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Old 06-29-2008, 10:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by coberst View Post
I would argue that our educational system, which I assume uses the Classical Education Model, has failed us. We adults must become self-actualizing self-learners in order that we might begin to reset our educational system onto a more useful course.
For the most part the educational system in the US has turned 180 degrees away from the Classical Education Philosophy. This has happened over the last 40 years. Coberst, I’m confident that you came from a Classical Educational background.

Classical Education first teaches the pupil the foundation (rote knowledge) to then build the critical thinking the problem solving skills necessary to become self-learners.

The current philosophy in education is a progressive standards based method. As I’m sure you are aware the educational system in the US has been experimenting with different teaching methods of decades. Sadly we see that many of the methods fail so the prevailing belief that has evolved is that we are to be perpetual students.

Please don’t misunderstand, we should be continually learning but we should be better self-learners rather than continual reliance on educational institutions and courses. Continued reliance upon institutional learning does not show a dedication to learning, but instead that one has never really acquired the skills of learning.

In this age of academia it is appalling how often we see people traipse off to the local community college to learn some subject they could very easily acquire by spending a couple of evenings with the right books. If a teacher has not taught his students to learn for themselves, he can only be seen as a failure. Sadly, we tend to equate the level of someone’s education with the amount of time they have spent in the academic institutions, rather than by how quickly they come to be free of the need for those institutions. This was not as prevalent 40 - 50 years ago.

Great topic! Thanks coberst, I’m pleased to meet you.

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