Introduction
All these events in the class had their focus on some specific socially important topic. In this way, they encouraged students to reflect on the critical issues of society. Each topic dealt with racial discrimination, diversity, or cultural and ethical issues. In addition, the events talked about what pedagogical methods would help create the most effective teaching practices. Revealing the importance of professional and inclusive classrooms is one of the primary roles of educators. The American education system is the most reliable and practical system that provides students with knowledge in all areas of science.
Events Overview
The first event discusses how to properly build relationships with students and staff. It emphasizes the importance of many factors that affect the final results of education and the team’s effectiveness. Willingness to teach is defined as the willingness to work with people. These will be colleagues, different in age, temperament, character, beliefs, and, of course, students, among whom there will be not only pleasant people but also those with whom it is not a pleasure to communicate. Therefore, the teacher must first develop communication skills, allowing him to establish himself in any audience and avoid conflicts in communication with students. It is imperative to properly build relationships with students, respect their opinions and interests, be open to cooperation, and accept new ideas and proposals, no matter where they come from. Teaching is not limited to the transfer of useful information. In these respects, the teacher bears the most significant responsibility.
Information in the second event discusses how family integration affects students’ learning process. The necessity and importance of cooperation between family and school have never been questioned. Parents are the child’s first teachers before he enters school and fulfills this role in the future. The social world of the family is the most vital factor in forming a child’s personality. In addition, the class teacher cannot and should not re-educate the parents and transform the family – this is beyond his competence. The relationship between family and school is essential not only in the first years of a child’s stay at school. They remain relevant even at an older age because, very often, it is at school that a child has a chance for self-expression, the manifestation of his talents. The school sets itself many tasks: educational, educational, and educational. The school can help parents with many issues of raising children, but it can never compete with the family. It is the family that is the most powerful tool in shaping the personality of the child.
The third event tells about how to conduct training in translinguistic classes properly. Preserving equality and inclusiveness is an essential element of teaching bilingual students. The essence of bilingual education lies in the bilingual presentation of school disciplines. It is not limited to grammar lessons, listening to songs in the original, and watching cartoons in English. A foreign language becomes a mechanism of cognition and not its very purpose. So, mathematics, art history, foreign literature, physics, and chemistry are taught exclusively in English. The Russian language is heard only in the Russian language lesson. The sooner the child begins to learn both languages, the better will be its overall development, so bilingual elementary school is gaining more popularity. Early learning of another language by children helps in general learning. Bilingualism also contributes to developing social skills and concentration, resulting in children being able to solve problems quickly and perform several tasks simultaneously.
The fourth event is dedicated to monitoring students’ mental states. The central factor for states can be considered an actual need that causes a particular psychological state. Suppose the external environment conditions contribute to the quick and easy satisfaction of the need. In that case, this contributes to the emergence of a positive state – joy, and inspiration. If the probability of satisfaction is low or absent, then the state will be negative regarding emotional signs (disappointment, despondency, depression). Risk factors can appear at all stages of life, but those that arise during the most critical periods of human development, especially in early childhood, have a powerful negative impact. For example, harsh parenting and punishment undermine children’s mental health, and school bullying is a significant risk factor for developing mental health problems.
The fifth event tells the audience about the positive impact of online learning on students. Once considered a niche, advanced online learning is becoming a much more attractive option for students worldwide. Online education offers high-quality programs while remaining cheaper. Full-time study is much more expensive due to the associated costs for flights, accommodation, and expenses in another country. Quality programs use state-of-the-art tools and techniques to create unique content for online learners. Online learning is more flexible and convenient. Learning can take place at any time convenient for the student. Distance education can have a significant impact positively on education and general awareness of the topic being studied. At the same time, if a person already has a job, he can study in parallel to improve his professional abilities.
The seventh event is dedicated to the development of emotional intelligence in children. Currently, much attention is paid to the intellectual development of children – there are many early education programs, mastering counting, reading, and English from an early age. However, artificial learning has long been proven dangerous to the child.
The eighth event is dedicated to how to integrate ethics into the process of schooling children properly. Morality and ethical standards are often confused with the religious postulates of a particular religion. However, it is education that is one of the most important institutions for the formation of personality. Therefore, even in public educational institutions, children need to be taught ethics and instilled such qualities as goodness, justice, good breeding, decency, and honesty. Norms, rules, and values in different cultures are different but have an everyday basis. It lies in the fact that certain qualities are relevant for every country and every person on our planet.
The ninth event discusses how to create an inclusive class and what it means for education. Inclusion applies to all children, without exception, studying together in regular kindergartens, schools, colleges, or universities. Inclusive practice can be defined as a set of approaches and methods ensuring all students have access to primary education. Successful inclusion of children with special needs requires working together to ensure that all students feel welcome and valued and receive the proper support to help them develop their talents and achieve their goals. When education is genuinely inclusive, it benefits all students, not just students with disabilities or special needs. Schools on the path to inclusion share responsibilities between general education teachers, special education teachers, counselors, and teachers.
The tenth event is dedicated to creating a culturally sensitive literacy space. The principle of considering national and cultural characteristics is due to the specifics of the learning process and organizational forms in the pedagogical system of pre-university training of international students. It is closely related to the principle of taking into account adaptation processes in socio-psychological adaptation. The principle of considering national and cultural characteristics expresses a natural connection between the academic success of international students and the degree to which their national and cultural identity is taken into account in the educational process.
The eleventh event is a story about how the power of family involvement affects students’ learning path and their involvement. A teacher who directly observes children and knows their problems is to involve parents in cooperation, knowledge, and understanding of pedagogical principles. It is essential to activate and enrich parents’ educational skills, maintain their confidence in their pedagogical abilities and spread the positive experience of parenting in the family: spending family leisure time and following family traditions. The main form of cooperation with parents is parent meetings, which include the psychologist’s whole complex- the educational institution’s and the family’s pedagogical impact.
The twelfth event was dedicated to how to preserve democracy through public discourse. Deliberative democracy has become widespread in modern social science – philosophy, political science, and sociology – when considering the forms and methods of improving the liberal model of democracy. In addition, public discourse in the context of democracy is essential when designing an alternative model facing growing instability, threats, and risks in the era of the post-bipolar turbulent world. Public discourse is of great importance when a democratic government is faced with questions about changing the form of government.
The thirteenth event was dedicated to dismantling racial capitalism and its terrible consequences. Understanding how these phenomenon works are vital in fighting racism and oppression. The topics of how capitalism leads to injustice towards different races were considered. In addition, the lecture was also devoted to how the younger generation can become a catalyst for change in a new society and change the state of things. When trying to change the system of inequality, it is crucial to focus on small but quick-winning campaigns that target specific societal problems.
Equity in education implies education according to individual differences and needs without economic, demographic, geographic, ethical, or gender conditions that prevent learning. Regarding inclusiveness, it is necessary to create conditions to guarantee students’ different abilities, rhythms, and learning styles (Love, 2019). From an equity point of view, more educational resources should be allocated to populations in situations of vulnerability or disadvantage. Thus, it establishes among its principles the principle of justice as a guarantee of equal opportunities for the comprehensive development of people through education, integration into education, equal rights, and opportunities that help overcome discrimination and create equality between different groups of society. Inclusion improves social cohesion, economic growth, and overall well-being in society (Delpit, 2021). This makes people better equipped to find long-term solutions to complex global problems, making them more productive and efficient. The biggest challenge is improving learning, which depends on the school and students’ socioeconomic and cultural differences. Justice is a normative ethical principle associated with the idea of justice; According to this concept, it is about meeting the needs and interests of people who are different from each other, especially those who are disadvantaged (Nieto, 2017). Equity in education increases social cohesion and trust. This policy brief looks at ways to improve equity in education in three strategic areas: designing education systems, on-campus and off-campus practices, and resource provision.
In terms of contributing to the democratization of society, universities can be a place where students acquire the knowledge and skills of critical thinking and empathy necessary to function in a multicultural society, recognize social injustice and counter discrimination, and accept a point of view that differs from their own. Critical thinking is the ability to question existing theories and practices in any field to make them more receptive to social realities. Diversity in the university environment is a resource for fostering the values inherent in a fair society, such as democracy, equality, and social justice, as well as enhancing the social responsibility of schools and higher education institutions and their ability to be the driving force for inclusive growth.
Theories of cognitive development and social psychology provide evidence for considering student diversity as a necessary resource for civic learning and social change.
The university environment brings together young people from different backgrounds and gives them the experience of social interactions that are different from their usual environment. Diversity of students also helps develop an open personality, forces them to reconsider attitudes and beliefs, and considers the social identity of race, class, and gender in a global and national context. Diverse schools and universities are said to have a positive climate that encourages active participation in the learning process and encourages students to think deeper. Such an environment may seem unfamiliar, not similar to previous social experience gained before entering a higher educational institution, become a source of different points of view and give rise to conflicting expectations. In this environment, the ability to enter into full-fledged, interdependent relationships with different people is formed based on the awareness and recognition of their differences, as well as an understanding of individual and social practices that affect social systems and the desire to fight for the rights of others.
Conclusion
The education system in the United States should be a model of racial and cultural diversity and the quality of teaching. The most significant events were related to building diversity and inclusiveness in the classroom. In addition, lectures on family inclusion in the educational process also significantly impacted viewing. These topics are essential for society and education and should therefore be covered. Student diversity has a positive effect on the university environment, creating conditions where most students can interact with people other than themselves and get to know them better. The following factors contribute to the positive impact of diversity: knowledge, thanks to which students acquire a strong belief in positive values, pay attention to social problems, realize the importance of care, respect, and courtesy; pedagogical approaches that develop the skills and competencies of respectful intergroup relations with different peers and encourage joint action aimed at solving social problems. In addition, reflective teaching and empathy can play a significant role in the leadership of the educational process, which can become an engine of change.
References
Delpit, L. (2021). Millennial teachers of color. Harvard Education Press.
Love, B. L. (2019). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press.
Nieto, S. (2017). Re-imagining multicultural education: New visions, new possibilities. Multicultural Education Review, 9(1), 1- 10. Web.