LMS: the Solution to Education Crisis
Olivia on Jul 15 2009 at 2:36 am | Filed under: Parenting
The well being of students is greatly influenced by the teachers who handled them during their formative years in school. However, if these educators fail to do the responsibility and obligation vested upon them, then the future of the society will be in put at stake.
The holistic development of the students lies in the hands of the teachers. In the event that the students are misguided during their formative years, then the teachers have a huge responsibility for the future of the students.
What becomes of a man can be traced from how well (or poor) his educators portrayed their role during his formative years. Therefore, a little mistake in the moulding and shaping process will create a significant impact on the future of the students.
There is a significant number of public education issues in the United States to-date. The image of public school educators is being criticized because of the surging malicious incidents involving their credibility and competence in the classroom.
The reputation of the teachers in the public schools across the country is getting more tainted. Such is the main reason of a decaying public education system in the United States.
Serious issues haunt the quality of public education in the United States. Competency and adherence to standards comprise the attack against teachers’ performance in many public schools.
In 1999, investigative studies in some cities in the United States revealed the “other” face of teachers of public schools. There were incidents of non-compliance with the standard procedures of the school. With regards to administering tests, it was found out that the teachers tolerate or even encourage unchallenging methods for the students to easily pass, not to mention their dissuasion to poor students from taking the tests, and the teachers were not reprimanded for such misconduct.
Many investigations have been conducted on the actual performance of educators inside the classroom. Many years have passed and infamous issues continue to assault the reputation of teachers. There is no specific direction as to where public education is heading to insofar as meeting academic expectations. Research found out that there are educators who would allow students to bring home tests; would tolerate students to take the tests beyond the allotted duration; poor performing students were kept back from taking tests; grades given would be higher than actual performance—and such teachers would not be given sanctions for their dishonest unprofessional conduct.
The conduct of teachers is in question mainly because of the results of numerous investigative studies conducted in the past. Deviations from the acceptable standards included cheating the grades of students, discouraging poor performing students from taking exams, and the like, while the teachers were not reprimanded for such deliberate actions.
It is imperative that the issue on professional misconduct be resolved right away to impede the deterioration of the education quality of public schools across the country. The most appropriate way to combat the problem is through a learning management system. The school can be aided with the LMS as it is software for tracking, managing administrative and academic requirements. Most LMS is web-based, hence all training and education related tasks can be made centralized in one hub so that all materials released such as manuals, test questionnaires, and the like are ensured to be official. The students will be trained to grasp and appreciate virtual learning, while the teachers will be challenged to practice virtual management. The students, parents, teachers and administrators will have a consensus as to the teaching method administered by the educators in the virtual classroom because of strict compliance. The teachers will also be monitored in terms of performance because of the performance management feature of an LMS. This will guarantee the parents that the teachers are abiding by the school’s standard procedures. Since LMS has a measuring feature, it is guaranteed that the students’ grades are based on actual performance during online discussions and sessions.
The issue on unprofessional conduct of educators must be terminated right away as it contributes to the deterioration of public education quality. The best way to arrest the problem is through a learning management system. Through an LMS, schools are able to monitor and manage the academic training and education. The LMS, as software, has the capability of monitoring and assessing the performance of students and teachers. The online nature of LMS allows the school administrators to standardize all information manuals and training materials. The standardization guarantees parents and students of values compliance. Since the academic curriculum is readily available, parents and students can have an overview of the course. Both the teachers and students will be encouraged to perform well in the virtual class since the LMS has a performance management feature. For the grading system, the parents will no longer worry about incredible grades because the LMS can quantify the actual performance of each student according to work inputs.
Teaching malpractice is not in any way acceptable, so it has to stop. A learning management system, also known as LMS, is the best answer to cure this worsening illness in education. An LMS, since it is software, can assist the school by managing tasks online—an efficient and innovative way of handling things. Since an LMS is based in the web, all academic and administrative requirements can be standardized through a central hub. Training manuals, syllabus, curriculum outline, test questionnaires can be made official and standard for the benefit of the students, parents, teachers, and the school administration. Since the LMS has a performance management feature, the actions, behaviour and accomplishments of both teachers and students are monitored. Moreover, since the LMS can quantify the actual performance of each student, it can be guaranteed that the grades granted to the students are objective and measurable.
A learning management system can cure the aggravating issue on teaching misconduct and malpractice, hence it should be adopted by public schools in the country.
Through a learning management system, the image of public education can be saved, uplifting the credibility of the educators in the country.
The reputation of the educators should be restored by rebuilding credibility to their performance, through a learning management system.
