June
2008
Modern research techniques?0
“How to bring our schools out of the 20th century” is such a detailed and lengthy article that it would be impossible to discuss in full detail here, but it really is very interesting, especially the section about trying to make children more “worldly” thinkers.
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It also mentions how finding information on Google is convenient, but can be misleading (with the possibility of misinformation), which I absolutely agree with. I feel schools are doing a wonderful job encouraging students not to search on Wikipedia for their term paper, though, at least the schools I’ve gone to. Wikipedia and google used to be regarded as the plague back when I was writing essays, and I avoided it accordingly. I feel the internet can be a powerful tool for finding information, but it can be clear (If taught properly) what information is trustworthy.
The article expands to many more points, but I personally feel that we have advanced massively in terms of educating students already. Students sitting and writing notes, though, cannot be extinguished entirely, and we shouldn’t expect that! It shouldn’t be used often in primary education, but it isn’t a horrible way to teach. It’s a valid method of teaching, but like all methods in primary education, it should change.
Besides, if sitting and writing notes is wrong and “prehistoric”, then are all universities teaching us incorrectly?
