Education:

Is It Doing Its Job?

Why Did I Choose This Topic?
The reason I decided to choose this topic was because I wanted to
prove that secondary schools are not doing all that they can to help
students succeed. I had to think of my question and hypothesis
carefully, because my point in my research was to prove that the
secondary school education system is not doing all they can to help
students reach their potential. I aimed to have people understand that
theres more that our schools can do in order to assist students into
trying their best and to work harder than they are now
Hypothesis: Our school system isnt assisting
students to do their best in school because they
arent providing the right techniques for efficient
learning
Question: Is education doing its job to ensure
student success at a secondary level?
The Importance of Studying This Topic
From A Sociological Perspective:
The importance of studying this topic from the
perspective of sociology is simply because I am
attempting to understand a segment of society. In
this case, the society I am referring to consistently
in my research is the one in secondary schools. I
have aimed to highlight various issues that we face
every day that most students and teachers dont
realize is occurring. The knowledge I acquired from
my analysis can help us achieve a much clearer
comprehension towards the problems that teachers
and the school board have in supporting and
teaching students. The issues that Im alluding to
during specific points in my conducted research
include problems that I feel are significant to
discuss. I made sure to consider the way
secondary school teachers allow students to acquit
themselves in class and the knowledge they retain
based on rules on behavioural matters set by the
school
Data Distribution
The group of people I
selected to take part
in my research were
chosen based on age
group. All participants
were teenagers aged
13 to 18 years of age
who were currently
attending a secondary
school in Ontario. The
reason I chose to
hand my
questionnaire to
students of this age
was because they
were highly likely to
be attending high
school.
Since my research
revolved around
questions that I
needed to ask
students, I made
sure that the
participants were all
enrolled in secondary
school in order for
my research and
analysis to be
effective, specific,
and accurate. I
distributed my
questionnaire in a
random order, giving
them out to students
at Abbey Park and
outside of Abbey
Park.
I avoided using social
media to distribute my
questionnaire, as it
was inconvenient. I
thought this because I
assumed most people
would scroll past my
questionnaire on the
internet, and I knew
handing them out
would force people to
fill one out and
answer the questions
more efficiently, since
it was more reliable to
hand them out to
individual people. My
questionnaire had 10
questions.



my aim for these graphs was thoroughly enhance peoples
understanding on what elements we lack in our school system, and
why these issues continue to affect students in post secondary
schools. I achieved this by finding as many secondary students as I
could to take part in my research, because I knew they would
provide me with real results and an answer to my question. I proved
my hypothesis by explaining the main differences between students
with higher averages and those with lower averages, and how each
group of students have got to that stage through the disciplining of
school.
Secondary Sources:
-Huffington Post

-Forbes

-The Atlantic
Ways To Further Study This Topic:
By further studying this
topic, it would be a good
idea to look deeper into
the way teachers study
and what different
learning styles they
execute everyday in their
classrooms.
We can also further study this topic by
changing rules in schools so that
students learn in a more relaxed
environment, however, they would need
to be disciplined harshly with the
introduction of new rules


If we can figure out how and why different students
learn in a variety of ways, we can help students
understand lessons in a multitude of ways that doesnt
have to be similar to traditional teaching.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING :D