Building Blocks Of Education : Rabindranath Tagore By Rabindranath Tagore

Although both cultures place high value on educational and financial achievement, which fosters a high level of competition, a distinct variance can be seen. (Ellingwood) From an early age, Chinese youth are taught to think of their nation and people as a whole, with the common good of their society being a driving force for their education and behaviors. In contrast, the youth of the United States are driven more by individual achievement and personal growth, especially from a financial standpoint. Conflict and harmony are central in the educational system of China, while the US accepts or even openly embraces conflict. Youth in the United States are not dedicated to friends the way they are in China, and they will make sacrifices in their interpersonal relationships in order to benefit themselves, as opposed to making a personal sacrifice in order to help their peers. However there is a very clear cultural universal between the two countries in the fact that educational achievement is promoted and highly valued by the older members of society, along with their governing bodies. (Buzzle) A lack of material success is frowned upon in both nations, although what defines "success" can be widely varied in terms of monetary

A country’s economic system decides its education system. Since China and Canada have different economic systems, China is developing on a diversified ownership economy, while Canada is running its economy by pure capitalism. It is obvious two different education systems run in those two countries respectively. And from my personal experience and some hearing from my friends, I found five main disadvantages of China’s education comparing with Canada’s education.

The role of education in society has proven to service the people through the spreading of information, teaching of lessons and simply giving the gift of knowledge. With the gift of knowledge, we ultimately give the other the right and the ability, more importantly, to make their own informed choices. An educated mind can go beyond the limits set out by society and can make wise decisions regarding their health, success and general well being by simply using rationale. The level of education one obtains is directly related to the health of that individual, whereby it determines the person’s quality of life and life expectancy. Further more, one may be lead to believe that education is the most

American universities currently do a better job overall at preparing students for the society. Vartan

Due to the frequent discussion of superiority between the two schooling methods, much research has been

Although I have lived in America, I still feel infinitely grateful for my birth country, China. As Malcolm, Gladwell writes in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Chinese is innate born with diligence since the thousands of their ancestors have been working on the rice paddies days and nights to cultivate the corps, in the hope of earnning the fortune to the whole family. They believed that work hard, and the reward they will attain will respectively increase. This iron rule could also efficiently apply to Chinese education. Since China is a developed country, a large part of its population struggle to make a living under the average line of poverty, therefore it has a high demand on elite, with which to progress the whole society in all

The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock market. We want to provide such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education". – Gandhi

The author of this article compares and contrasts the education of America and China, naming China the superior education system. Dad states that the American education system is spiraling out of control due to xenophobia within the country. After 9-11, the government was concerned about foreign graduate students, causing these students to travel elsewhere for further education, such as Australian universities. This has caused a serious issue that is resulting in the elimination of programs in the schools. However, China’s education system is thriving, increasing its student capacity and upgrading facilities. The diminishing American education has allowed Asian schools to improve and receive high-achieving students.

The goals for education that Nussbaum articulates seem similar in some ways from Tagore’s goals for education in “To Teachers.” One aspect of Nussbaum and Tagore do share in common is giving all students an equal opportunity to grow into their full potential as adults. Another aspect of similarity, as students are learning vary subjects and ideas, they are also learning to be open minded to other student’s values from their own values. These two core connections are the similarity of Nussbaum and Tagore want from a school system.

The differences that exist between the Chinese and American education systems are great and obvious. However, some of these differences don’t play to the strengths of the representative country. American schools allow for greater freedom of movement and choice, while Chinese schools decide the “what”, “where”, and “how” of educational circumstance for the students (Bush, tony, and Qiang Haiyan). These differences in structure should lead to a greater educational standard being held by China, but that isn’t always the case. This paper will examine the differences in education system in the two countries and show that the Chinese system, while

Education is needed for individuals to function in society. Without the proper tools, people would be a burden instead of an asset. To become an asset, individuals need to be exposed to those elements which would enrich their lives through knowledge. Knowledge in our society is basically learned through education. The basic knowledge each person should receive from an education is the three R’s; reading writing, and arithmetic. These mediums will enable a person to survive in today’s society.

The differences between the Chinese education and the American education are more obvious in people’s mind, not only to the international students, but also to the native students and some people who study on this. As more and more Chinese students come to America to have better education, we should think about why the American education system is better and how could we change our system to have a new education system in China. These differences have some deeply reason, like the American is the nation which loves freedom. It took long time to make such a big difference between the two education systems, and we need longer time to change it. An undeniable

In this context I would like to bring to your notice that this is how Tagore conceptualized and broughts up his famous Santiniketan (Abode of Peace) where the entire educational system was integrated from pre-nursery to the stage of Masters’ Degree and where the teaching was imparted in open air classrooms in natural surroundings. Poet himself used to take some nursery and

In this essay, I will be writing on Jiddu Krishnamurti’s concept that the true function of education should be to prepare people for life. In addition, I will relate Jiddu Krishnamurti’s concept to my own personal life. As a result, one should agree that the true function of education should be to prepare people for life. By demonstrating the consequences of following the formulas society has given us and are expected of us to conform to, Jiddu Krishnamuti’s The Function of Education suggests that the true function of education should be to prepare people for life by allowing people to think freely and to not feel the need to conform to society.

Education is generally accepted as a major source of development of any civilised society. Francis Bacon in his words said “Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them, and wise men use them”. The importance of education to the development of the society has made all concerned stakeholders to be interested in its administration, planning and dissemination to the entire populace.