Last night I had a conversation with my better half, and we talked about the change Education has taken. It is so different how students are taught nowadays compared to how I was educated. Throughout my K-12 years of schooling, I remember there being a lot of project based learning, labs, and interactive, kinesthetic assignments that encourages social learning, and generalized information into survival skills. Real-world functional learning has been a huge part of my life.
Today, many students seem to fit a cookie cutter model, and tend to have knowledge that only goes as far as a textbook. The world seems to be extremely test-score driven, and does not allot for much creativity. There is such a time crunch on teacher's abilities to do any projects as there are a set amount of standards that must be taught. This sole independence becomes monotonous.
Then again, maybe this type of learning at an early age isn't so bad. High school and college learning is similar to what I see in the lower grades. College education is heavily lecture based, and is based on the content that is needed. That material is pushed out whether or not you grasp it. It is an independent endeavor for each person to learn.
I am not saying that either way of learning is good or bad; rather, I am simply making observations based on my own experiences, and his, on the topic of education, which ran our conversation last night. This was an interesting conversation as we both had a lot to say, and we were able to compare our education to the ones we see at present.
Hi Carina, yes I agree with you and your better half. the educational process these days appears to be more about passing students through the school system as appose to trying to incorporate other important elements necessary for life's journey. I notice whenever I am walking on campus I frequently hear students talking about what grade they think they have earned in a class rather than how much they have actually learned.
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