Week 2 objective - Research proposal

What is my current topic?

Nowadays, I'm interested in education, especially about elementary schools. 
I want to argue that elementary schools should not teach students with ability grouping.

What are my guiding questions?

-What is 'ability grouping' ?

-What can 'ability grouping' result in?

-How 'ability grouping' effects on elementary school students?

-Which is more important between studying or free-time for elementary school students?

-Is 'ability grouping' really necessary to elementary school students?

What are my current thoughts?

When I went to my elementary school, my elementary school gave lessons with ability grouping (English, Math). Many of us really did hate this system because when we ruined our tests, we had to take classes in lower class. Since every students didn't want to be lower class, we always studied until dawn during exam period even though we were only 12 years old. It really made us stressful. And when we took classes in lower class, we were hurt. When I think of my past, I often fell that if our elementary school didn't use 'ability grouping', I must have been happier.

What is the opposition?

There may be an argument that 'If elementary schools us ability grouping, students may study harder than not.'  The opponent may think that studying is more important that freedom of elementary school students. 

Week 1 objective - Brainstorming

Research Questions

1. Is it true that education is the important thing for humans?

2. How can education affect to human mind?

3. Is it true that educating core subjects to elementary school students is more important than educating about  humanism to them?

4. Is it true that educating students with ability grouping can offend students?

5. Is it true that elementary schools should reinforce the education of personality that core subjects in Korea?

6. Is it true that there are many school violence in Korea schools?

Interest

My interest : Education (especially elementary schools' education)

Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others, but may also be autodidactic.^[1] Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. Education is commonly divided into stages such as preschool, primary school, secondary school and then college, university or apprenticeship.
A right to education has been recognized by some governments. At the global level, Article 13 of the United Nations' 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the right of everyone to an education.^[2] Although education is compulsory in most places up to a certain age, attendance at school often isn't, and a minority of parents choose home-schooling, e-learning or similar for their children.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education)

An Elementary school is the main point of delivery of primary education in the United States, for children between the ages of 5-6 and 10-12 years old coming between Pre-Kindergarten and secondary education.
In 2001 there were 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private) in the United States, a figure which includes all schools that teach students from grade one through grade eight.^[1] According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the fall of 2009 almost 3.5 million students attended public primary schools.

⁽http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_school_(United_States)