There have been many arguments for adding more creative and critical thinking to education, and moving away from "drill and kill." If you were making an argument for more "little scientists & critics," how would you convince parents, teachers, and administrators? What support and evidence would you use to argue for critical, creative, and scientific thinking?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Prompt for November 4th
There have been many arguments for adding more creative and critical thinking to education, and moving away from "drill and kill." If you were making an argument for more "little scientists & critics," how would you convince parents, teachers, and administrators? What support and evidence would you use to argue for critical, creative, and scientific thinking?
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I don't think there needs to be any convincing with evidence to persuade people to support an education system that develops critical, scientific, and creative thinking. These should already be the goals of education. If education does not aim for this, then what is it aiming for? Simply memorization of facts and concepts to appease teachers? Maybe. And yes, we do need an education that is rooted in factual science and a certain degree of memory skills, but these skills should be the foundation which leads to the critical and scientific thinking that all adults should be capable of. Based on some of the stuff we have been learning in class, it seems that critical thinking can be enhanced through certain techniques, but this would require an entire revamp of our education system, which I do not think will happen. This is anecdotal, but in my experience, formal education has provided me with a good groundwork for certain skills that have helped me cultivate more important skills, but most of the critical and creative type thinking that I've been able to develop has come from educational experiences outside of the formalized classroom system. I think that there are many more life opportunities outside of the formal education system that can help to develop critical thinking skills more than sitting in a classroom for 6 hours every day.
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