tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013941400153908367.post2296304593611847006..comments2019-01-03T18:08:35.637+01:00Comments on ELTAlgeria: Reform in Education: A ChallengeELTAlgeriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10451587257798660341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013941400153908367.post-17569826852572437382008-10-01T23:09:00.000+01:002008-10-01T23:09:00.000+01:00Hello,Reform in education is really a "Challenge"....Hello,<BR/>Reform in education is really a "Challenge". I see it as a project; though it seems imposed, it has been put into the hands of educators with total trust expecting the unexpected, that is why some people find the reform too ambitious.<BR/><BR/>Just remember the phases of the Project Work, though we follow the themes in the syllabus and suggest some topics, our students are able to realize amazing projects as we have observed in the last three years. <BR/><BR/>I feel that we are at the realization phase: while being "kept abreast with new teaching methodologies through research, self-education, training and continued learning", we do try to equip our students with new learning strategies to make of them autonomous learners engaged in a lifelong education. We also involve them in real life situations when dealing with various issues in a diverse world. We do teach our students, as we have always been taught, to be "tolerant and open-minded". Doesn't this mean they should go beyond the geographical boundaries? Don't we involve them in foreign cultures? Don't we deal with the whole world issues? So, we can not reject "foreign practices" as we can not deny the benefit of their "incorporation".<BR/><BR/>I do believe that the whole world is concerned with the reform and no one is to blame for its failure and shortcomings, simply because " Reform in Education" should not be subject to judgement but rather objectively assessed for improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013941400153908367.post-7804285603529297952008-09-30T21:39:00.000+01:002008-09-30T21:39:00.000+01:00I totally agree with Mr. Louznadji in every single...I totally agree with Mr. Louznadji in every single word he has uttered. Actually, I have read Mr. Louznadji's interesting comment more than twice. Do you wonder why I did so? It's simply because I have 3rd year classes and 99% of the students are so weak in nearly all the disciplines. I was really wondering howcome these students are so weak and the reforms that have taken place for over four or five years are so interesting and theoritically successful. Thus, what Mr. Louznadji has pointed at is the answer to my query and questions. Reforms in education is like curing a given disease. You provide your patience with a relevant disgnosis, find out what's wrong with him, decide which medicines he has to take, put him under a long term curign and wait for the result!! Have you ever gone to see a doctor for a given health problem and he has prescribed medicines that cured you in a one night's time?? This is what reforms are: medicines that will cure all anomalies in the educational system. Just try to compare 3rd year students of this year with 2nd year students and 1st year students. I admit and confess and assert that 1st year are better than 2nd year and 2nd year too are better than 3rd year.<BR/>As teachers, I think that we have to cope with all these steps and phases of the reforms and their results. We have to believe in ourselves being agents of positive change, believe in our students for they are the change itself and believe in our colleagues being the support on which we back up our weaknesses.<BR/>Dalal SarnouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com