1. David Orr states that our earth is mismanagement and overpopulation. In our later days, there are many determinants, such as climate stability, the beauty of the natural world, and biological diversity so on. The terrible thing is that these consequences are not caused by the work of ignorant people, but those highly educated people. Our living environment might be injured caused by education.
2. In this article, David looks historically; Francis Bacon proposed that knowledge and power is commonwealth. Galileo thought that creativity, humor, and wholeness are in the dominant position. In Descartes’ epistemology, people found the roots of the radical separation of self and object. After these three foundations, David gives six myths about the foundations of modern education.
3. Thinking about “What education must be for?”, David suggests six new principles for education. Four proposals are coming on. He believes that school is a good environment for learning. All …show more content…
Education is always a hot topic for every country experts to search, but so far, only few people understand why we need to get education. When I was in an elementary school, my parents told me that I went to school to get education just for my future life. To get education means to learn knowledge, to get a good job, and then have a lovely marriage.
Education is not an end, but a means to an end to achieve something. First of all, the most traditional understanding of education is teaching knowledge, so I think the most fundamental purpose of getting education is to increase our knowledge and skills, and then it will influence my life. Now for us, school education seems more important, but in many people’s eyes, a person is smart or not depends on the result of their examinations. In my opinion, tests do not measure intelligence or ability, and everyone has his or her own good place. Knowledge by itself has no value; it depends on where it is
2. In this article, David looks historically; Francis Bacon proposed that knowledge and power is commonwealth. Galileo thought that creativity, humor, and wholeness are in the dominant position. In Descartes’ epistemology, people found the roots of the radical separation of self and object. After these three foundations, David gives six myths about the foundations of modern education.
3. Thinking about “What education must be for?”, David suggests six new principles for education. Four proposals are coming on. He believes that school is a good environment for learning. All …show more content…
Education is always a hot topic for every country experts to search, but so far, only few people understand why we need to get education. When I was in an elementary school, my parents told me that I went to school to get education just for my future life. To get education means to learn knowledge, to get a good job, and then have a lovely marriage.
Education is not an end, but a means to an end to achieve something. First of all, the most traditional understanding of education is teaching knowledge, so I think the most fundamental purpose of getting education is to increase our knowledge and skills, and then it will influence my life. Now for us, school education seems more important, but in many people’s eyes, a person is smart or not depends on the result of their examinations. In my opinion, tests do not measure intelligence or ability, and everyone has his or her own good place. Knowledge by itself has no value; it depends on where it is