There is a quote from an author named Salman Khan from his book about education, his book is called The One World Schoolhouse where he talks about education reimagined. In this quote he talks about education and wrote:
“Why has it been accepted as gospel for so long that homework is necessary? The answer, I think, lies not in the perceive virtues of homework but rather in the clear deficiencies of what happens in the classroom. Homework becomes necessary because not enough learning happens during the school day... The broadcast, one-pace-fits-all lecture... turns out to be a highly inefficient way to teach and learn.”
Compulsory, class-based education of young people by teachers in preparation for exams is one of those universal things
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An example of a common-sense outlook on education specifically is that homework is good for us. Excessive homework? Even better! Because that is the normal way of learning, right? I for one think not. I feel we learn by reading, by watching, by emulating, by doing, by curiosity. We learn in groups of friends, and we learn alone. But for some reason, almost none of the things listed above falls into the category called ‘education.’
Education plays a bigger role in society than we think. Most people never seem to stop and contemplate on why it is that getting an education is an everyday run of the mill qualification that is a necessity. So much so, if a person does not have one, he or she is deemed unworthy?
Education comes hand in hand with homework and students of private schools especially get excessive homework as this is what parents expect for dishing out large amounts of money in hopes that their children will achieve greatness. However, is the classroom and excessive homework really the best way for young people to learn things? Or has the obsession with private formal education cloud the judgement of people from seeing all sorts of other, more emergent models or learning? What would education be like if the whole stigma of “homework” was removed?
In my opinion, the reason behind why parents send their children to private schools is because they have been told time and time again through subtle interpellation that private schools have the
Rose elaborates on the significance of education by reflecting on his own perspective of and how that shaped his identity. His childhood gave him the opportunity to experience the contrast between a positive learning environment and a negative one. This also shaped him to have an evident positive outlook on education. He expresses, “I’ve experienced classrooms as both places of flat disconnection and growth and inspiration, and this mix has proved invaluable as I myself have gone on to teach” (Rose 35). He further goes onto to discuss how this affected him when he was finally confronted
learning. Not Only does homework allow students to practice concepts it allows teachers to see
"As the new school year begins, administrators, teachers, students and parents will once again face the battle over the value of homework." We should know that homework has great value, but the kind of homework that is given and the amount of homework that tends to be at the heart of the war. When we are given homework there's always a time that we get a large amount of homework that will take forever to finish. For students, lengthy homework tasks tends to frustrate them. This also creates problems for teachers when kids either can't or won't complete the task, thereby stopping the teacher's efforts to continue instruction the next day because he/she counted on homework completion. The teachers need to focus on giving the kids not a large
Mandatory, enforced schooling is common all over the world, and is generally seen as a public good, and a privilege of first world countries. However, author and teacher John Gatto argues that mandatory schooling destroys your ability to be free thinkers and therefore should not exist, in his piece “Against School”. Despite his effective use of ethos, Gatto’s argument fails to be convincing due to logical fallacies, and a lack of evidence or first hand experience.
One of the most controversial topics in education today is homework. This debate has been going on for decades, as teachers, administrators, and parents disagree on whether homework should be assigned, and if assigned, then what the right amount of homework should be. The time students spend on homework has increased over the years. “High school students get assigned up to 17.5 hours of homework per week, according to a survey of 1,000 teachers” (Bidwell). Recently, more fuel has been added in this debate because younger students in particular are receiving much more homework than before. Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing, states that “The amount of homework that younger kids – ages 6 to 9 – have
“Homework is arguably the worst punishment inflicted upon the student body.” One would think this extreme statement would come from the 10-year boys and girls who complain to their parents about the homework they have to complete. However, Rodney Jones starts of his argument against homework using this statement. He argues that homework does not help children taking up all their time. Continuing, he explains how parents should extend child’s knowledge out of school instead of homework and in the end these assignments do not help students grade. However, in contrast of Jones’ beliefs homework indeed benefits children’s learning through the small amounts of extra practice it gives to help the students excel.
Education gives common people the means to turning dreams into reality. Education allows common people to open up their minds to various possibilities, that will arise from becoming educated. But, yet there are times where our education systems do not uphold student/learners to a high norm. Although, problems with education systems rarely occur, inadequate performance in school can be feasible if there are issues within the child’s household. Nonetheless, students who face inconsistent dilemmas, fail since they attempt to solve both problems.
The general public’s expectations of the educational system tend to encourage individual success in the outside world. Institutions are expected to teach students general knowledge in language arts, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences. Critical thinking, reading comprehension, and deep analysis enhance the learning of these subject areas. Nowadays it is also highly encouraged to have knowledge on a second language and foreign cultures. Parents and teachers expect the combination of these to enable students to move up the ladder socially and financially as they get older. The system is also expected to teach children the value of effort and a positive attitude in the process of learning, since this is a process that should not end after high school. Even though the extent to which these expectations are actually put into practice varies among societies, the common belief about education is that it should
Richard Rodriguez writes in his essay, “The Lonely, Good Company of Books,” how he once struggled with the concept of being “educated” while studying in school (191). It is true that society has developed the idea that to be educated means to be successful in life, but is this really true? Education is certainly a contributing factor to one’s future, however, what exactly does it mean to be “educated” in today’s world? Although the times have changed and the world has become more modernized, learning has remained as important, if not more so, as it had when it was first discovered that it was essential to function in an advanced society. Being educated means that they know the basic knowledge, are able to apply those skills to different situations, and use them to comprehend and give back to the community.
Why private school? Does this help students or is it just an expensive alternative. The private school has not been around much longer than public school, and over time, the private school system has become much larger and more developed. The public school system is still and option the teachers lack the proper funding to develop the student on a personal level in addition to they lack proper motivation to better your children.
Throughout their school years,children say that they hate homework and that it’s pointless. Others will say, that this is definitely not the case. Students who actually spend time doing homework will better understand and execute class work more efficiently. Source C had mentioned that children who do not achieve much do more homework because they’re struggling. But, that struggling never goes away. Instead, children still struggle, but at this point, they don’t believe that homework is important. Source D had actually shown that high schoolers had higher grades when they spent more time doing work. They take the time to study and learn how to work through problems on their own, which helps them when taking tests. Multiple sources have stated
This quote demonstrates that Taliban closed the school so quickly with the only reason saying that this school is against the God and killing the teacher. The place to learn knowledge disappeared like how ashes do,
“Society can survive only if there exists among its members a sufficient degree of homogeneity: education perpetuates and reinforces this homogeneity by fixing in the child from the beginning the essential similarities which collective life demands.”
The idea that compulsory schooling is wrong and that the way we do it is damaging to many students is an accusation worth examining. John Holt, a disillusioned educator and founder of the idea of “unschooling” (Holt, 1969), first wrote about the need to end compulsory institutionalized schooling in the 1960’s and his ideas are still spoken about in homeschooling societies across North America. (The newsletter, still being produced,
Many students in school struggle to complete piles of homework assigned to them each night. Some wonder if homework is really critical to learning, and many wish homework wouldn’t exist at all. These people argue that homework is overwhelming and it takes away most of their free time at home and is just “busy work”. While some people may feel this way, I personally believe that homework is a key point of learning because it teaches time management and helps solidify what was learned during the day.