Yesterday there was a demonstration because of the discontent we have with education in this country, today is "teacher's day". Today we will write about education. You decide the angle from where you wish to approach it.
I think this vid stresses really important points regarding where education is going. I hope you enjoyed it. I will adress it from a different angle, though.
I had the opportunity to work assessing educational projects for the ministry of education in the past. This experience somehow changed my view of things , I would say not in a positive way. One of my main interest was on educational policy.
I feel the issue of education is somehow a lost cause with the political class we have. Unfortunately, many of the people in congress have money invested in schools and universities. Why would they want any changes? They can afford a "good" school for their kids and they know they will enter Uni.
A second point is; why would they want educated people?. A country which applies "critical thinking" is a country which could get organized and fight to make changes for the people. 4,6 of our GDP is devoted to education. The lowest in the OECD. How can we develop at a micro level without proper education for everyone?
On a different note, education is an THE area where emphasis should be put. Especially, in the first few years. If kids are allowed to be themselves, to explore the world with some guidance and especially, with affection, half of the work is done. For me, what is happening in most schools in Chile nowadays is a shame. We have a lot of children who misbehave because at home they are left by themselves. We also have a number of teachers who have not realized the world is changing and simply cannot cope with today's children in the classroom. As a result, an important number of kids are diagnosed with ADHD and taking different types of medication. Consequently, these kids are not themselves. Food for thought.
Last but not least, teachers have a great amount of paper work outside the classroom and little time for themselves and for professional development. In the case of Chile,most of them are underpaid. the conditions are pretty bad. I do not want to generalize but a number of them don't have the motivation they need to be in the classroom let alone teach or do research. I can't blame them.
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Is very sad the situation in our country. We must to change it from our disciplines.
ReplyDeleteIs very important the education for a integral human´s development.
Miss, Happy Teacher´s Day.
ReplyDeletei think that this educational system are so Bad.
Education is the basis of everything. We need to start to recognize the worth of this profession.
ReplyDeleteHappy Teacher's Day! The Chilean's educational system is decayed, Sincerely, I have the hope of a deep change in the educational structure!
ReplyDeleteI am really agree, sometimes is difficult to change the people´s mind when they don´t have the educational problems that many people lives
ReplyDeleteI think that Education is very important, for this I studied education. I believe that a new education is possible if work all together.
ReplyDeleteI think that one of the biggest problem is that the persons that decide the future of education, have a lot of personal of interesting. Like you say. Why they want to change the things?
ReplyDeletei agree a lot with the last part!
ReplyDeletewith respect to your last point, I think something we urgently have to changes is the exploitation out of the class room. My dad is a language teacher and he always work in the house!!
ReplyDeleteI am agree, I think that the formal education isn´t good.
ReplyDeleteI am agree, I think that the formal education isn´t good.
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