Commitment to the whole child means to be able to
each child must be healthy, safe,
engaged, supported, and challenged in the classroom. As educators engage
parents in conversations about supporting the whole child, we may need to do
less talking and more listening to make sure that we’re speaking the same
language. Teachers and parents should seek ways to strengthen our partnership
to ensure each child's success, parents and educators appear to have broad
agreement on what we want. Instead of basing student success only on academic
achievement or test scores, a whole child education provides additional skills
to help students succeed in life and the workforce. Schools are solely
responsible for student achievement, to one in which schools, communities, and
families work in partnership. Assessment for
learning is an essential part of a child’s education as it defines whether or
not the objectives of teaching are being met, assessments affects decisions
about grades, educational needs of children and in some cases funding.
Assessment for learning is a significant way to raise a pupil’s academic
achievement and is centered on the belief that in order for children to
progress in school then they must understand the purpose of their learning,
where they are in relation to this purpose and how they can achieve their
goals. Assessments will help a pupil reflect on their own development which in
turn will help them recognize and appreciate their own strengths as well as
developing an insight into themselves as students. If a child is given the
opportunity to discuss their learning either with a teacher or one of their
peers then they will develop a deeper understanding of their learning which can
build confidence and motivate them as students. Effective assessment will
identify individual educational needs of all children as well as informing them
about their specific performances and achievements, this will then allow
teachers to utilize approaches that are personalized to the needs of a child.
Assessment can be used not only to measure learning but also to promote
learning by teaching children how to ask questions as well as answering them.
I
wanted to learn about Syria assessment system and learned that parents feel
that their children are not being assessed and the teachers are not committed
to whole child learning system. Syria is full violence and disarray that
children are dropping out of school. Children are assessment in different grade
but the wholistic approach is not apparent.
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68077.html
