Education is one of the distinctive identities of every society or nation. India had a glorious educational past but however the educational trends are now in support of the western education. Indian masses are completely lagging behind in this vital field and the developing countries are on edge over us. To make it clear, it is indispensable for us to know the main objective of education.
1- To help the individuals to adjust with the surroundings.
2- To earn enough for himself and his family.
3- To contribute something of worth to his nation, society and humanity.
So let’s sit back and reflect that are we studying to accomplish these objectives or simply attaining so as to satisfy our hungry parents.
A clear question in every frustrated young minds are why are we studying? Why couldn’t the world be without texts and notes? Everywhere we set off study! Study! STUDY! Why aren’t anyone giving a rational answer? For these penetrating minds the answer is right below:
1- To think logically.
2- To work in a cooperative but highly bloodthirsty environment subjugated by tremendously growing and changing technologies.
3- To develop mental faculties so that man could throw in something of great value to the society.
4- To enable man to respect others and get the maximum out of their capabilities.
5- To manage the resources in a prudent manner for maximum output in all spheres of life.
6- And as mentioned earlier, for survival and for earning a livelihood.Now let’s visualize a classroom where there are maximum 20 students and one teacher right in front of them talking about, how the 9/11 took place, about the audacious soldiers and their spirit to save their populace. One student raises his hand and asks whether she had witnessed such an event. This was the scenario and is in some of the schools like in India and you can say developing countries.
Welcome to the future!Let it be the same circumstance but with a little difference. Here the teacher is beside a wide screen where a documentary is shown about the 9/11 incident and the students actually grasp about the history with complete understanding. The topic is the same, the teacher is the same and the students are the same. Not to forget the question asked by the student is also similar. The only difference is a big difference, i.e. some students might find it intolerably dreary. When a video is shown it might turn out to be very remarkable. This is part of the human psychology.It is necessary for the schools to feed in the students with the potential to face the changes in the educational world. In today’s era every field is undergoing massive changes at every point of time.
We can look forward to the future education to be as such:
1- It would be vocation oriented.
2- It would be highly competitive.
3- It would be able to screen out the candidates according to their capabilities.
4- The relationship between the student and the teacher would become intimate and friendly. The ancient norms of education would be followed.
5- Informal discussions and brain storming techniques would be promoted for better understanding of students.
6- Failure would not be treated as unfortunate. It would be assumed to be stepping stone for success.
7- Understanding and applications of knowledge would be promoted.
8- The hackneyed educational system would be transformed to interactive learning approach.
9- Education would be sans political machinations and campus friction.
Knowledge is dynamic mechanism that carries the best of the past and responds uniquely to the future. Education would shift from mass teaching to personalized instruction, from single learning to multiple learning, passive absorption to action oriented and participative learning, rigid daily teaching sessions to flexible schedules, theoretical- sweet nothings to technical and practical knowledge base, teacher orientation to student’s initiative, emphasis on textbooks to usage of computers, interactive learning and internet and finally, passive mastery of information to action simulation of the brain.
1- To help the individuals to adjust with the surroundings.
2- To earn enough for himself and his family.
3- To contribute something of worth to his nation, society and humanity.
So let’s sit back and reflect that are we studying to accomplish these objectives or simply attaining so as to satisfy our hungry parents.
A clear question in every frustrated young minds are why are we studying? Why couldn’t the world be without texts and notes? Everywhere we set off study! Study! STUDY! Why aren’t anyone giving a rational answer? For these penetrating minds the answer is right below:
1- To think logically.
2- To work in a cooperative but highly bloodthirsty environment subjugated by tremendously growing and changing technologies.
3- To develop mental faculties so that man could throw in something of great value to the society.
4- To enable man to respect others and get the maximum out of their capabilities.
5- To manage the resources in a prudent manner for maximum output in all spheres of life.
6- And as mentioned earlier, for survival and for earning a livelihood.Now let’s visualize a classroom where there are maximum 20 students and one teacher right in front of them talking about, how the 9/11 took place, about the audacious soldiers and their spirit to save their populace. One student raises his hand and asks whether she had witnessed such an event. This was the scenario and is in some of the schools like in India and you can say developing countries.
Welcome to the future!Let it be the same circumstance but with a little difference. Here the teacher is beside a wide screen where a documentary is shown about the 9/11 incident and the students actually grasp about the history with complete understanding. The topic is the same, the teacher is the same and the students are the same. Not to forget the question asked by the student is also similar. The only difference is a big difference, i.e. some students might find it intolerably dreary. When a video is shown it might turn out to be very remarkable. This is part of the human psychology.It is necessary for the schools to feed in the students with the potential to face the changes in the educational world. In today’s era every field is undergoing massive changes at every point of time.
We can look forward to the future education to be as such:
1- It would be vocation oriented.
2- It would be highly competitive.
3- It would be able to screen out the candidates according to their capabilities.
4- The relationship between the student and the teacher would become intimate and friendly. The ancient norms of education would be followed.
5- Informal discussions and brain storming techniques would be promoted for better understanding of students.
6- Failure would not be treated as unfortunate. It would be assumed to be stepping stone for success.
7- Understanding and applications of knowledge would be promoted.
8- The hackneyed educational system would be transformed to interactive learning approach.
9- Education would be sans political machinations and campus friction.
Knowledge is dynamic mechanism that carries the best of the past and responds uniquely to the future. Education would shift from mass teaching to personalized instruction, from single learning to multiple learning, passive absorption to action oriented and participative learning, rigid daily teaching sessions to flexible schedules, theoretical- sweet nothings to technical and practical knowledge base, teacher orientation to student’s initiative, emphasis on textbooks to usage of computers, interactive learning and internet and finally, passive mastery of information to action simulation of the brain.
