Internet sources

Internet sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_education
This website gives me the definition and how secondary education is categorized. Middle schools and highschools are considered secondary education schools. The next stem in education after secondary is college level. It also gives information about secondary education in other countries.
http://www.mymajors.com/majors/SED_major.html
This website explains and gives the definition of secondary education. Students that major in secondary education have a high interest in teaching. It lists some of the courses I can take to work toward my major. It also listens what I may want to take even after I am finished with my major.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:20521252~menuPK:738179~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:282386,00.html
This website talks about the benefits you have being a secondary education teacher. It mentions how world banks support secondary education. It mentions the different instutions you will work with through out your career as a teacher in the secondary education field.
http://www.educationcenteronline.org/Education-Degrees/Secondary-Education-Degrees.html
This website talks about the secondary education degrees. They are mostly earned at the bachelor’s degree level. You also will recevie the training for the level you want to teach at.

Annotated bibliography

"Don't mention the "v"-word." Economist 345.8045 (1997): 18. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 2 May 2010.
This source talks about how teachers do not like to even hear the word or the idea of giving vouchers out to families to spend on state or private schooling. It talks about how Bill Clinton vetoed this bill because he saw it as a way that was going to help white middle- class children get into private schools. If they allowed vouchers school would start loosing students because more would transfer to private schools which will cause teachers to lose their jobs at private schools. Teachers could also have to deal with major pay cuts if this was to happen.

Mansell, Warwick. "Merit Pay Across the Pond." Phi Delta Kappan 91.7 (2010): 83-84. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 May 2010.

In this source it talks about the pay teachers get in England. The Government was not very
happy that teachers were getting paid by how many years they have been teaching, not by
how management responsible they were. Teachers had to show their portfolios of evidence
they were cabable of the eight categories that the Government had laid out. Since then it has
been changed since 2006, that principles go into the classrooms and evaluate how the teacher is
doing to receive a pay increase.

Carr, David L., Thomas L. Davies, and Angeline M. Lavin. "THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTOR ATTIRE ON COLLEGE STUDENT SATISFACTION." College Student Journal 44.1 (2010): 101-111. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 May 2010.
In this source it talks about how colleges and universities use student tuitions and fees to help
pay for teaching staff. It also mentions that professors should wear business clothes in the
classroom, not casual clothes. The dress of a professor has been shown that it affects the way
a student learns in the classroom. Teachers that also dress more formally are seen as being more
organized than other teachers.

Dale, Jack D. "Rewarding Teachers Collectively." School Administrator 67.3 (2010): 25. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 May 2010.
In this short source it talks about it talks about teachers pay and how it can have an increase.
It would include improvement of the school, more teacher leadership and teachers helping out
the newer teachers that are at the school. It would also include extended learning.

live essay- service learning

For my service learning I was assigned to help out in a seventh grade science class. It was a great experince for me since I am going to school for secondary education. I was able to observe how the students behaved, and how well they paid attention while in class.

When I first started my service learning, I was not too sure what to expect since this was a seventh grade class, or how they were going to be. It turns out, the two classes I was able to help out in were awesome students. I was able to observe how most of the time, they paid attention and got involved with what the were learning that day in class. Some students would have their own side conversations, or would want to talk about something that was completely off topic, but the teacher would just tell them now was not the time and she would go on teaching the lesson. They came to class prepared and ready to learn. They were in their seats by the time the bell rang, and doing the assignment that was on the board to start off the class.

My favorite thing to observe the students doing was when they were doing an activity for the day in the class. The first assignment I observed was a rock activity they had to do. In groups quietly they had to go table to table and write down a description of the rocks and what type they were. It was interesting to observe if the students could follow directions and do the assignment quietly, which most of them did. Some students had to be reminded but I was amazed by

how well they paid attention to directions that were given to them.

Another activity that I enjoyed observing the students take part in was when we took them outside to the little creek right outside the school. I observed that many of the students wanted to play in the creek, which was allowed, but more than I ha

d thought. They loved it, and while they were able to play in the creek, they were also doing the assignment they had to which was observing what the creek felt like, what was in the creek, and also what was around the creek. Hearing what the students had observed, I learned that they were very observive themselves and noticed a lot of things that I did not think they would.

This was a great experince for me. I want to teach secondary education history, but I am still unsure of what grade, so working with seventh graders gave me an experience in seeing how well they acted, and behaved and how overall they were pretty easy to work with. I enjoyed getting to know the students, and working with them in the classroom. Having service learning in college classes is a great idea and also a great experience. I would love to do it again, and also when I able able to start student teaching, I want to work more with seventh graders, and also grade levels even higher to see what I like working with the most. Being able to learn from these students was also a great experience. I really enjoyed getting to know them and seeing how each one learned different, or how they had done things different from others in the classroom.

I believe service learning and community service in our society is very important. It’s a great feeling when you help out and do something for the community. College classes should require service learning to be apart of the class because it is a great way for students to get involved in their community. When students help out in their community they gain knowledge, skills and commitment to working (Jacoby). Students do not really think about going out, and helping out at a school, or a hospital or something else. When they are given this as an assignment, it gives them a chance to go out in the community and do something. Service learning will also enhance what is taught in school by extending student learning beyond the classroom and into the community and helps foster the development of sense of caring for others (Cohen). Not only should college students help out in their community, but middle school, and high school and even adults should take some time out of their day, or thier weekends, and go help out. It really will make a different in todays society if more people just spend an hour of their day doing something and helping out. Even if it is just for an hour a day, it makes on huge impact on the place they helped out at, and they appreciate whatever help and time you can give. It’s a great feeling. I really enjoyed by opportunity of being able to help out in a classroom and would love to do it again, even if it is not for a class. Everyone should just give it a try, there is nothing that is not enjoyable about it. Meeting new people, being able to make in impact on someone elses lives, and even on your own life. So go out, take an hour of your day, and go volunteer somewhere and help out, help out the community and help make our society even stronger than what it is today.

Workscited page

Jacoby, Barbara. "Partnerships for service-learning: Impacts on communities and .index=12&did=1988322751&SrchMode=1&sid=7&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1272656032&clientId=1407">http://proquest.umi.com.proxy.yc.edu/pqdweb?index=12&did=1988322751&SrchMode=1&sid=7&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1272656032&clientId=1407>.

Jeremy, Dennis, and Kinsey Cohen. "Doing good and scholarship: A service- http://proquest.umi.com.proxy.yc.edu/pqdweb?index=2&did=5855752&SrchMode=1&sid=5&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1272654371&clientId=1407>.

Video clips!

This video gives good advice to teachers and to people who want to be teachers. Some of these saying I would like to use in my paper.

These are also other very good quotes I can use in my paper.

Interview- Secondary Education

The history teacher I interviewed has asked to remain anonymous. The interview through e-mail took place on April 8th. The questions I had asked are as followed:

Q. - Do you enjoy teaching at the High School level?

Q. - What kind of education do I need for this profession?

Q. - Is there any experience that I need for this profession?

Q. - How long does it usually take to become a teacher?

Q. - How long do you have to student teach for?

The answers I got are very helpful for my paper. I found out that teaching at the High School level, teachers enjoy that more other than teaching in the grades k-8. Since we do not have a national school system, the requirements vary from state to state. Some schools will require that you have a B.A. or B.S. in the field that you are majoring. It is also good to have some experience in the field that you are majoring in. It could take seven years to get your Master’s degree, but that can be different for everyone. I learned a lot of information that I wanted to know. It gives me some great information about secondary education.

Topic Proposal- Secondary education

For my essay three topic I am going to write my paper on teaching. I have always wanted to be a teacher since I was little, and now I am going to school to get my degree in secondary education, history major and a english minor. I was inspired to be a history teacher by my teacher I had sophomore year in High School. I never did enjoy high school until now. He made it sound so interesting that I wanted to continue studying it in college. I am interested in history because I want to keep learning more about it and I enjoy it. I like learning about it and learning how things use to be and how things have chnaged. I want to learn what other people think about it, and how teachers may decide how to teach the class the subject. I want to learn more of the things that interest me, like U.S History and Government so I can be able to teach that to students one day.