Why is the School System Failing?

This video is sponsored by the great courses plus click the link in the description to get your free one-month trial in Part 1 of the series we discuss some of the history of our schools and realize that there were even some benefits to a public and standardized education But there are a few cons of the current public and standardized system that are becoming more and more apparent in recent years Firstly it stifles creativity the students are limited in the subject matter they can learn and the ways in which they can learn Secondly a values efficiency mastery and promotes incomplete understanding of subject material the current school system operates like a factory Students have a certain amount of time to get graded And they're either good products or bad products the system moves students along after a certain period of time and not when they've fully mastered the current subject matter in Sal Khan's book the One World schoolhouse He refers to this as Swiss cheese learning Students are allowed to pass on to the next year subject matter if they obtain a grade of at least 50% That means there's over 50% of the material that they don't understand Eventually all these holes in their learning will catch up to them, and they'll hit a point where the material stops making sense The analogy Sal uses is that of a house you wouldn't build a house on week foundation Would you but we're constantly doing this to our students by pushing them ahead Regardless of their mastery over a topic again the current school system is like an assembly line values quantity over quality Lastly curriculums are quickly becoming outdated the world is evolving so rapidly that our older institutions Can't keep up if you look at the revolutions in human history from? agricultural to Informational you'll see that the gaps between them are getting smaller and smaller all of the great revolutions in history have also had massive changes In how we educated one another except for the most recent information age But we are starting to see a shift in the educational paradigm Here are some of my predictions on the future of education education Will likely be digital automated and highly personalized for the individual it will go at the students pace And it will require students to master subject matter before moving on It will also be cheaper than ever before we are already starting to see these things emerge with the birth of khanacademy educational YouTube channels and an increase in quality in online courses you have sites like Udemy or Skillshare. We can learn practice skills online Universities are starting to put some of their lectures and notes online Some are even hosting massive open online courses also known as MOOCs soon a student's entire Education will be based around a laptop and the internet with teachers being utilized on an as-needed basis education will become more meritocratic Students will reward the best educators with their attention and money and so educators will start to compete to be the best or to be unique as a result we'll see an increase in the quality of education students get the road to this type of Education will be a difficult one the roots of our current system run deep the infrastructure is already there Meanwhile the infrastructure for the future of education is still in its infancy Online education still doesn't have the prestige and clout that traditional colleges have although this paradigm is shifting as well No one's going to hire a doctor or lawyer who learned everything online But they would hire a programmer graphic designer digital marketer an animator or writer who learned everything online Here's the final note that I'd like to conclude on: human curiosity is very hard to kill We are naturally very curious beings you can see that by analyzing little kids and seeing how they interact with the world around them They're fascinated, and they want to know how it all works and fits together. This is human nature We can see that a current system is starting to show its age because it's somehow Miraculously putting out the flames of human curiosity in our youth. Young kids are seeing education as a chore I think most of us would agree that the current system is outdated And will leave many students unprepared for a rapidly changing future. For them, I already feel sad although there's still lots of work to be done. I'm quite optimistic about the future of our education I'm excited to see a world where we can bring back a system of education that allows students to find and use their natural talents and inclinations to make the world around them a better place I'm excited to see a world where students freely choose to understand the parts of the world that fascinate them instead of having their natural curiosity snuffed out. Thanks to The Great Courses Plus, You can get a free one-month trial to their services by clicking the link in the description. 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Length: 5min 4sec (304 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 26 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Udontlikecake]

There's a lot of good points here, but I think there's also tons of issues, and it certainly isn't as simple as it's presented.

Personally what stuck out most to me was the idea that all education will (should?) be online, and that teachers are only there when needed.

The idea of that system being more effective for learning than being in an actual classroom is a little ridiculous to me. I could see for certain areas, but for all of secondary education?

Again, there's other stuff but that was one thing that irked me