¶ … Educational Processes
Telling the story of the structure and the people in an organization is the foundation of what an educational leader does. According to Hoy & Miskel (2012), elements of educational administration include theory, research, and practice. In this case, educational administration is regarded as the art and science of applying knowledge to organizational and administrative issues. Through educational administration, teachers or educators utilize different approaches to teaching, which are commonly known as educational processes. The educational processes differ across learning environments as teachers seek to generate improved students' outcomes based on the specific characteristics of the students in the classroom. Students play a crucial role in the structure of the organization and in professional development since their feedback informs teaching practices.
Educational Processes in the Video
The video, Sharing Ideas at EYFS, has various educational processes that are identified through peer education and are beneficial in this learning environment, especially with regards to enhancing students' learning and eventual outcomes. One of the educational processes utilized in this classroom is modeling in which the teacher modeled a letter to the students before they could have a go at writing it themselves. Secondly, the teachers utilize gentle pace to help the children move from one task to another. The third educational process mentioned in the video is increasing students' involvement in planning what they want to learn. This could be achieved through creating planning teams rather than having the entire class giving their ideas to the teacher at the same time. The fourth educational process in the video is role playing in which teachers get more involved in the learning process. Through this, teachers enhance their interactions with students and conduct observations that help improve learning processes.
Benefits of...
Modeling was beneficial to students since it involved class demonstrations by the teacher before asking students to get involved. The benefits of this educational process include increased concentration, enthusiasm, and increased students' involvement in learning process and activity. In the video, children went into the task immediately, were sure of what to do, concentrated, and were very interested and enthusiastic in posting the letter following modeling. Moreover, modeling enables students or children to understand criteria and reference learning (Parisio, 2011).
On the other hand, the benefit of using gentle pace in the learning process is that it enables students to quickly and enthusiastically engage in other learning tasks through effective transition. Moreover, this educational process helps in getting the children more involved in different learning tasks and activities. Increasing students' involvement in planning what they want to learn helps in promoting and enhancing their engagement in the learning process and activities as well as increasing their enthusiasm. Role playing is also beneficial in the sense that it enhances students' involvement in the learning process, improves interactions between students and teachers, ensures students grasp the lesson, and enables teachers to attend to the individual needs of students.
Uniqueness of Approach to Professional Development
In addition to providing different educational processes and their associated benefits, the video presents a unique approach to professional development. This unique approach is peer observation through which teachers discovered that learning can be improved by applying four major…
