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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Lastly curriculums are quickly becoming outdated the world is evolving so rapidly that our older institutions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.
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