Thursday, February 24, 2011
Education: mile wide, inch deep
If we truly want education reform ... so the employability of our youth does not continue to TANK like our economy ... stop using the teaching method mile wide, inch deep! We are doing this at all levels of education ... We have automated education, and the schools have become nothing more than mere factories pumping out students that have been taught to pass the tests but not to "think" for themselves.
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Reforming education has been talked about and discussed for decades, yet we still have pretty much the same curriculum and instruction as always. Now we have technology, but it is not used to its potential. We need to be talking about transforming education from D.C., to the States, to the districts, the schools and the classrooms. "Mile wide, inch deep" also is not new, and that is still an important concept that the states have not been able to correct. From birth to 5 years of age, children learn and grow in astounding ways. They are allowed to explore, experience, and yes even play as they learn. As they learn they make mistakes and are corrected, and they practice and mimic in all that they do. Then we send them to a place called "school" and start them on a 13 year journey in quest of the right answer for test after test after test. It is time that we all demand our schools quit attempting to make sure they cover the exam and start teaching children again.
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more. As a professional educator, I am frustrated with the mentality of our legislators. They say they want to improve education and then do everything in their power to hinder it. I never thought of myself as a "conspiracy theory" person, but I am beginning to wonder why legislators do not advocate change that would educate the masses. What do they have to lose if their citizens become educated, critical thinkers?
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