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The Importance of Networking

A journal article by Dr.Ghazi from the Asian Social Science department examines the results of a study performed on parental involvement and positive reinforcement in a classroom setting. The study was performed on a wide variety of parents and students across Asia including those with special needs, using surveys to identify whether parents are helping the educational motivation of their students. The study focuses on moral and financial aspects of parental involvement. Research into this topic is beneficial to parents and teachers knowledge into their role in a child’s education. When you have a child with a learning disability in your classroom it is essential to have a positive relationship with the child’s parents and also have successful networking skills. Networking with other teachers and parents can be beneficial as they may already be aware of things that are working well or things that are unsuccessful with certain children. This author supports his argument with successful results and recommends the use of positive reinforcement over negative. This correlates with research on the usefulness and importance of positive reinforcement from both teachers and parents. A website that supports the networking between teachers is ‘Teachade’. ‘Teachade’ is ‘the first social networking site designed specifically for educators’ as the name suggests it is a great teacher aid as educators can share information, strategies and new developments into children with special needs. The beauty of the website is not only that it can be accessed from almost anywhere but also that you are networking not only with the teachers in your school but teachers across the world. Teachers can use this site to find new strategies, especially if struggling to make any existing strategies work in their classroom environment.

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Reference list Dr. Ghazi, //Parental Involvement in Children’s Academic Motivation,// Asian Social Science, Vol.6, No.4, April 2010. Ed Tech Ventures, //Welcome to Teachade,// [], Ed Tech Ventures, 2007.