The education system has changed over time together with the changes in society. I think education equips students with knowledge and skills that they need to meet the demand of the society, to solve problems of the society, and to make it a better place.
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The education system has changed over time together with the changes in society. I think education equips students with knowledge and skills that they need to meet the demand of the society, to solve problems of the society, and to make it a better place.
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“And most importantly, our higher education system should rethink the workload that we give our students; students should be given a reasonable amount of time to have a positive and balanced learning experience, allowing them to devote just as much time to discipline-specific as well as professional/humanities/liberal arts courses.” As a graduate student, it is not easy to find the balance point between a limited time until graduation and the workload from school and research; between research and coursework; and between major courses and elective courses. I do not deny that liberal art/humanities/professionals brings have their own benefits on student education, but at graduate levels, I will give the priority to major courses and research. So can we try to integrate liberal art/humanity/professional education into major courses?
“This may be “The Last GEDI” post for this semester, but the legacy of it will continue for years to come in all that we have taken away from this class. We are the next generation of educators and therefore we have the force to make education all that it can be. ” I think that is exactly why we have this class.
Even when you are a teacher, your teaching can be adjusted and keep improved. It might be a good idea to have some kind of “GEDI” for instructors in order to share experiences and learn from each other.
Thank you for your reflection. I am so like the emotional part of a learning process. It reminds me how excited I and my classmates were when we were assigned a math problem and competed to see who got the right answer first. Since the college time, the joy part of learning has tried to avoid me.
Thank you for your post. When reading your post, I think about the time when teachers came to a classroom with their paper notebook and lectured with blackboard and chalk and now when classrooms are equipped with connected devices. Despite the changes in the classroom environment, there is one thing holding true for me. The knowledge staying with me is the one that I have to spend time and effort to understand it. The knowledge that is easy to come is also easy to go.
Thank you for your post. When reading your post, I think about the time when teachers came to a classroom with their paper notebook and lectured with blackboard and chalk and now when classrooms are equipped with connected devices. Despite the changes in the classroom environment, there is one thing holding true for me. The knowledge staying with me is the one that I have to spend time and effort to understand it. The knowledge that is easy to come is also easy to go.
For myself, the availability of electronic devices affects my attention. I often keep my phone silent at work, it gives myself a reason to check it every hour or so. Sometimes, I open my phone to do some calculations, but it is tempting to check for some news, some tweets and I forget my initial purpose. So I turn my phone on to see if it makes a difference. Be honest, it does not help much. Even I know there are no unread emails, I still double check. Sometimes I forget my phone at home for a whole day and I see a difference. So, when I need to focus, I often leave electronic devices out of my hands.
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I always think curiosity is one of the most important outcomes of education that teachers can bring to their students. With curiosity, students become an active learner exploring with a purpose for themselves. One of my professors often says that asking the right questions lead you to the great research.
Also, for me when Paulo Freire said “Their way of speaking is as beautiful as our way of speaking”, my understanding was the diversity or the acceptance of differences in a critical pedagogy.
I completely agree that in order to develop critical thinking or curiosity for the students, parents, teachers, and the assessment systems have to change first, not only just focusing on getting “good grade” but about what students can take from school and use in their life. I believe that teaching students the skills to tackle the problems is way more important than providing the answer for it.
It is interesting that A students are less successful than B, C students after graduation in several cases.
