/r/education
The goal of r/Education is to provide a community in which educational stakeholders can participate in meaningful, reflective, and thought-provoking discourse about educational policy, research, technology, and politics. Additional Keywords, teachers, students, education
The goal of r/Education is to provide a community in which educational stakeholders can participate in meaningful, reflective, and thought-provoking discourse about educational policy, research, technology, and politics.
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General Subreddits
Learn about and discuss the news and politics of education.
Learn about and discuss the practice of teaching and receive support from fellow teachers.
Share and discover teaching resources, including lessons, demos, blogs, simulations, and visual aids.
Share and discuss educational techologies that can support and improve teaching and learning.
Content Area Subreddits
/r/CSEducation: computer science
/r/ECEProfessionals: early childhood education
/r/ELATeachers: English / language arts
/r/slp: speech-language pathology
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/r/education
List me the main differences between UK Universities and United States Universities.
Considering this school for our two daughters. Does anyone have any first hand experiences or insights on the education and community?
Have any educators in this subreddit read the classic 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed'? I would love to know your thoughts on it from a teacher's perspective. This book has a strong critique of the banking model of education, which from my experience as a past student, still is the dominant form of teaching in the U.S. Did this book make anyone question their own profession or methods of teaching? Is a more "problem-posing method" of teaching even allowed or possible in modern classrooms? Does it depend on the subject?
This book gives a lot to discuss about, and I'm trying to understand it in a more comprehensive way. I'm creating an analytical podcast series on 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' because of how enlightening it was. The thoughts of educators on the subject would be really interesting to read.
Is it because of outside factors? Maybe the teacher? Maybe its you? Maybe its the lack of taking action and applying information?
Hello! We are college students looking for respondents for our school project survey. In summary, our product is an educational geography game, but the survey goes more in-depth. If anyone has 5--10 minutes to spare, it would be a huge help.
Also not required, but if you could dm me after you've completed it that would be great.
I just started an 8 week class where it is entirely clear the professor is obsessed with rooting out 'cheaters.' In the 20 minute lecture video he opened the class with, it entirely revolved around all the ways he was going to catch you cheating. I'm not kidding about being entirely focused on that, or exaggerating. He even says at one point in the video, "I hate dirty rotten cheaters."
I don't cheat.
However, he also claims he uses a software, and can personally detect, AI written papers.
This is giving me a huge amount of anxiety that my paper will mistakenly be caught using AI software even when it hasn't. I already have a huge amount of stress. I'm taking 20 credits this semester and I have two jobs. The first 10 are done and I just need to knock these out. I'm ssoooo close to graduating I can taste it.
Not only is it an automatic 'F' if you're caught cheating, he will push to have you expelled and makes that very clear in the video.
Are these software programs reliable? How much anxiety should I have about my writing being mistaken for AI?
So I am a 21 years old girl, who studies business and economics. Last year I studied math, I failed two exams, and then I decided I would quit and find something else. I took one of the exams I failed, and I actually passed it. Now I am studying business and economics and I can feel I understand more than math. I actually choose the education because I liked math, but the math education was very hard, so I thought something with economist would be good for me. And I can actually see myself in it.
But the problem is, I am too scared if I can’t make it. I think I got a trauma because I failed two exams last year, and just overthinking what will happen if I fail again. I am studying more here than last year, but yeah, I am just feeling scared. And I feel like alone in my school too, because people out there prioritize to study self mostly and they just got very close.I I have a different ethnicity so I can’t participate to all the event etc. But as long as I pass my exams I don’t care about the social in school. I prefer self study too.
I hope you can give me some advice about what I should do with my overthinking and fear.
I recently discovered Mathos. ai, which claims to solve math problems and explain the steps taken. Has anyone tried it? Do you believe tools like Mathos. ai enhance your understanding of math, or do they merely offer quick solutions? I’m eager to hear your experiences with AI in math learning!
During the interminable 2024 presidential campaign, the cost of daycare was often mentioned during debates and in speeches. The two needs are not unrelated—they overlap. Cities like San Francisco (where I live) are facing school closures due to falling enrollment. Schools in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods could improve the childhood development (like Head Start) and save families, especially working mothers, time and money.
Offer parents a longer school year (230-250 days), eliminate "summer slide," and associate learning with play and joy. Underused schools could become an extension of recreation centers. Teachers should get higher pay for more days. The added cost could be shared by local, state, and federal funding, with a generous heap of philanthropic support. There would be little risk in having a few charter schools across the country try this out where there is adequate public interest. We need both early intervention in education and affordable childcare. Why not combine the two?
Sadly, this should have been "unite" in the title.
"The Wave" is a made-for-tv movie that won a Peabody Award and an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program. It is based on the true story of a high school teacher's experiment created to teach his students about how Hitler came to power. It's a lesson about the dangers of antisemitism and propaganda that every single person should watch. (Edited to note that it is “Based on” the true story.)
Can someone help me out with what the cost of living is in the US , for a 4 year cource. ( INCLUDING TUITION FEES)
If you know , I would appreciate it if you could provide me with these answers as well- • cost of living + tuition in Australia • cost of living + Tuition in Germany •cost of living + Tuition in London.
I am a non EU student and want to study at european universities.The problem is I dont know any european languages except English so I need fully english taught degrees in cs/engineering majors. I made a lot of researches and found some unis to apply but its really hard to find the ones which exactly fits my critierias so I need your advices. Because my school doesnt offer IBs A levels or abitur for me , I will self-take 3 or 4 aps (cuz my school only offers precalculus) and digital sat to apply for universities. Do you know any unis which has high academic ranking among these majors (or general) , has affordable fees (max 5k € or 5k+ with scholarships for non eu students) and affordable housing options? ty in advance
Yes i fucked up
I hope this kind of post is okay, but I really want to thank teachers. I'm a student in college studying my associates. I did poorly in HS and at first in college, but have slowly been turning it around. I first want to thank all the teachers out there who encourage a growth mindset in students and are accommodating, great teachers are a big reason why I at least passed HS and am now improving in college.
Also a shout out to elementary and middle school teachers; I have a very poor memory but I can still remember some of the fun things teachers put together with their own amazing creativity, time, and money all these years later. Seriously, I still remember running around my 1st grade teacher's room helping put the holiday decorations up in his room.
Now, I have decided I want to be a school psychologist. I know such a role isn't going to allow me to change whole school systems or anything, but aside from that I'm in general now very passionate about the issues in education that affect both students and staff. The more I've dug into it (I've read about vouchers, "blame systems" on teachers, teachers spring protests circa 2018, etc.) the more my appreciation for teachers and those in similar roles in general. Thank you.
Where I live we don't have the criminology lecture in oure universities. And I read that going through USA's psychology, you can get a masters on criminology as well. I wanted to know if this is possible with another country's degree as well.
Teachers - What do you think is causing this education crisis?? I am not in education, but many of my close friends are! I have family friends as well who have taught for 20+ years and everyone is leaving in droves!!! For many reasons im sure. The pay is awful, the students are becoming uncontrollable, also the risk of just being shot in a school here is a high possibility.
Something I am gathering is that these kids for some reason dont know how to write a full sentence, can barely read, and dont have many critical thinking skills. I think a heavy part is social media, however, reading and typing is a HUGE part of social media (commenting/texting/DMing/reading comments/reading basic captions on posts). I think “No kid left behind” has completely screwed us. The thought of being held back used to scare the hell out of me throughout my WHOLE school career. And i grew up with early early social media introductions. My coworker will bring in the math homework her 6th grader has and when i tell you it’s LITERALLY just coloring in patterns. No math equations, no +,-,x, or division.
As a 24 year old Gen Z in an alright public school, my peers and I in 2nd grade were reading at a 5th grade + reading level, we could draft and write a 5 paragraph essay in 45 minutes, cursive was highly encouraged but kinda fell off, we still had to be able to read it.
How have we regressed so bad? How do we fix it? Even if you arent a student/teacher, you should be extremely ALARMED!! These are our children we are failing. These are our future doctors, nurses, lawyers, salesmen, TEACHERS, policemen/women. I dont want to be under the knife of a doctor who couldn’t read till he was in high school.
(DISCLAIMER!!!!): I understand there are kids who dont have the resources to further their education and are at a disadvantage, this is not directed towards these students!! I hear that there are very privileged students who just dont apply themselves!!
EDIT******: I didnt realize so many of yall would be pissy by me asking a question and giving my personal experience😂 Yall so pressed. If you dont like that i asked a question, gave my personal experience, and state what i see, i couldn’t care less. Keep it moving
I know that keeping up with student progress can be a challenge, so I’m curious—what software would you like to have that would make this easier?
I will even give it to the community for free if the problem is recurring.
As a civilization becomes larger and more advanced, the accumulated knowledge becomes plentiful and more specialized, making it impossible for any one person to fully master them all, yet the connection between fields of work require people to have a fundamental understanding of said fields, and maybe even have a deep understanding of those fields when necessary. Like in the olden days, learning fundamental mathematics was enough to get by. Nowadays, what people want are future Hawkins and Einsteins in the dozens, any less would be insufficient.
Can I still apply for winter term/spring term courses that start early next year? I want to start study as soon I can. I'm from EU and want to study abroad, so visa/study permit would take some weeks. I'm also going to ask for a loan that can take 3-4 weeks to process. I know I can google this but I want to know how/when you applied if you start next winter term.
NOTE: THIS IS A PRO-AI POST
I'm an instructor for a college level course and my own research is on AI so I do encourage the usage of chatgpt. I want one of my lectures to be on successful usage of chatgpt and I need ideas on what to add in my lecture. my mentality is that generative AI is a tool that will not go away, so if someone chooses not to use this tool, they might as well go back to handwashing their clothes. If they don't use this tool, they will soon be behind people who know how to navigate AI well.
I think guidance on how to use generative AI properly for college level classes is important and beneficial to their entire college career. I drafted a few points to discuss with them on when they SHOULD use chatgpt, such as checking their grammar or if they can't find a way to word a sentence properly. i plan on showing them how critical thinking and smart choices of words with chatgpt can help them develop plans for their research and steer away from general ideas that AI throws out.
does anyone have any tips on when they would advise students to use AI?
I'm seeking donations to provide small, meaningful incentives for students who work hard and show progress. Items like stickers, chips, and small toys can make a huge difference. These incentives will encourage students to stay motivated and celebrate their hard work and achievements.
With your support, I can reward their efforts, celebrate their growth, and build a positive, encouraging environment. Your generosity can help my students see that their hard work is noticed and appreciated. Thank you for considering a donation to my classroom!
They sound the same.
My small team and I are working on an app called Edvancium, designed to make learning truly personalized based on your needs, background, and interests.
We’re still in the early stages and would really appreciate some feedback to keep improving. Testing feedback is invaluable right now, so if this sounds like something you’d like, we’d love for you to give it a try!
Edvancium is live on both the App Store and Google Play.
Big thanks in advance – it seriously means the world to me and the team!
Hello everyone! I'm an architecture student, and this term we need to design a building on an archaeological site. I came up with the idea of designing a space for a STEAM program, but I’m not very knowledgeable about the topic. I would appreciate any information or advice you can share regarding this subject and the design process. Thank you in advance!
«Le dérapage de l’école Bedford, dont les enfants ont subi les conséquences pendant sept longues années, prouve que la CAQ a raté sa cible avec la loi 21, qui interdit le port de signe religieux par les professeurs.
Ce n’est pas le foulard qu’on porte sur la tête qui compte vraiment, mais plutôt les idées qu’on a entre les deux oreilles. La CAQ a visé l’accessoire – simple reflet de la diversité culturelle et religieuse –, mais elle a raté ce qui est capital : s’assurer que les jeunes Québécois ne soient pas victimes d’endoctrinement religieux dans nos écoles.»
La laïcité à deux vitesses dans les écoles : https://lp.ca/1VyU3x?sharing=true
In September my 1st grader came home with a Botox ad in her Friday folder. It was given to 630+ elementary aged children and actually contains an image of a very young woman getting a cosmetic Botox injection in her temple. I consider this to be totally inappropriate advertising to be distributing through children. I was told by the principal to throw away ads I didn't find helpful, I was told by the district it doesn't violate policy, and so far the school board hasn't responded to me! Am I living in the twilight zone? What on earth should I do?!