What is the purpose of education?
Teachers must maintain curiosity; fundamental tasks of teachers
are to set examples. Sometimes, communication is thought to be just verbal. However,
it is also achieved with the body, the whole body, eyes, look, face; a certain air
we may adopt, suggesting curiosity. It is important to be curious while teaching
mainly for the engagement and interaction from the pupils. Why educate? What
for? One reason is to develop the ability to ask good questions, and to refute
false answers. There is no real humanistic education, no education for
liberation. Teachers must not be afraid of asking questions, it is not necessary
to give talks about asking. It is better to ask, give an example to the pupils
of the pleasure and the need of questions.
Education for all and the quality of life – meaning that when
we think of education for all, we immediately think of an education which is
committed to the concerns of men and women in world. Attaining a better quality
of life for those making history in the world, this never means to impose a concept
of education for all. What should be ethically and politically imposed should be
that education for all is really provided throughout the world, since it is a
right. (Paulo Freire, p.3)
How to achieve education for all, is for the people of the
world and not just the responsibility of the government. It will be hard to see
a future without an equilibrium between riches and poverty. One of the problems
is that the leadership of the Third World belongs to the First. We must include
in the notion of development the question of the quality of life. This change is
o immense importance for education.
The main purpose of education is to strengthen your mind so
that you can more easily learn to deal with specific challenges you will face
throughout your life. Even though you will forget most of what you learned in
school, the intense effort you spent struggling with difficult academic
material tones your mind, just like how physical conditioning tones your body.
(Philip J. Guo, 2010)
The ULTIMATE purpose of education is to open the mind of
students and prepare them to face the world. But unfortunately, students think
education is getting a degree from a reputed university and landing a high
paying job (Ayushi Kushwaha, law student. 2018) We shall always be crowned as people
who are intelligent and fit to be a part of a processive society. We understand
education to be a privilege card that exempts us from any responsibility
towards the liberate or the less-educated ones. (Ayushi Kushwaha, law student.
2018)
From a personal view, education is seen more on the social
class/working class side and can be taken advantage of very easily. This meaning,
children who have education handed to them on a plate (started attending school
from a young age) don’t realise how much of an impact education can have on the
rest of their lives. However, there are children around the world who are
unable to go to school because of their parent’s income, or housing, there are
so many issues as to why children can be deprived of an education. These children
are desperate for an education while others throw it away and don’t appreciate how
fortunate they are. ‘education is the key to lifting families out of poverty’
(concern.org) each year someone spends in school accounts for a 10% increase in
their potential earnings. Four years in primary school can boost a farmer’s productivity
by nearly nine percent – education reduces poverty. Education reduces inequality,
education is a key factor associated with men’s attitudes towards women. Men
with less education – particularly those who have not completed secondary school,
have more rigid attitudes and are more likely to be violent towards their
family. (concern.org) This is all relevant and facts to how important education
is to children and how education can also affect the whole family as well as the
child.
Pedagogy is a really important role in education. Pedagogy is
how someone teaches, the importance of a clear set of actions to help achieve
goals. This meaning the dynamic relationship between learning, teaching and culture.
Pedagogy interacts with and draws together beliefs about learners and learning,
teacher and teaching and curriculum.
Pedagogic strategies refer to a general abstract teaching
method. Some approaches/methods are;
·
Integrative Approach – make connections of
learning across curricula; focuses on connections rather than isolated facts. It
aims to connect what is learned in school to real life situations.
·
Integrative Teaching - thematic teaching, theme
helps students see the meaningful connections across disciplines or learning
areas.
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Reflective Approach – teachers analyse their own
practice and underlying basis to consider alternative means for achieving their
ends.
·
Collaborative Approach – collective learning,
learning communities, peer teaching, peer learning or team learning. (think,
pair, share)
·
Inquiry-based Approach – learners acquire
knowledge by investigation. (role play, games, mode)
So why is education important? Education
helps to bring productive results. Education is important as the population is
increasing, needs of people are raising. Education brings importance to children
as they are the future of our world and they should be updated with current
affairs. Children are the weapons to build the nation with all their knowledge and
education. Children will stand out as future leaders to develop the nation from
all the issues, the hurdles stopping to grow. We should inculcate the past
generation’s values and carry them with huge current innovations. It helps to
break the social evils like racism and poverty line, so each child must be educated.
References
The Purpose of Education; Extract from “The 40th
Anniversary of the UNESCO Institute for Education. Freire, P. (1992)
The main purpose of education, available at http://pgbovine.net/purpose-of-education.htm
(2010) (accessed on 28/04/19)
What is the ultimate purpose of education? Available at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-ultimate-purpose-of-education-Are-we-achieving-the-concept-of-education-1
(2018) (accessed on 28/04/19)
Why pedagogy matters, available at https://www.unesco.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pedagogy.pdf
(accessed on 28/04/19)
Pedagogical Approaches, available at https://www.slideshare.net/sherylpacheco37/pedagogical-approaches-78844794
(accessed on 28/04/19)
Why is education important? Available at https://www.concern.org.uk/about/our-programmes/education/why-education-important
(accessed on 28/04/19)
Why is education important? By Chitra Reddy Available at https://content.wisestep.com/education-important-top-reasons/
(accessed on 28/04/19)
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