Since one of our tasks is to speculate on the future of the education, I thought I could use this video to look at the present as a means of preparing for the future. This sketch produced during the SNL show, is supposed to be caricaturely funny about the American way of life in general, but this one looks at education. What is useful here is what Morgan Freeman has to say about the topic. Watch and enjoy!
Gets you thinking - what kind of questions about education will they be asking in the future ahead?
I start my
reflection with the song for a reason. Education has to be connected.
According to Mark
Weston, Ph.D, it is a system that is interconnected and all the parts are
interdependent. Changes in one system should affect
the other parts of the system.
IF that is my ideal of education, then the
responsibility of ensuring the success of the system is truly a team effort –
legislators, administrators, coordinators, supervisors, teachers, monitors,
students and parents, as long as each group is aware of their role and how they
fit in the big puzzle.
What are some
of the roles of education and how do some of my colleagues see them coming to
play?
Only way to
progress = education 4 all (Mehreen Ali)
Education
builds tomorrow's society (Aline Chiracu)
An entrance
exam to make education inclusive (Maria Stewart)
An effective
education system is that brings the best out of the individual
(@beautyinthemist)
Education is
not received. It is achieved (Einstein - Sona Ashtoyan)
3 essential
inputs - well-trained teachers, state-of-the-art textbooks, adequate school
facilities - the 1st being the most important (according to Laurence Wright)
Upskilling and
work experience as part of education in Singapore (Debbie Wong)
How do we invest
in better public schools? The answer goes back to the connectivity: use a holistic approach
Stephen Ball's
mantra of economic and political competitiveness being dependent on human
academic capital has pushed governments into a quandary: it is cash-strapped,
making it impossible to invest directly in education and as such have
sub-contracted services. Education has become an industry and learning has been
held hostage by numbers, results international standard tests.
