In 1980, there was less technology and resources for students in schools. With technology advancing, students have other options for gaining information. Today, almost anyone in America can get access to the internet. There is unlimited knowledge that can be accessed within a matter of seconds. Recent research shows education has been improving, and I believe some has to do with technology. The dropout rate in schools has also decreased since 1980. One early critique education’s class bias is Dr. Jean Anyon. Anyon’s “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work,” research from 1980 is dated and no longer relevant, because the style of teaching has changed in the last 35 years.
Jean Anyon visited five different schools. The schools she picked …show more content…
However the school I attended was not similar to what Anyon explained. Teachers did not give us orders to “Shut up!” or to bring them the garbage can. For English class, we did not answer short questions and consider it a paper, we would write research reports and essays like the executive elites. It may have been worse in 1980, but education has been improving. Technology has had an impact on students education. Anyone who can get on the internet can get access to the same amount of information and materials as everyone else. According to Ethan Bronner, eighth graders who “used computers for complex math had acquired more than one third of an academic year of education” (Bronner, 1998, Para. 5). Fourth graders who “used computers for math games, had a one tenth of an academic year of education increase” (Bronner, 1980, Para. 5). In 1984, for every 125 students there was a single computer and in 1996 there was a computer for every ten students. Anyon mentioned how at the executive elite schools, “The teachers were expected to be available before school, after school, and for part of their lunchtime” to help any students who required it. She never mentioned teachers in the working class staying around to help students in need. With only being able to get help during school, that can affect a student’s education. Today, teachers do not have to be in the classroom to give assistance. Help from your
Jean Anyon visited five different schools. The schools she picked …show more content…
However the school I attended was not similar to what Anyon explained. Teachers did not give us orders to “Shut up!” or to bring them the garbage can. For English class, we did not answer short questions and consider it a paper, we would write research reports and essays like the executive elites. It may have been worse in 1980, but education has been improving. Technology has had an impact on students education. Anyone who can get on the internet can get access to the same amount of information and materials as everyone else. According to Ethan Bronner, eighth graders who “used computers for complex math had acquired more than one third of an academic year of education” (Bronner, 1998, Para. 5). Fourth graders who “used computers for math games, had a one tenth of an academic year of education increase” (Bronner, 1980, Para. 5). In 1984, for every 125 students there was a single computer and in 1996 there was a computer for every ten students. Anyon mentioned how at the executive elite schools, “The teachers were expected to be available before school, after school, and for part of their lunchtime” to help any students who required it. She never mentioned teachers in the working class staying around to help students in need. With only being able to get help during school, that can affect a student’s education. Today, teachers do not have to be in the classroom to give assistance. Help from your