Wow Tolis! What an insightful video. I especially liked the way the video was captured...what a creative way to draw the viewer in. Is this the same guy that created the video about words you posted? Anyway, he was right. When we were growing up, we were led with the theory if you do well in school and go to college, you'll get a good job. I can't begin to count how many of my friends did exactly that and still can't get a job in the education field. I feel as if undergrad students should be told this when applying for education in NJ...
Great video Tolis, thanks for sharing. I just commented on a discussion that Michelle posted about having Steve Jobs, a non-college educated person giving the commencement speech at Stanford, but its so true that degree does not equal success. Just as the video stated we have to think of different ways to teach and measure success for our kids. We are totally stuck in the 20th century. I liked how they showed the assembly line, that was eye opening. We really do need to think outside the box.
My colleague and I at school always say that we are going to start our own charter school and change education, if we ever did this video would be our calling card.
I think this video had a lot of interesting points. It's certainly relevant to examine education from a historical standpoint - our society and culture have changed tremendously, but our educational goals seem to remain stagnant. I strongly agree that we need to break out of the academic/non-academic labeling process and explore new paths to educating all students as to their varying abilities. I also think ADHD is completely overused in dealing with "problem" children. Although the solutions are not a simple as just recongnizing the problems in modern educational theory and practice, it's important to look beyond what is and strive for what could be.
Wow Tolis! What an insightful video. I especially liked the way the video was captured...what a creative way to draw the viewer in. Is this the same guy that created the video about words you posted? Anyway, he was right. When we were growing up, we were led with the theory if you do well in school and go to college, you'll get a good job. I can't begin to count how many of my friends did exactly that and still can't get a job in the education field. I feel as if undergrad students should be told this when applying for education in NJ...
ReplyDeleteGreat video Tolis, thanks for sharing. I just commented on a discussion that Michelle posted about having Steve Jobs, a non-college educated person giving the commencement speech at Stanford, but its so true that degree does not equal success. Just as the video stated we have to think of different ways to teach and measure success for our kids. We are totally stuck in the 20th century. I liked how they showed the assembly line, that was eye opening. We really do need to think outside the box.
ReplyDeleteMy colleague and I at school always say that we are going to start our own charter school and change education, if we ever did this video would be our calling card.
I think this video had a lot of interesting points. It's certainly relevant to examine education from a historical standpoint - our society and culture have changed tremendously, but our educational goals seem to remain stagnant. I strongly agree that we need to break out of the academic/non-academic labeling process and explore new paths to educating all students as to their varying abilities. I also think ADHD is completely overused in dealing with "problem" children. Although the solutions are not a simple as just recongnizing the problems in modern educational theory and practice, it's important to look beyond what is and strive for what could be.
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