What is education, knowledge in basic skills,
academics, technical, discipline, citizenship or is it something
else? Our society says only academic basics are important and that
is based on collecting knowledge without understanding its value.
How about the processing of knowledge, using inspiration, visionary
ambitions, creativity, risk, ability to bounce back from failure,
motivation? Most education institutions don’t consider these skills.
These skills are associated with understanding the value of knowledge.
There is a huge disconnected gap and this is a problem of students.
From the beginning of man to the late 1800s, an educational institution
was the only source of information and attending them was the
only way to acquire information. Times have changed. Today, we
are an information society with hundreds of sources of information.
Last year’s facts, or yesterday’s, may not have any value today.
Skills learned today will soon become obsolete and new skills
must be mastered. For this reason, knowing how to learn, search
for and acquire information is more valuable than being a learner-of-facts.
Because most high schools students enter the work force, their
knowledge should be measured by their ability to acquire information
and turn it into useful knowledge rather than their ability to
memorize. For some licensed professions such as lawyers and doctors,
learner-of-facts is a necessity.
Quality Education
What can be considered a quality education? A quality education
is custom design that addresses the unique abilities of each student
and has a positive emotional experience. Custom education evaluates
natural talent and how the student learns. This is why home schooled
students out perform classroom students. Parents learn what works
and does not work, then focus on what works. With this method,
students develop a love to learn and learning becomes a lifelong
process.
Education is learning something new. It is not limited to children
but is something that is done everyday by everyone. To function
in our world, our children must learn the skills they will need
to become productive members of our society. In some cultures,
this may be basic agriculture skills and things such as where
the best grazing land is and the most reliable source of drinkable
water. In other cultures, this may include computer usage as well
as reading and mathematics. How we go about teaching the children
varies as well, from formal curriculums defined by the countries'
leaders to parents teaching their own children
Education is the process through which people endeavor to pass
along to their children their hard-won wisdom and their aspirations
for a better world. This process begins shortly after birth, as
parents seek to train the infant to behave as their culture demands.
They soon, for instance, teach the child how to turn babbling
sounds into language,
history, science through example and precept, they try to
instill in the child the attitudes, values, skills, and knowledge
that will govern their offspring's behavior throughout later life.
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