Since the days of enlightenment, the importance of public education has always been highlighted as a tool for increase in overall knowledge of citizens. And this policy, even if not welcomed in early times, is working well as a basic sturture for every nation. New education policies of the government are always subjects to debate in Korea, and the majority of mothers in this very nation is trying hard to provide their children more chance for being integrated in this system well.
However, there is something weird in this mechanism; something strange, something unstable. The government's education policy always calls confusion as well as negative side effects, and parents' efforts toward better education often result to serious social problems. These problems result from the incongruity of this policy to the overwhelming ideology of the society; since the former is derived from equity-related and somewhat socialistic concept, while the latter is capitalism itself. This causes the former to fit the format of the latter; makes people to require capitalistic competition in the equal education curriculum; results in increasing demand on private education which would provide higher standards of learning. There the paradox emerges.
The loss of creativity is one of these series of symptoms. Creativity is enhanced in education when accepting the existence of difference and specialties of every single students in the curriculum. Because the capitalist education bases on the evaluation in standardized basis for equal chances of competition, it seems impossible to expect creativity under the current education system.
The solution is change in education; the education that would provide students diverse standards that would enhance creativity of students. If every single students receive credit for not only studying, but drawing freely, dancing enthusiastically and playing the guitar arduously, it would be perfect for them to be creative artists as well as open-minded leaders in this very society.
-Motions-
1. THW enforce regular exams in school courses to the students.
2. THB education makes people dumb.
3. THB debate sessions in education curricula are necessary.
-Motions-
1. THW enforce regular exams in school courses to the students.
2. THB education makes people dumb.
3. THB debate sessions in education curricula are necessary.
Did you change your background? I like it. Anyways, good observations. That second paragraph was quite complex and I had to read it twice - but I get your meaning. You reference capitalism as the driving force of our education which is a valid statement. What if GNH (Gross National Happiness) were the focus instead? I think creativity goes hand in hand with happiness and a sense of personal achievement. When are students happiest? Probably when they are creating something.
답글삭제Good motions - number three particularly - though I think it could use some tweaking. What if students got to determine their curriculum and have a say (to some extent)? That would be interesting.