The topic for this discussion is something that I have put a
lot of thought into this week. I already have thought in the past throughout my
grade school years, that our education system was not ideal. This week’s posts and videos
have just reinforced my thoughts on this more so. However, I'm not ready to just kick anyone involved with our education system to the curb. Yes, I agree that everyone learns differently, that
testing is not an accurate measure of intelligence or how well someone will be
able to do their future job, and that often times a high school diploma or even
a bachelor’s degree is overrated by employers, and not a true measure of a person's potential and ability. I agree with all of that. My
question is, what’s the solution?
This question made me really enjoy the video we watched in
class today, because I was able to see different technology that allows for
students to learn in a way that is more unique and personalized to them and
their own learning styles. It will be really interesting to see what comes of
all these new ideas, and I just hope that it is all effective and we don’t get
too caught up in throwing out the current education system. I don’t think it’s
all bad, and I honestly don’t have a better idea of how to run it than it is
already being ran. I don’t know different methods that work for different
people. I don’t know of a way other than SAT and ACT scores for colleges to
filter through millions of applicants each year, or something other than
degrees for employers to use to filter through hundreds of applicants for a
job. I do know that with colleges and jobs the way that they are right now,
testing scores and certifications/degrees are a quick way to filter out a lot
of people that may not know how to work hard, or just don’t care. I am not
saying that everyone that has low testing scores, no certifications or degrees
doesn’t know how to work hard or isn’t smart. I know that’s not true because I
personally know of a lot of extremely successful, mind-blowingly intelligent,
and hardworking people that fall into that category. I’m just saying that if I
was a college or an employer, I wouldn’t know how else to filter through people
without having a one on one interview with each person for an hour. No college
or employer has the time for that.
I agree with you that not all of our education program is flawed, but in order to fix it. We have to get rid of things like No Child Left Behind, because it has laws in place that are stopping other programs that could work from even being able to get off the ground. I think we need to get rid of it all and start over, with the things that already work and so much more. As far as employers, if they want good employees then they need to figure out how to put in the time to find them. It is not right for them to over look someone with twenty years experience for someone with a diplomia and no experience.
ReplyDeleteI agree and like that you want to know more of a solution than to just complain about the problem. It's true that people in the education system can do better with teaching future generations, but the flaws of our education system have been evident for awhile. Teachers probably have been taught to teach the way they do, which in turn keeps the cycle of our own education system turning. In order for this to change, this conversation needs to be brought up more often with solutions of what we can do to change it.
ReplyDeleteMarkee, most teachers hands are tied when it comes to how they teach. They have very strict guide lines on how they are to teach something and their are others that just want to teach the material and not try and make things better. We need to change the mind set of this country and make education a priority again.
ReplyDeleteMarkee, most teachers hands are tied when it comes to how they teach. They have very strict guide lines on how they are to teach something and their are others that just want to teach the material and not try and make things better. We need to change the mind set of this country and make education a priority again.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely with you because I don't know what the solution is. We can preach that change needs to happen, but there isn't just one thing that will fix the education problem. We can't just preach change without offering new ideas and ways to make that happen. Some of the best teachers I've had aren't traditional in the way they teach. I think what really sets them apart is how much they care for their students. And I think that's the first thing we can really do right now - hire teachers that care about the students. That probably means we need to be paying teachers more, but once again, I don't know how to go about making that happen. So yes, I agree that we are stuck.
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