Causes of poor performance in schools?

Question

Do teacher's attitude affect student performance?
Do community leaders contribute to poor performance?

Answer 1

What do you define as "poor performance"? When you can be specific about the data that supports your allegation, it becomes much easier to find the causes.

Be careful about the sources of your statistical data. Frequently, they are politically slanted.

When we find a way to measure whether a student has been educated to limit of his/her individual ability and not to some arbitrary standard, we will be on our way to determining the success of our educational system.

Answer 2

There r many causes of poor performance in schools . Some of them are :

1. Teachers bad attitude.
2. Not in there level of understanding
3. Students being lazy and don't want to study
4. Poor mind
5. Difficulty in catching lessons
6. Less attention from the part of the parents.
7. Mental problems
8. Hard methods of teaching
9,.Not a good environment
10. Too strict teachers

These r some of the reasons. But apart from these there are many other reasons as well . Thanks for sharing ur question and giving me an oppurturnity for solving it by best. Pls notify me whether i was able to answer ur question or not. Thanks once again. Take care

Answer 3

A very good question, but one that probably will not be answered to every ones satisfaction. The reasons for poor performance in high schools (and lower grades as well) are myriad. Put them all in the pot, stir well, boil until done, ladle it out and your one single answer will be American culture, corrupted by modern society. There IS an answer, a solution to the problem, but I do not have the particulars. That remains for others far more intelligent than I am. America needs a new and innovative system to educate our children. Public schools have served their purpose and must now be replaced with something else. No, I am not advocating home schooling (nor do I deride it either). We need something greater than home schooling and far more superior to public education. Come up with the answer and you will be the new HORACE MANN of education. And finally, to those of you who call for smaller classrooms, Shame! Have you already forgotten the 100 level introductory classes in college, where a couple hundred students sat through those "boring" lectures for a number of "required" hours and still ... they learned. Granted, you still need and deserve more aides in the classroom but, in respect to your certifications, you certainly should be able to handle the student enrollment that has been assigned to you.

Answer 4

The Teacher's attitude is one of the most profound impacts on a student performance, and thus, education. Community leaders can contribute to poor performance, but I've never heard of any stories of direct impact (I'm sure they're out there, though).

Answer 5

Teacher's attitude does affect students but not as much as one would seem to think. Students pick up on a lot of environmental cues. Having taught in some of the worst public schools in America I can say without a doubt that having a positive attitude is hard. It is difficult to always try to be happy and rosy when you see your students being short-changed at every opportunity. It is difficult to teach students anything pertinent to today's society out of textbooks that are 20 years old with pages missing. So does the attitude of the teacher affect students, YOU BET! Can it be positive, absolutely. My students appreciated me being able to see things through their eyes and listening to their ideas and thoughts. I have even had students say that my class is fun because I allow them to think and say things that they think without criticizing their ideas. By doing so, I believe I was being a positive influence on their lives and helped their performance.
Community leaders affect educational outcomes in non-direct ways. For instance, underfunding schools. Also, the district I worked in was corrupt as can be and many of the politicians involved were skimming funds and doing questionable things. The district was in such disarray that they could not account for 72 Million Dollars!

Other things do affect performance. Research studies have shown that CLASS SIZE affects performance (Tennessee STAR study being the classic one). Also, home life, parental involvement, community quality, outside support systems for students and schools, and frequency of absence from school (both teachers and students). Many of the problems plaguing public schools are solvable but some will take a whole lot of work and dedication by those in power positions. NCLB is not a bad idea but it is inherently flawed in both its requirements and its practice. Accountability has to be placed on more than teachers, schools, districts, and states. It needs to be placed too on parents, students, communities, and legislatures. Hillary Clinton (not that I really like her much) said it best when she said "It takes a Village to raise a child".

Answer 6

Yes to both. Undisciplined students and unmotivated teachers. Definitely need higher standards to admit people to the teaching profession, as well as to bring back the paddle for discipline.

Answer 7

yes and yes. many things can lead to bad performance in school. including being lazy (have you seen the number of kids that put homework questions on here...they cant even answer them on their own, nor do they want to try....now thats just sad)