Ways to Identify and Support Students' Academic Needs in a Timely Manner

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Full name Mandeep Kaur Brar
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Unit title Action Research in Education
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Assignment title Assisting students in academic field
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WAYS TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT STUDENTSACADEMIC NEEDS IN A TIMELY
MANNER
Abstract:
This article describes how a teacher can improve the life of students with their efforts. It
describes how the conditions like high standards for academic learning and conduct, meaningful
engagement, professional learning communities and personalized modernized environment help
the student and teacher to bond and develop very healthy learning experiences. I have referred to
many articles, books and journals to get the facts right about the idea of ways to identify and
support students’ academic needs in a timely manner. My approach can be ‘old school’ but the
subject according to me gives the clear picture of the ideas that are running in my mind.
Introduction
There is a very famous saying by Malala Yousafzai “One child, one teacher, one book, one
pen can change the world”(Yousfzai Malala,I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood
Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban, 2013).
So I believe a teacher is the face of the world for student as the student who is still gaining
experience of the world starts watching everything through their teacher’s eyes. Learning is a
part of our daily routine and teachers should be acclaimed for it, whether it is philosophy, a
rhyme or a life lesson. Teaching is a very significant profession that allows children a chance to
improve themselves. Significance of that child will pace away with a healthier thoughtful and
feel good about them gives me a great sense of achievement. (My personal belief). Therefore, it
is necessary that I develop a sense of interaction with the children and involve myself in trying to
be more communicative with them in the future as well as in the present time.
Researchers have suggested that for students to take advantage of high expectations and more
advanced curricula, they need support from the people with whom they interact daily (Klem,
Connell, 2009).
As per Nespor (1987), teachers recognize that what happens in a student's life outside of the
school day matters in the classroom. A 2015 Scholastic sponsored survey asked award-winning
“Teachers of the Year” what blockades to education most affect their students' success. The top
responses included family stress (cited by 76% of teachers) and poverty (62%), followed by
learning and psychological problems (52%). If these teachers could choose where to focus
education funding in order to have the highest impact on student learning, their top priorities
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would include anti-poverty initiatives andreducing barriers to learning through “wraparound”
services such as healthcare.
For the students who suffer from financial hardships there are a many of ways to make them feel
comfortable and more focused towards studies. According to Theen (2012), first of all the
teachers should engage in primary handover, i.e. gathering information before entry so as they
can connect with the students by understanding his keen interest areas. The students are,
sometimes, really shy or sometimes really disinterested in some parts of their studies so making
the studies engaging helps both ways.
Research confirms that what teachers recognize as poverty can have very high impact on
students’ academic achievement. (Sibley, Theodorakakis, Foley, Petrie, Raczek, 2017)
Therefore, I believe there are a many of areas where teacher plays a great role in strengthening
student’s life goals and helps in achieving timely and most accurate results. Some of those ways
are discussed in the article are:
1. Move access to emotional/ psychological support. Not just Chaplains
Therefore, the teachers’ beliefs and guidance is really important in student’s life. If the teachers
have more interest and dedication in educating a student, it is for sure that the student will
develop interest and be successful in that particular subject. It has become a universal idea that
teacher’s ways of thinking and understanding are important components of practice. This is
major research area on teacher’s decision-making and information processing (Nespor, 1987).
Scientists are always discovering new ways into how people learn the best, and some of the most
recent neuroscience research has shown connections between basic survival functions, social and
emotional reactions to the world, and creative impulses (Kronholz, 2011).
Students’ social and emotional reactions to learning are vital to feeling motivated to learn and to
their ability to creatively solve problems. Immordino-Yang, who wrote Musings on the
Neurobiological and Evolutionary Origins of Creativity via a Developmental Analysis of One
Child’s Poetry,tries to understand through her research why emotions are so important to
learning by examining what happens to brain functions (Schwartz, 2013).
2. Improved tutoring – combine with a breakfast program
As part of its commitment to providing a community focused, relevant and high-quality
program, Foodbank WA evaluates its School Breakfast Program (SBP) annually. The aim
of the evaluation is to assess the impact of the SBP on schools and students, as well as to
identify aspects of the program that are working well or that may require improvement.
In 2012, a total of 333 schools responded to the survey, a response rate of 87%. Synopses
of the 2012 results, according to Davies, aresummarized below:
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