Conception Of Education

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The capacity to discover, create, innovate, and revolutionize has distinguished the human king from any and all the others living creatures of the world. The unexplored dimensions of the human mind have been and will continue to be the greatest mystery ever encounter by our specie. Especially if our “evolving system” continues to limit the phenomenal capacities of humans’ intellect to the necessities of the ordinary society we live in. While a portion of society is delighted with the accomplishment and discoveries our kind has done, a greater part of the human race fails to see the magnificence and authenticity of their individual minds and bodies. Humankind’s reality have become a limited one; having been trained to see the world as an irreparable …show more content…
Starting on the first day of school, our bodies and minds commences to be limited by the rules and requirements of the educational institution. There are certain manners to sit, speak, and behave; nonetheless, strictly define ways of learning. Primarily focused on achieving academic excellence as an institution rather than in the development of its pupils, the curriculum of every educational academy forces an education method of answers; no one of questions and in search for the full understanding of the process that leads to the right answer. As Freire discusses, “ An education of answers does not at all help the curiosity that is indispensable in the cognitive process. On the contrary, this form of education emphasizes the mechanical memorization of contents. Only an education of question can trigger, motive and reinforce curiosity”(Freire, p.391). An education drive by the only purpose of getting the right answer without questioning how; this is one of the reason why students are no motivated to continue their education. How can a teacher motivate students to actually learn something, when all they are being taught is to memorize the right

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