"Homework should be purposeful and that purpose must be understand by both the teacher and the students…more is not better."
Robert. H. Tai, Associate professor, Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
ECI 524
Globalization considered as a phenomenological process of human social development, and it reflecting on countries are interdependent in politics, economics, and trade. With the expansion of the influence of globalization, it attracted the attention of all educators, because globalization brings chances to human, as well as challenges. Globalization is an unavoidable trend so that education field and countries should prepare for that, and make adjustments in time, especially for developing countries. Globalization bounded up countries close relationships, and cultures communications, therefore, more people decided to study abroad, in order to learn more about other countries. Baer.M & Green.M (2000) pointed out that: “In 1997-1998, there were 481,000 foreign students on the U.S. campuses, compared to 114,000 who went abroad that year.” As the matter of fact, the number still rolling up. Students who have different backgrounds setting in the same class and having class together. With increasing of the international students, teachers seem meeting a challenge that how to deal with the diversity. Diversity not only means variance learning methods, also the difference of understanding, logical, and expression. Facing this problems, teacher could use homework as a tool to balance the culture differences. In order to let students to know each other better, increase collaboration opportunities, and involve culture sources in homework part, will be a smart choice.
ECI 508 Teacher as Leader
This class encourage all teachers to develop the leadership in their field. Teachers as an occupation should not work along, in Awakening the Sleeping Giant, the author said: “the unending need to find social services for students and their families, competitive challenges… educators face in improving student learning”. Teachers as the significant part of school, who have directly influence on students, so that teachers have to shoulder this responsibility and advocate from this purpose to make the schools getting better.
Action Plan ´Step 1: Ask all teachers get involved, as well as administers and principals ´ ´Step 2: Make workable plans. ´ ´Step 3: Implement plans and collect data. ´ ´Step 4: Adjust plans or make changes. ´ ´Step 5: Find a best way and widely used.