New Educational Model

[wolven7]

My dad sent me an e-mail, this evening, regarding the need for a new operational procedure, in the field of education. It is, in essence, everything I've been saying for the past 4 years, at least, and it is good to see this in the wider mainstream.

'New University Education Model Needed'

'There are currently great needs and great opportunities for improvement in post-secondary science education. As world education improves, we need to provide more students with complex understanding and problem solving skills in technical subjects to allow them to be responsible and successful citizens in modern society. '

Definitely worth a good read.

Comments

[nancyblue.livejournal.com]

Yes, universities are very broken, certainly for academics. I have something I want to write about this as well, as soon as I'm out from under all this writing :)

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Hope you can get from under it, soon.

[arcstone.livejournal.com]

Good article. I think the most important point that resonated with my opinions on our nation's general education policies is #2 (Student demographics). However, I think that the adjustments to the model of teaching, as well as the very institution itself, is in need of an overhaul.

Today is a catch 22 situation in which the reforms needed in secondary education need to happen in addition to the fundamental re-imagining of primary school reform. As it stands now, colleges assume that general education is taught at the primary level, when the schools in fact only teach kids these days test-taking strategies and methodolgies to gain entrance into secondary education, passing the burden of respondibility to the university-level. But that's just my 2 cents.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It needs an all-at-once overhaul, to be certain, but we have to get people to realise what intelligence and learning Are, before they'll really understand the value in that.

[arcstone.livejournal.com]

I have been told that This Book (http://www.amazon.com/Dumbing-Down-Curriculum-Compulsory-Schooling/dp/0865714487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217436000&sr=8-1) is an amazing read. Passing the recommendation along.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

This is a post I made about these issues, a while ago: http://wolven.livejournal.com/1288823.html