In TOK we are drawing near the end of our Human Science unit. We have touched upon the Human Science that arguably influences us everyday most powerfully: Education. How do we learn? What are different theories of learning? What are learning styles? Are we really divided, for instance, into visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners? Are these innate predispositions or acquired preferences? What are other kinds of intelligence? What is the best way to teach? How do we best measure learning? Is standardized testing useful or is it a reductive tool to channel students into narrow categories? Is there a business of standardized testing seeking to objectify a process that is much more dynamic and multidirectional? Can we, for example, really measure the fluid process of learning to read in tiny graduated steps? Is homework necessary after seven hours of school? Should staring into the pictures in a plastic box increasingly occupy the center of the educational process? Is an authoritarian model of learning most effective? Do we study too many subjects? Should we emphasize competition or cooperation? Is religious formation effective in building character and values?
The questions go on and on and on. Education is a complex human science, a crossroads of developmental psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and more. Debates on these issues quickly become heated. The brief RSA video of Sir Ken Robinson raised significant questions. Urbane and charming, erudite without becoming pedantic, Sir Ken is an educational activist, a man who advocates diversity, creativity, and practicality. In his talk, which we saw in an abbreviated format (see the entire talk here), he explains how the educational system we use is a child of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. It was made for a former age, and the stimulating 21st Century requires a different model that engages contemporary children and, instead of seeking to instill obedience and passivity, even through the use of drugs, prepares them for an ever shifting and dynamic present.
How does one do this? How would you do this? What would you change in the process of learning? Do you know your own learning style or preference? What would be your ideal learning experience? More freedom? More structure? Fewer subjects? Less homework? More work in groups? More individual work? More variety in assessment to measure learning? Oral examinations? More work connected with the world beyond the walls of school? Please do not be facetious in making a comment below.
In Sir Ken Robison’s video he sated many things that were wrong with the education of now a days, but he didn’t offer a way to improve it. I do think that education has to change as there are too many children are classified as “stupid” at too young an age and therefore not allowed to be in the higher classes. This creates separation, only allowing some of the class to develop and leaving the ones that might be behind further behind. Students should be taught in a verity of methods so that each student in the class gets a chance to see which method they prefer. There should also be an age where students decided what classes they prefer but this age shouldn’t be 13-15 like it is now a days, and it also shouldn’t be a decision that affects them for the rest of their life.
ReplyDeleteSir Ken thought that dividing students by age was wrong I don’t agree with this as that is I believe one of the most logical ways to divide children. I do think though that teachers should be open to different methods of teaching. Because when students looks back at their classes they all look the same: sitting and listening, the ones they do remember are the ones when something different occurred. I don’t think I know my learning style but I do know that having 4 classes of 80 minutes a day all sitting and listen, doesn’t allow all the information to sink in. Whereas, if the classes were shorter and more interactive they would be more efficient allowing the students to remember all that was taught. Especially with the younger children, they have so much energy that if you make them sit down for 40 minutes their brain will be thinking about play time instead of whatever is being taught. Teaching them through interactive games and sports activity gets the minds active and attentive, as well as making the healthier. A student does need a certain amount of freedom maybe at a younger age they need more structure but as they grew older they should be allowed to be freer. This is to prepare them for real life.
In elementary school I believe students get too much homework after an 8 hour day of school. But throughout middle and high school it is needed, even though not always appreciated. Students do work better in small groups then working individually, I also think this allows students to develop skills of collaboration which helps them in life. Examination is a very hard topic as there has to be a final way to summaries the year and it has to be the same for everybody. But at the same time people have different qualities, some might be better at writing or oral, whereas others may prefer a more creative approach to examination. The best way to examine would be to have students go though many different exams each having something that will help one quality therefore everyone is tested in what they are good at as well as what they might have to work on.
The video we saw in class last week opened my mind and made me realize in what state our education is. Sir Ken Robinson, through his very entertaining and detailed presentation, analyzed the realities of our society regarding schooling and education. However, he pointed out what was wrong with 21st century teachings, but didn’t give a concrete solution, maybe because there isn’t one. There could be several ways to approach this problem, and certainly come up with several solutions. Lets say that people of the same age are not all at the same level of intelligence. There could be schools with different classes or grades based on how developed a child’s mind is. Another problem is collaboration; not all schools promote collaboration. A solution could be a school, which teaches through education in groups. This can be a solution, but there are many kids, maybe not all of them work well in groups, that is why there are many solutions to education problems. There are many other problems as well like divergent thinking, which I think is subject dependent, the bell, which commands you to stop learning one thing and completely change to learning something else, authority, which might work for some children but not for others, etc. Each of these problems can lead to a different schooling system. So I think that there is not one solution to the problem but many. With many different schools with different types of teaching, children can choose to go where there think they will study and learn more. If they don’t like it, it shouldn’t be a problem to change and try something new.
ReplyDeleteThe video we saw in class can really arise many discussions and doubts to whether the education given to students in our century is suitable or not. What struck me the most, of all the information, the issues that were brought up was the comparison of schools to factories and how in reality, they are similar buildings. For Sir Ken Robinson students are manufactured objects, assembled gradually, each year, just as finished goods are assembled with the different parts in the different stages of their production. In each year, starting from 9th grade, information is injected in our brains, and then goes on towards 10th, 11th and finally 12th grade where we are "Educated" young adults ready to be injected into society. I think is a really effective criticism on the education of today. For some part his criticism can be accepted as truth, some teachers, and more generally, some institutions do only "assemble" information in student's brains. They do not develop any capacity of expressing ideas, to debate, to formulate new concepts two articulate different thoughts, and most importantly to make connections between subjects. I think that students all around the world should be thought with an open minded method. The new, fresh , young adults should be ready to confront themselves with the outside world ready to embrace new cultures, new ideas, different from those which have been "injected" in their brains during grades 9-12. Education should not be divided in stages, I believe, from my personal experience, it is a unique, and long journey in through which you shape your own character. I personally can say that I am a different person from 9th grade. Yes, this could be taken for an obvious statement, but what I am trying to say is that, in my last year of school I realize that all my past studies are useful to me know. I think that group work inspires young individuals to participate more, and to express their own opinions. Looking backwards I don't remember any particular subject in which I have actually had the opportunity to communicate with others, as I would have wanted. Individual work is to structural and mechanical.
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I totally agree with Robinson, and actually LOVED his comparison of schools like factories.
In my psychology class we are now studying developmental psychology. In particular, Jean Piaget is an important figure in this environment because he understood that a child will understand more when he discovers something by himself, not when he is just thought something. It is not a difficult concept: if somebody tells a child not to play with fire, he probably won't ever learn it until I burn himself. I completely agree that the method used today in learning institution is antiquate, even though I don’t' consider it bad at all. Staying all day sit in a classroom always listening, copying the board, taking notes and often doing an exercise on the textbook is yes, learning but it doesn't make the student get interested into the subject. I think that, depending on the topic studied, the teacher should adopt different techniques. For example, if studying Chemistry, experiment should be done during the lesson so the student will teach himself that if two specific substances are mixed together will explode. Of course I still think that the theoretical part should be missing, but more real-life examples and interactive activity should be used while teaching. Another example of a style of learning used that I really can't appreciate is when the grade is based on things like bringing the material, doing homework. The results are the important matter, not little thing like bringing a pencil to school or remember to do your homework. It should be the student responsibility (of course after a certain age) to understand when an extra study at home for a better assimilation of the lesson should be done. I suggest more freedom but at the same time more strictness: one of the main learning outcomes of the high school experience is to learn to be responsible and how to get organized. If a student forgets his textbook at home, he shouldn't be punished because at the university and in the future the professor or the boss won't low down your grade, but it will be just your disvantage not to be responsible. Furthermore, more teamwork should be used: us young people have to learn how to collaborate with others because we will have to cope even with people we won't like. And at the end, I think that creativity is the key to enjoy learning. Free-type projects will be done and listened with interest; they will really catch your attention. There are just so many ways of teaching in which learners could challenge their minds and creativity, that it is such a waste to use the old boring board-desk method.
ReplyDeleteSir Ken Robinson states in his talk that the educational system we use today is a child of the Enlightenment and of the Industrial Revolution. This is because we still have a system which divides children and students by categories and not by abilities. The factors that the determine the educational standing of a student are based on age instead of focusing on the student’s brightness. This makes our educational system antiquated. The current educational system seeks to instruct students by giving them the same opportunities of learning, which creates competition between the students that want to distinguish themselves from the others by their intelligence. I would change the current educational in some way by allowing more freedom between the students. Freedom allows students to decide what to do and when to do it. Some may say that freedom doesn’t allow students to study because they would lose time doing other things of their own. This is true, but more freedom also contributes to greater competition because the student who wants to achieve something will know how to balance his or her time in a right way according to his duties. To improve the educational system I would also change the teaching system. I would create a better teaching system by employing bright teachers that know how to teach and who do it in a good way. My ideal school would be a school with more freedom, having a more flexible structure but that keeps the same number of courses, which can be selected individually from student to student.
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ReplyDeleteThe video we saw in class really made me think on how would I personally educate, teach someone something in such a way that he learns it and appreciates it. It’s easy to blame the educational system but it’s very difficult to find a solution or an alternative. Sir Ken Robinson opened a discussion on how inappropriate the educational system is now but didn’t give any solution. In my opinion when a subject is taught passionately and actively the students absorb more and enjoy absorbing new information. From my point of view when I take part in lessons in which the professor is smart and loves what he does and transmits his o her knowledge in an interactive way I apprehend more. Fascinating students should be the aim of every professor. I saw a film that struck me called “Dead Poets Society” which tells the story of an English teacher (in a conservative and severe period who inspires his students to change their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and litterature. The teacher adopts completely alternative and bizarre ways of teaching which in the end had a great impact on the students. This is to demonstrate that when teaching becomes fascinating, entertaining and captivating then the result is optimal. Listening can become active when what is taught is explained with enthusiasm. Regarding a student’s freedom I believe that at a certain age students should be left with more freedom and space. This can allow a student to become a responsible student himself without someone imposing him what to do and when to do it. The school should provide the tools for a student to learn but it depends on the student if to benefit from them or not.
ReplyDeleteAre we really a finished product? According to the video it all rotates around the word standardization. I do not agree with this assumption. I believe this may be true until elementary maybe middle school, but as every year we go further we are given more and more options to choose our courses and the levels of such, and therefore to differentiate. At the beginning of 12th grade we are also required to have a clear idea on the degree and where we want to study it at university. Every single one of us may have similar interests, it could happen to apply to the same degrees in the same universities and to have the same prediction grades and IB subjects. Theoretically we would be the same, in this case yes, standardization may occur because how can a university choose between two identical persons? Universities therefore, to distinguish between two candidates, which may appear both as perfect, ask for a personal statement. Already from the word personal we understand how each statement is unique and standardization inexistent. In our statement we have the possibility to make an impact, to tell the experiences done in relation with our university choices and therefore going much beyond our subjects and more on our interests. In the prospectus of many famous, excellent, mediocre or even scarce universities all want diversity. They all say that they don’t want students who live on book but rather “well-rounded” one. Yes they do ask for entry requirement but to have those is absolutely not enough. This word “well-rounded” appears everywhere. But how to be “well-rounded”? The answer is to be conscious of the importance of connecting various experience and therefore to have done a variety of things which have all opened your mind and have given you a wider view of some aspects of our planet. This word, the personal statement, all goes against the so tamed word Standardization. In the video there is a clear distinction between this word and the concept of divergent thinking. If I look at the past, people have very few options. If you were born rich you would study philosophy, literature, science. If you were born poor to study these subjects was first of all very expensive for these families and second inconvenient because the main aim of a father is a difficult situation is to educate his son but in a way that he may find a job to have money, and many times such jobs didn’t require an education. If I look at our present world the options we have, the possibilities given to us are many more. Also the poor ones are obliged to have an education because the simplest jobs in our days requires it. We are going towards a world in which education is essential and the more you have, the better universities you go to, the more competitive you became.
ReplyDeleteGoing back to the video I can conclude that this idea of standardization is disappearing if not already vanished. We are constantly required to have an ability of divergent thinking. In every subject creativity is essential. In the languages when we analyze a text we are generating possibilities, looking at various interpretations. In math to do a problem there isn’t only 1 right way, you need to be able to connect ideas, concepts to arrive at the solution.
In the video, Sir Ken Robinson, also questions the necessity of having grades divided by age level. I think if it wasn’t like this, there would be even more division between the intelligent and the not, while in a class of mixed capacities the ones less intuitive may learn from the ones more intelligent and therefore start to develop the capacity of thinking.
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...The video questions many aspects but doesn’t give solutions, because there is no right solution, there is not only 1 way to learn, to teach and many qualities are learned outside school, in every day life. Experience I think is the best way to acquire knowledge.
ReplyDeleteIf I am asked whether less homework would better, if group work is more efficient or if less subjects would be better my answer is that all these are in some way irrelevant, they all have pros and cons. I believe that one thing should be changed, an aspect that many school forget. To me a quality which education should develop is independence. We realize the importance of something once we experience not doing it. We do homework because then, if we don’t, we get a bad grade, we study because then our parents will be called, we attend school because we are obliged to. I think many students do not realize the value of education because it is imposed to us like a law. School may be compared to a dictatorship, and why did people obey in those times, because they would have been punished. It is also true that it requires maturity to understand the value of education and by dictatorship is the easiest way to get everyone, those mature but mostly does who aren’t. In the end, therefore, it is all a matter of motivation. Many people don’t want to do well in life, if they already have a society it is pointless to want to go to a high university to have a job because they already have it. Unfortunately in our times a school based on independece and on the will to study not because it is imposed but becuause it is the only way to a successful life can’t exist.
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ReplyDeleteIn My opinion already everyone learn in their own way not in the class room but when studying alone ! This is becAuse each one understands in their own way. at school it is impossible to offer each of the students a Personalized manner of teaching. It is true that as the world has progressed and is continuing its progress, and while it is doing so people seem to progress to. Technology changed our way of Percieving the world. A great part of the world for a growng human being is lOcated is the school building . The school is supposed to teach the students how to behave and think their own way through the real eorld as adults. So the education given would have to be as similar as it can be to the real world especially in the high school. This was true in the 19th and 20th centuries. The problem is thAt we still have those same criteria now in the 21th century. It isn't enough to integrate technology in the educTion system what is needed is to transform the old education system to one as progressed as the rest of the world. To addApt the modern world principals to the education! This could be done by being more creative about teaching ways or modify the already existing rules.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video offers many things that were wrong with education but didn’t provide any improvements. Students should be separated into different classes depending on their knowledge. It is unfair that students with different capabilities and knowledge are put in the same class. I believe that more intelligent students should be put in more demanding courses. Less intelligent students instead should be put in another class where they can be followed attentively by a teacher. However, these students should all remain in the same grade because a student should not skip any grade because of his or her intelligence. Dividing students by age is not only logical but it is also necessary for the development of a student. I also believe that teachers should use different methods for teaching their students. For example in some classes teachers should use activities that make all the students participate actively. Sometimes sitting in a class and hearing the teacher’s explanation for eighty minutes is hard, we are all different learners some are visual, others are auditory and others are kinaesthetic. Teaching through interactive games and activities will get student’s attention and will make them learn more. I believe that more oral group projects should be assigned by the teachers because this improves the students’ skills of cooperation. School should also give older students more freedom in order for them to prepare for life. IB students should get less homework because they have to concentrate on their internal assessments, their ToK essay and their extended essay.
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The explanation given by Sir Ken Robinson is true because contemporary children who live in the 21st Century are stimulated by many more media than the ones available in the Englightenment and the Indrustrial Revolution; for example computers, macbooks, iPad, Blackberrys and other countless technological objects which obviously catch their attention much more than what learning does. Seeking to instill obedience is a correct objective as in a school or any other education there is a superior figure which is the teacher, who passes on knowledge and so must be respected. I do not agree on instilling passivity as passivity does not promote learning. Students have to be stimulated and their interest must be triggered in different ways. I would use more interactive activities and more media such as pictures, videos, projects, group presentations, games. Involving the students in their own learning process, I believe, makes them more interested and participant. Instead by just suppress their literally everything through the use of drugs or by imposing a specific way of learning on them just makes their level of attention and engagement lower. The lessons shouldn't be only lectures where students take notes while the teacher is talking but also the students should be shown videos and shown practical examples, and make them interact between each other. I am a visual learner. I assimilate information very easily if I see it. For example showing me a math problem, or having a demonstration in physics either virtual or practical, watching videos in psychology and ToK, showing examples in books in humanistic subjects. Seeing what I have to learn makes it easier for me to learn it. My ideal learning experience would be one in which I can see and not just be told. Definitely structure has to be highly defined. Freedom is good but up to a certain point as it may trigger procrastination, while structure imposes specific tasks that have to be done in very specific ways for specific dates. Although i believe six subjects is a reasonable amount, fewer subjects would definitely be helpful as if would allow us to have more time to dedicate to each internal assessment and to tasks like the Extended Essay or the ToK essay. Less homework is obviously every student's dream but I believe that more sample exercises should be done in class and then assign less homeworks as there has been more classwork. I personally like working in pairs, not groups as they may be distractive but pairs is fine. I believe the assessments in the IB program are a valid way to measure learning as they range from essays, to design labs, to oral presentations. Also more work connected with the world beyond the walls of the school would be better and enrich our knowledge in other ways because we can apply it in real life and have a real life example.
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In his brief and erudite presentation, Ken Robinson carefully analyzes giving justified examples the evolution of the education system from its advent to modern days. In his video Robinson makes numerous reflections which I personally find extremely valid and reliable. One example is in his very first statement where he states that one reason that leads parents to educate their sons is for an economic development. in fact he says that people want to find a way to educate their children in order for them to take active part in the economies of the 21st century. Even though I have never thought of my education in these terms, Robinson made me reflect that as he mentioned the ultimate goal of our parents' sacrifices was in fact to make us capable of participating actively in our century's economies. Another very valid point made in the video to which a strongly agree with is the fact that school in a way or in another does in fact, in many cases, condition the way we perceive reality and truths. In fact, even though unintentionally done, school educates the student in such a way that the latter's loses some of its divergent thinking. A substantiating example of this may be seen in mathematical reasoning in which there is mostly only one right answer or in physics which has the same static nature of thinking and reasoning. Many would disagree with these assertions by declaring that this is not happening in reality and that for any mathematical or physics problem there are lots of ways to find the answer. in the end however the concept of convergent thinking is ultimately suggested. In my opinion, as also Ken Robinson states, education needs to be characterized by diverse methods of learning. In numerous cases, especially when one grows up and is required to learn excessive amounts of information, classes and the methodology of teaching becomes extremely redundant and static. In fact while in early times one would learn the alphabet for example in a playful and interactive manner, arrived at senior year most classes are essentially characterized by extended lectures of poems or intricate analysis of equations. Even though this may seem reasonable for the maturity gained by each individual as time passes, the education system lacks innovation and diversity. In my opinion therefore instead of spending every single class in reading and analyzing texts, concepts and theorems a teacher should effectively incorporate such teachings with interactive activities such as presentations, group work and other forms of practical application of teaching. This could increment a student's interest and participation in a determined task and hence may facilitate their learning and understanding of the subject. Once this is applied I believe that the educational system would significantly improve and will become more influential on every student.
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I have always been of the opinion that different methods of education are suitable to different types of people. Each individual possess his or her own personal means of learning with which they may feel more comfortable. It is true that human beings divide themselves among visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners. In fact, I personally best identify myself as a visual learner. When I am studying, I require different colored highlighters to underline and highlight different parts of a text. Over the course of the years I have developed my own personal color code, where each highlighter corresponds to a different meaning and/or level of importance of the topic (for instance pink means highly significant and I know that everything which is colored in pink a vital point to remember). It helps me memorize facts, so that when I am writing my test in class I can recall what color that particular point was and make a connection. My method of studying, however, may not be equally useful for every being on this planet. In fact there are some who study best if they repeat or read out loud and here the pronunciation of their own voice, or even if they simply listen to somebody’s explanation (as in the case of the auditory learners). There are also those who feel the need to physically move around when studying, so that their movement allows them to concentrate. In relation to this, my idea of learning would be that of allowing every individual to adapt his or her own methods. Each person knows what is best for him or her, whether they need an authorative figure to instruct them vigorously, or work best under emotional pressure, or even if they feel that if they had more freedom and air to breathe they would naturally manifest the inclination and research and acquire knowledge for themselves. I realize that such “improvements” and changes are very difficult to obtain and put in act, Sir Ken Robinson himself only identifies the issues and doesn’t suggest any ways for improvement. The issues concerning education stand on a very personal level for each individual, and each being should best adapt his or her methods of learning to those imposed by the authority of the school.
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ReplyDeleteEducation is important, but we have made it a mandatory duty. As Sir Ken Robinson says, it is a myth that the educated people are the ones with great jobs and great intellectual abilities and the uneducated are those people who work with practical things. We are thinking in an old fashion way even though we are so developed within every kind of areas. The old fashion way of thinking is that noble people go to school and learn things while others stay home and take over their fathers work. It becomes a psychological concept called self-fulfilling prophecy and is defined as if we are given a label, for example that we are incompetent, we often live up to that expectation. So if educated people are intellectual and uneducated people are unintellectual, then the poor educated people will see themselves as stupid and live up to that title. Well, first of all we need to address the question, what IS intelligence and how do we measure it? Can intelligence be measured with an IQ test? Is it a person’s skills in history, mathematics, or art history? Or is it a person’s spatial ability, reasoning, divergent thinking and verbal fluency? I think that education has a special meaning and it is to educate you in a certain area where you are natural intelligent. For example, some children have a talent within arts, it doesn’t mean that the child has gone to an art school but simply the child just likes to draw and have an eye for art. Instead of trying to imprint a general knowledge about how the world works, then we should encourage that child for his or her special gift by focusing their education on that specific subject or area. Now, some people just don’t have one specific thing they are good at but multiple, so that child might be multi intellectual and might be able to take more than one class since they clearly have a talent for many things. There will be homework in those classes, but the homework will not occur as a struggle or a waste of time since the subject is interesting for the student taking it. They will just learn in class and use that knowledge and apply it to real life. And since the education focuses on one subject the stress will be increased. Almost like in college but for younger people, and I think that would work because instead of having many people who are descent good at multiple things then we would have people that are good at one specific area and the world will be balanced.
Relying on the basis that Education is a “complex human science, a crossroad of developmental psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and more,” then each student should be grateful for what they are being faced with, because this complex human science gives us, (the students), a vast amount of opportunities. From this, it is our decision to either appreciate and acknowledge it, and work to our fullest capability to succeed, or to disregard it and make no use of it at all. Sir Ken Robinson’s video, gave me a different perspective on how to view learning and education. There would be various things that I would change in the process of learning, including specifically: the teachers assigning homework that can be done in class and/or at home. Therefore, giving the student a possibility to start on their homework while in class and to ask specific questions that they may not understand to the teacher. My own learning style is through oral presentations as well as virtual presentations. I am also a kinesthetic learner, meaning that I prefer to move my body or to present the material that I am learning through an explanation that entails moving my hands and my body. My ideal learning experience would consist of more interaction between students. If students know that their classmates are experiencing the same questions that they believe are difficult as well, then they can feel more confident and know that they are not the only ones who do not understand it. Therefore, they can attempt to help each other out, by finding each of their own weaknesses and strengths and through this, combining the two together. Collaborating with our classmates, gives each student independence and responsibility and gives them a chance to speak their mind and to bringing forth their own opinions. The classmate(s) should either have the opportunity to agree of disagree with what the other person states. Should there be more structure, more freedom, fewer subjects, less homework? I believe that any student in middle school would answer these questions without even thinking, and reply with a confident “YES!” Being an IB student, I have come to understand that teachers are there to train me to become the best of the best. To make me succeed and through this, they each use their own tactics to do so, but in the end, it is my task to co-operate with the teacher and to keep up with the material that is given to me. As much as oral examinations, may be nerve racking for students, I think it is an extraordinary way to show that the students has fully learned the material given to them. If they can explain it, this means that they have understood it. Learning can also be taught through experience. For example when I perform a biology lab experiment in Biology class, I have a better understanding of what I am experimenting on, and what may be the result of my experiment.
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ReplyDeleteThe school system now a day has many negatives but at the same time we're learning and have the possibility to create different point of views which can be manipulated by the teachers, but if there was no teacher to consult and there was only a book then the learning wouldn’t be well understood. When a student has understood the topic studied they should be capable to explain it, in fact when students consult each other for explanation they can understand better the topic from both sides. The problem with creating a hierarchy through the role of the teacher is that the student will never be completely comfortable in discussing the topic they are learning because there will always be the teacher who knows more than the student therefore the teacher will be taking the leading role within a class. For the students to understand better the topic there must still be a teacher with students but there must also be a system where the teacher doesn’t teach solo throughout the class but interacts with the students to understand the topic.
The only problem wouldn’t be the teaching method but also the student’s capability to assimilate and be assessed upon the learnt topic. Homework is helpful because it’s practice that after will be assessed most probably through a written exam. It’s important to have constant homework but not with a lot of quantity because the quantity doesn’t make the quality. Also as assessment it’s a good method not only written tasks but also oral and visual because different people have different ways to portray their understandings and by only giving one method it confines the student’s creativity. To assimilate the student had to be interested in the topic, therefore if there is the passion the student will want to learn but if there is just ignorance towards the topic than the student will memorize but not become part of their knowledge.
School is a system that programs students in a certain way so that they can abide to the rules of society, and all our knowledge bases on what society created for us to believe in, therefore there is no real system where people can continue throughout their life course to be creative and create their beliefs because it would mean that people would have to start from the age of fire.
The world is rapidly changing – so why is education staying the same? Sir Ken Robinson believed in a drastic reform of the education system. Robinson is internationally recognized in the development of education, and innovation. He believed that the system of education we embrace today is one that was born from the industrial revolution and we had long surpassed this organization of education. Robinson doubts the effectiveness of way we educate our children today. Sir Robinson said, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” It was this philosophy that he embraced when generating new and innovative ideas about education. The video that we saw opened up my mind about the possibilities of improvement within the system and the advancements that can be made. He raised questions regarding the suitableness about the current education system in today’s society. Robinson compared schools to factories, and said that children get assembled each year, gradually with more knowledge but perhaps a decreased amount of the ability to be creative. Robinson believes that with today’s education system children loose the ability to formulate new ideas and thoughts. He states, which I fully support, that the education system of today needs to be desperately modernized. He says that students today are being forced to participate in a system that redistricts their knowledge rather that letting it grow. I really enjoyed Robinson point of views and perspectives regarding education because we are apart of the generation he believes is ‘suffering’ from this system the most. I do believe that Robinson made some excellent and interesting points, however he lacked a concrete counter plan. He provided insightful outlooks but failed to produce alternatives to the problem, which is a major downfall in his argument.
ReplyDeleteSir Ken Robinson questioned education and spoke of the path it was taking. He said that the education system has been unchanged since the past and has not evolved according to our evolving society and economy. He was very persuasive in his speech and drew me to believe in what he was saying almost instantaneously. It is true that today many children are marginalized because of our current education system. This system no longer guarantees children who work hard to get a job. So why would children want to work hard when they could end up unemployed when they grow up? This was one of the questions Sir Ken Robinson addressed but did not solve. This could be because there is no single answer to the questions or that there is no answer at all. He spoke of the fact that it is difficult to change our education system according to the economy since it is ever changing. One aspect, which he carried through the presentation, was that the education system had to change in order to fit our current generation. He compared schools as factories, which divide children by age group and run in a very systematic manner. In my opinion his views are concrete. Schools should not be so divided and run rigidly. Children should be divided by their skill level, which in most cases could be that they are all the same age. Also, they should be divided by the way they learn. If some children study better on their own, they will be marginalized when put in a large group. Also, like Sir Ken proved, children lose their ability to be creative and think divergently as they enter the education system. In my opinion these two factors are signs of intelligence and our education system is not nurturing these areas. In order for our current education system to function for our generation, it must have the ability to adapt to children’s current needs.
ReplyDeleteEducation is a topic of discussion that one always has. Be it with friends, with parents or with teachers. Is the process of learning at my school the most efficient way me to study? Is it my preferred learning style?
ReplyDeleteOver the last 14 years, I have been trying to find answers to these questions. I do not have the authority to oppose these methods, but I do have the option to study information in my own way. As a 17 year old girl, I recently discovered that my most efficient time to study is after midnight. This when I am able to understand most of the information and it remains in my head for a long time. This is the best method for me, but may not necessarily be the best method for anyone else. Furthermore when I study, if there are some difficult points I need to make someone else read them out to me. Therefore when I go to take my test, if I forget some information, I try and remember the scene where the information was read out to me. Through this I am able to score well on my test. In my opinion if one goes to school tests and exams are required. Yet I also believe that constant testing is not required. If a student has the capability to study hard, then he or she should be responsible enough to stay on top of their work. I am a person who gets extremely nervous when I have to take tests. Though I know all the information, the time limit and the constraints that come with a test, make me scared and I often don’t give in my best. Exams are something that is required in all schools, to help ensure that the student is receiving the education. Depending on the subject, I prefer to work either individually or in groups. Math and history are subjects that require a lot of thinking as well as a lot of logic. Therefore for such topics I prefer to work on my own and give in my best. For other subjects, group work is preferred as different perspectives on the topic can be received. In the video by Sir Ken, he stated many of the problems that we now faced with in our education life.
Education in the early 1800’s guaranteed a good life ahead, and a secure job. In today’s world, a degree does not necessarily come with a secure future. There is so much competition in the modern day world, that nothing is ever guaranteed.
I believe Sir Ken Robinson gave many arguments on which we should reflect. One of the arguments which really struck me was that our education system hasn’t changed in the centuries. We no longer have the same views of the Enlightenment and aren’t in an industrial revolution. Humans develop and so should be doing the educational system. Drugs are not the right way to get the attention of students, the methods of teaching should involve the interaction of the student with the teacher, as well as with the whole class. With projects and participation the attention of the students would no longer be on the phone or television, but more on their education. Other argument on which we have to reflect is the fact that as we grow older we are taught certain study methods, we lose our divergent thinking, and consequently our creativity, and therefore think in a standardized way. I believe divergent thinking should be one of the characteristics we should encourage, since it is unique for everybody and can give you the possibility to look at events in different perspectives. When people finish their education, and want to find a job, one of the most important factors is the uniqueness of the individual. Those who offer jobs are not looking for a standardized person, who thinks just as anybody else, but they look for unique people, who develop their divergent thinking, are passionate of their life and have the capacities of learning. Sir Ken Robinson is right, nowadays students should be woken up and not anesthetized with drugs. In all schools the importance of education should be emphasized, it is true that as time goes by a college degree doesn’t automatically give you a job, but enhances the possibility of getting one. The one thing, in which I believe Sir Ken Robinson was partially wrong is that school is like an industry. Until a certain age, like until the end of middle school, we all study the same subjects; this is because we are still learning the basics and really don’t know what our interests are, until we have had an introduction to all of them. As we arrive in high school, the education system begins to look less as an industry. People begin to understand what their proclivity is and what they enjoy to study. They are therefore able to chose their subjects according to their personal tastes, and therefore everybody choses different kinds of solutions. This process of diversification is at its peak at university, where we specialize in what we like.
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ReplyDeleteChanging an educational system is a very demanding task. Obviously it must be done gradually, but there are no certain ways of improving the system. There is a great debate on the subject, since people are unique, and for everybody there is a different way of learning. For example my way of learning, which is by studying my notes, is different from my friends, who maybe only have to be concentrated in class and don’t need to review. One of the most important things for learning is that you must be concentrated, you can’t think about something else while the teacher is speaking. I believe 80 minute classes are too long, it is hard to listen exactly at everything the teacher says for such a long time. Maybe slightly shorter classes would help to follow. Furthermore, there are discussions on whether students should be divided according to their level in the subject. I believe for the weaker students it would be positive to be all mixed up, they could learn from the stronger students, but this would also have a negative effect because the strong students would get bored in studying a subject slowly and maybe not so in depth as if they were the only ones in the class. I believe that whether one should study in groups or individually should be decided depending on tastes, people could learn more by interacting with others or by studying alone. Homework should always be given it helps the students to assimilate, but the quantity and the concentration of it should be controlled more efficiently by the teachers. These latters should speak between themselves, and find a way of balancing the quantity of homework. In this way the student could also find the time to relax and do sports, rather than study all the time.
To conclude, it is very difficult to find a best way of learning, people are different, each person has a unique way of learning and the educational system should find a way of helping the majority of students.
Reforming education isn't enough. The real task is transformation. The world urgently needs systems of education that live and breathe in the 21st century. This is a large task and it can't be put off. For the first time, after watching the video of Sir Ken Robinson, I thought about what I would change in schools and in the way of teaching to increase the students desire to study. It was certainly not easy and I did not come to a decisive conclusion, but I came up with some things I would definitely want to change. I do not think students should be given additional homework to the students after spending seven hours at school studying. Studying must not become a burden. Students must be able to have time to do sports and relax after school! Not feeling the anguish of having to go home immediately with the fear of not finishing their homework on time! With regard to the freedom I have nothing to say! The American school, unlike the Italian one, leaves much freedom to their students. One of the first things we are taught is the sense of responsibility and independence. One thing I do not agree with is the way we are graded and the IB’s such strict rules. Each one of us excels at different things. There are students who ae better at expressing themselves verbally, others making projects as others through powerpoint presentations. For this reason I believe that the IB should allow the student to choose how they prefer to play his / her project. Obviously there are millions of other things that should be changed but I think these were the first that came to my mind!
ReplyDeleteAlthough many people talk about changing the education system, very few offer a practical way of doing so. Sir ken Robinson is very apt at describing the problems of school systems and yet he offers no suggestions on how to implement the things he suggests. I do feel that school systems need improving but it is very difficult to change something that has worked for so long. The topic of education is a very serious one. Humanity has always strived to acquire knowledge and the current systems of education are the only way to pass down knowledge to new generations. Therefore I believe that people should not debate about the problems of education. People should rather debate on methods of improving the system. In my opinion the best way to improve the system would be to relax the grade restrictions, students should not be limited by age, if a student has the potential to learn calculus in grade 5 then the student should be allowed to study calculus. In this way, exceptional students will not be marginalized. I do, however, believe that current testing system is valid, children should acquire the ability to retain information at an early age. Sir ken Robinson also mentions that the school system inhibits the development of imagination, which I believe to be incorrect, in my opinion is that the loss of imagination is a result of aging rather than an effect of school
ReplyDeleteSir Ken Robinson’s video on education is the perfect example of how the education we still use today is not stimulating the new, modern society of the 21th century, who requires much more innovation. However, Professor Robinson only provides his audience with the problem regarding the educational system, without suggesting any solution.
ReplyDeleteHow could we develop a new educational system that could stimulate everyone?
Every single student has in mind his own way of how he\she would want the scholastic system to run. Perhaps by looking at what the “modern” students require would be a step forward in understanding what would trigger such students to study more.
As a student about to finish school and therefore very familiar with the system I would suggest different ideas on how to engage contemporary students. First of all, the period of each class should last less than 80 minutes, as students often become tired after one hour, and start to lose concentration. Classes of one hour would not make students become unfocused, and would limit the amount of information given, so that it does not create confusion in the student’s mind. What teachers do not understand is that, when students come back home from school they are extremely tired, as they have learned and put much concentration for (about) 8 hours. It would be reasonable to give less homework, since we get out of school at 15:35, considering after school activities, and by the time we get home we are extremely tired. Giving less homework does not mean any homework, but only to consider that students are often unable to work to their best at the end of an exhausting day. Also, teachers should come together and make a schedule to organize on which dates they are assigning tests, projects or other assignments, as to prevent students from having to study for more than one class altogether, and risk to fail one of the assignments. During the classes, teachers should try to engage students with new ideas, or new approaches to explain certain things. For example: collaborating in groups, showing videos, simulating an event in order to remember it, are all simple methods, but that certainly entertain the student. The key to making students understand, and remember is in fact to amuse and interest his mind. If something appears boring, a student is inevitably going to pay no attention, and neglect it. Student learning is divided into three categories: those who have to listen, those who have to see, and those who have to touch. However, it is not only a matter of how students learn best, and whether they are stupid or not, it is also important to have good, respectable teachers. Coming near the end of school, I have “tested” almost every type of teachers, in the sense that like in every school there might be a teacher who is better than others in making students learn. Teachers are very important to student education. It has occurred to me in the past that teachers are less interested in the subject she is teaching than her students, so how should students learn when not even the teacher want to teach? Both should take their responsibility. With an erudite teacher comes an erudite student. If my teacher shows passion in what she tries to teach me, and is fully intentioned to make me understand it, I as a student realize the importance of it and learn it better. Overall, I believe that there are many more good ideas on how to improve school, and that many could in effect be efficient. However, if the school as a whole does not collaborate I believe it to be useless. It is not a matter of how technological the equipment in the computer lab is, or whether or not during classes we may use ipad’s, computers etc, but how much the students, and the teachers work together and are intentioned to make the system work better.
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The video we saw in class last week, has as a protagonist Sir Ken Robinson. This video was able to make me stop for a second a reflect on one of the main problems that are nation is trying to face: education. Through his very entertaining and detailed presentation, he was able to analyse the reality of our society regarding schooling and education. As the years pass by, education is becoming always worse compared to the strict principles that were presented in schools many years ago. The lack of severity is reflected in most of the teenagers's bahaviour. What Professor Ken Robinson was able to point out was that 21st century teachings are wrong. However, he wasn't able to give us a concrete reason, that may explain why this is occuring. In my opinion, one of the main causes, can be the fact that, people of the same age are not of the same level of inteligence. This may seem a joke, but it does actually affect the way of teaching. Teachers are forced to reapeat things if one of the students did not understand it, although by doing this the other students that did understand the subject are forced to wait for this pupil, in order to continue the program. There should be schools with different classes or grades based on how developed a child’s mind is. Another problem that arises is collaboration, many international schools promote collaboration by putting students into groups for different projects; while Italian schools don't, and should learn to do the same. There are many other problems as well. However, I don't think that homework can be considered one of these, this is because if students didn't have homework they would stop studying as soon that they get home, while if they do have them they are forced to re-look at what they sould have learned in class. Sometimes, teachers exagerate with the homework and this may cause confusion in the student's mind. Another, thing that may bring the student to be confused is the bell, which commands you to stop learning one thing and completely change to learning something else. Each of these problems has a different solution, so as a consequence I think that there is not one single solution in order to improve our schooling system but many.
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Sir Ken Robinson has a point with limitations, he wants us students to go in one direction, facing the things we love and have most fun doing. However I believe that it is very important to have some fundamental basis in school, for every subject so that one would have a little understanding of what’s around him in every perspective, making a student focus on one subject which he or she is interested in is giving him or her, a limitation, causing the subject to narrow his or her knowledge down to only that perspective and subject, which I believe is wrong. Then again he has some points which I agree upon, he says that we should have more free will, which I believe is correct, school makes you learn topics which you consider boring and useless for future purposes, which shouldn´t be the case, students should have more options on what topic they want to learn. Then again I believe that some subjects shouldn´t be taught at all, such as religion, it’s a own belief which shouldn´t be influenced by anybody but yourself. To conclude the statement I would say that sir Ken Robinson has made some good points, due to his ways of convincing the audience for what is right and wrong, however he does not give specific and clear examples of what changes should occur and how these changes should be implemented. Other than that I agree that students should be able to choose what they want to learn with some fundamental knowledge in every subject, as well as the schools giving students somewhat more free will.
ReplyDeleteReforming education implies numerous significant ripple effects. First of all it leads to a variation of the cultural heritage of the society. As Mr. Robinson claimed, the modern system of Education has its roots in the Enlightenment; and few individuals in history as much as these “enlightened” were ambitious of changing culture, as main method to spread their well-known revolutionary theories. This cultural shift leads, in the long run, to a change in the thinking capacities of individuals, and, thus, to an evolution in many of the “social” parameters which govern society, which has its ramifications in Politics, Psychology, and the Economy. The economic change is, in particular, the target most societies aim for, especially in a modern world where the cult of money has invaded, like a spreading infective disease, every nation, every household, and most individuals. This pressure for an education renewal, therefore, strictly coincides with a socio-economical evolution, which is happening Today similarly to how it occurred in the Industrial Revolution. A natural, unmistakable doubt then arises: Is education a means, for society, used only to obtain economic growth? Is it just a route, for populations, to satisfy the technological hunger of the consumers, and to augment the economic empires of the producers? Is it only a passepartout , for the individual, to gain access to the “working world” and achieve that long-since desired social climb? Where did the old principles and motifs to education end, centered in enriching both the emotional and intellectual interiority of the human being, foster his personal development, lead to his freedom and independence? I agree with Robinson as he sees modern education and its longing for transformation, as a wide-spread industry which works to manufacture ready-made individuals, minimize their uniqueness and global value by specializing them, academically, and utilizing them as means to increase the country’s GDP. And confusing the good and the bad, people let themselves suffocate by the tentacles of industrialized education.
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I agree with Sir Ken's analysis that the current education system is like a factory, and is outdated for this innovative century. Different people have many different learning styles and therefore learn different subject matters at different paces. I myself am a more visual learner, and have a more difficult time understanding concepts when they are just read or explained verbally. However, this style of learning can confuse others who learn better simply by hearing an explanation of a topic or by being more hands-on in the learning. Furthermore, I become more engaged and retain more information about subjects that I know relate to real-life situations. In an ideal education system, I would have the information we learn more connected to real-life situations, so that students could see directly how their education would help them beyond the classroom. To keep everyone engaged in learning, I would have an analysis done that would help determine how best a student learns. Then, lessons could be divided into ways that cater to each of the main three categories of learning (tactile, visual, and auditory). Then, in addition, to cater to the different learning speeds, an education system I started would let students chose when and how many classes of a subject they want to attend, but would keep them focused on their studies by providing testing at each level they advance by. Furthermore, the students would have to take the tests with certain time intervals in between each, so they could not take all the tests back to back. At the end of each year, there would be a cumulative exam of everything that was required for the year, to make sure students comprehended. Also, to address students desire for individual or group work, in the classroom I would have students work together and help one another, then also provide tutors available for all students so they receive individual attention and can be challenged to work individually. Finally, if I wished for my school to be truly innovative, I would also change the way of learning languages by having two or three main languages in my school, and having (for example) Monday and Tuesday in English, Wednesday and Thursday in Spanish, and Friday and the following Monday in French. Therefore students do not just spend one class every other day learning verb conjugations, but can practice their verbal and written skills in a language. As is my experience here at MMI, simply by hearing a language spoken by many in a school, one begins to absorb and gain basic understanding of a language. In my opinion, the current education system needs revolutionizing. It needs to be more engaging to students, and take advantage of the increasing advances and globalization that characterizes society today. Students should be able to relate their education to the real world, therefore seeing new possibilities and continuing this movement of innovation that has characterized this century.
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Sir Ken Robinson's detailed evaluation of the present educational system is very awe inspiring. It teaches us his point of view on the malfunctions of today's academic learning. He speaks about all the problems, but we never hear a solution. This could be because he does not yet know a solution, but by showing his viewers the drawbacks of our system, we may be able to think of some solutions.
ReplyDeleteIt is not easy to think of a whole new academic system that is more efficient than the one we use, but there are ways to ponder on new ideas and innovations. I do not know how others would go about making a new one, but I know that I would work with many people to produce an efficient and new program. It is crucial to work with others and not on your own, or else you do not get others perspectives.
If i were to change anything in the process of education it would start with the way it is set up. School is divided into age groups. It is understood that if you are about 14 you will be a freshman, a 16 year old will be a sophomore, a junior will be 17 years old, and a senior will graduate at about 18 years old. This does not mean that the system is strict, but it would make more sense to create a system based on capacity and learning methods. It is more understandable to put a group of children who learn kinesthetically in a class that will allow them to flourish, and this goes for all the rest of the ways (visual and auditory). This would bring diversity in age and therefore also in perspective. This could only be done with groups of children who are also in the same range of understanding and learning. E.g. an eight year old would not be learning the same things as a senior, but would be learning the same way, according to their way of learning. I know that I am a visual learner and cannot process most lectures efficiently unless i take notes. i also enjoy reading and writing more than I do listening or speaking.
Another idea that I would put into work is working on bigger projects with more people, rather than always working individually 0 this gives the student a wider understanding of social learning and coping. Also, the student is able to understand other perspectives and broaden their comprehension of subjects. It would also be interesting to fuse different subjects together. For example having a drama class and history work together to create something different from just the single subjects.
Also it would be important to have clubs, and focus not on how we can better ourselves but how we can better the community.
These changes are not all essential, but i feel would better an academic system.
The most important part in education is a person's interest. If people learn in a way that keeps them interesed they are more likey to learn better. Since schooling systems now are much more rigid than they are in, say kindergarten, many students feel repressed and do not enjoy learning as much as they used to.
ReplyDeleteI personally prefer learing about things that interest me on my own, or through practical application. This means that I do my best work when I try to teach myself something but go to someone to clarify something I don't understand. This means that I work best under a mentor system (this is the system which my top choice universty uses).
I think schools should be better oriented to suit different students' learning methods. Schools currently facilitate learning for auditive learners and for people who learn through reading. It does not often facilitate learning for students who learn through practice and observation. These students often excell in the Sciences, if the school allows practicals.
In order to teach according to the future, one needs to be able to predict it. This is not possible because the human race is not capable of predicting the future. Therefore changing the way of teaching to instill and prepare the students for an ever changing present does not seem reasonable. However, to change the process of learning I would first of all give the students less stress in class and create the schools as an environment which is less prison like and more friendly or welcoming. I personally feel that a student needs to enjoy a subject in order to study it with a passion and determination. The homework depends on the class, and it also depends whether one likes the class or not. For a student to enjoy doing homework, they need to have enthusiasm for the class. The structure of the school should also not be fully divided by age, but rather, by interest in subject or intelligence. Being confined to staying with your own age group may add to the fact that a student doesn’t feel as smart as another one; thus leading to depression within you. Working in groups of people can be helpful because each person feels as if they need to spread their opinion and prove themselves right. However, in order for this to work properly the students need to be determined. The teachers also need to consider different ways to grade, they need to be more open minded and less confined into following the certain set of rules. Oral examinations do help the students to grow in the subject, however instead of criticizing the grade given, the teacher shouldn’t grade but rather tell the student what they need to do in order to improve what they have done. There should be more study connected to the world beyond the walls of school, that way children are taught to cope in the open world alone, and they are taught that they are not always going to be dependent on others.
ReplyDeleteSir Ken Robinson makes important observations about the current public educational system and i do believe that it has to be rethink-ed upon and change to fit the world of today.
ReplyDeleteOne of Sir Ken Robinson's observations that interested me was the point of dividing students by age groups. Age should not be a factor in dividing students. For example, I am at least a year or younger than anyone in my class yet i can cope with the work i am given. However, i agree with Sir Ken Robinson's idea to a certain extent. Students have to be around other students who are around a similar age group because school does not only revolve around education but it also involves a social life and people, especially young kids and teenagers, are sociable with kids who are in similar age groups
Sir Robinson however does not talk about practical solutions to improve the current educational system. One of the major factors to changing the system is finances. If we were to change the educational system, a government will have to invest heavily upon that sector. So more thought has to be going on how to change the educational system to fit the social, political and economic environment that will significantly aid the next generation as well as do it in an economically achievable manner.
Human beings are flexible learners and can easily gain knowledge and skills. The way I learn is different from how another person learns. Every single one of us has a different way of learning; it could be visually, auditory, practical and so forth. In Sir Ken Robinson’s video, he says that the education system of today is the same old one used during the enlightenment and industrial era. Basically he explains how this system has managed to slow down the generation of the 21st century because with the new technology a system which is more flexible and dynamic is required. Instead of dividing up subjects in categories, they could be integrated in such a way that the child is able to know a bit of everything and not just focus on one thing. In his video, he stated so many other things that are actual present not only in the education system but also in our day to day lives. People who are mostly picked or stigmatized in society feel they have are of no importance to the society because they don’t contribute much to it. This however is false because these people may not be the best mathematicians or even have athletically abilities but they may be musically talented. We all don’t have to be the same. It is ok to be talented in one area more than another. Also another way that could help to improve the system would be they different styles of teaching. for centuries, students have been studying and spending most of their day in one classroom having different teachers walk in and out of the classrooms throwing a whole bunch of information at them. This however is not the best way to educate children if you want them to understand any of the information you are giving them. If only teachers could develop new strategies to teach their students then maybe there would be a change. Lastly learning should be more cooperative than competitive. Once students cooperate with each other and work in groups, then they will get different perspectives of other students and this will enable them to think outside the box. However the students may want to work individually for personal reasons which is fine but it is better to have a mix of both in learning environments. I personally would like my ideal learning environment to be more interactive with my fellow students and more cooperative because this way I can understand better the thoughts of others and compare them to my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteSie Ken Robinson's video was very inspiring and very well composed in my opinion. I Think that education is one of the most important issues in todays life and i completely agree that the educational system should be changed because this generation is much more international and more globolized. I think that students schould go to school in order to have a job that they like and are going to like for the rest of their life. The job that they desire is a tool for the country itself to be more efficient and have the economy going and so to have a greater economy, but a job is even a tool for you, for the person who is doing the job because that job is going to bring you money and with that money you are going to buy what you desire and live in a house you like. Moreover i think that the schools should start earlier in the porcess of decifing what specific courses you schould take and start early on your area of study. Even if students don't have the right age to start thinking like colleges, i think that the college structure is very good, because u specialize on a subject that you like and that you are going to enjoy in order to have a future job for having a good life. Education is essential in every human being in order to live in a confortable way in society, but in my opinion the best education an individual can have is experience, and experience can't be learned at school. Then i think that cooperation is very important for todays society because the world is becoming much more global and international, so gruop work should be brough to a higher leven and used more often in schools projects and activities. the video had this enormous diagram that while the guy talked it was expanding, and that really helped along the explanations, because i think that daigrams help understand things. Diagrams is a tool for education, and Ken Robinson used this type of education to make his message through. Another valid point of the video is that pur generation is exposed to a lot of new technologies that distract us from the boring studies. I wanted to conclude that even environment is a key factor that changes people's personality and ways of looking things, and so we need to be very careful of this society.
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