrates the visual, auditory and physical projects to ensure an effective literacy education. The classroom and school environment should encourage independency of the learners, whereby each learner is able to make individual choices, projects and assignments. The community, to positively impact on literacy education, should encourage parents to get involved in their children’s learning and family learning activities be championed. More importantly, literacy educators need an approach that nurtures their students, facilitate development in their literacy work and promote extensive reading (Ribeiro, 2011).

Research in literacy education is important in helping me understand individual students, help in nurturing their literacy and where development is needed. Research has aided in encouraging independency among the students and an approach to improve their learning. High-stakes assessment and standards in literacy education indicate the performance level of students and show how the educator is influencing, motivating and nurturing the students. A gap in phonics and comprehension evidently shows the literacy achievement gap in the classroom. This gap is influenced by the challenges in individual learners and lack of a strong support back at home. It is evident in that some learners easily read and pronounce word, and effectively comprehend their reading materials while other learners are incapable of this.

Learning resources advocates for learning through problem solving. This is an effective learning practice as it enables the educator have knowledge on their students, their reasoning mode and interests (Ribeiro, 2011).Through problem solving, the educator is able to know each students shortcomings and work on it. This also enhances the students’ capacity in knowing the areas they are good in. It was implicated that encouraging students to take charge of their learning is a positive approach of which I support as seen where students came up with words they were good in and read texts that they could understand impacted positively in the class. In addition, a tactic of using tests in teaching whereby I used tests was an effective experience. Therefore, tests and problem-solving are a good approach in literacy education.

Reference

Ribeiro, L. R. (2011). The Pros and Cons of Problem-Based Learning from the Teacher’s

Standpoint. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice , 19.