What is Education? Education is more than just a whiteboard or blackboard or a marker or chalk. Education is a process that deals with engaging the mind and spirit of students to think divergently, creatively and intellectually. Education is not a system, but an organ used to stimulate conversations, improve skills and acquire mastery. Education is an investment is the future and life as a whole. Education is a tool students can employ for all round development to help live independently, adapt to the society and discover their real selves. Although education deals with the empowerment of people in the modern society, thus the education system should focus more on teachers and students’ interaction in the classroom setting. Also,
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It is linked to learning. Education is not just to teach students subjects that would help them pass an exam or test, but also provides lessons that can offer solutions in everyday life. Robinson talks about a book where people were tested on divergent thinking and if you passed you were known as a genius. He states that the people who passed were Kindergarten student, but as they got older, their level of divergent thinking decreased. Why is this? It is because of the educational model. Students are not allowed to think about multiple answers. Robinson states, “There’s only one answer, it is at the back and don’t look!” This has caused the divergent thinking of students to decrease. By developing divergent thinking, students learn faster and stimulate their creativity, earn good grades and become prepared for the …show more content…
In the Ted talk, “Embrace the near win”, Sarah Lewis defined mastery as “a commitment to a constant pursuit”. She talks about when she observed some varsity archers and their persistence to hit their target. It is only mastery that can stimulate such doggedness. In his book, “Drive” Daniel Pink tells us about the three laws of mastery (Pink 120). The first Law states that Mastery is a mindset (Pink 120) .The varsity archer already had the winning mindset before they joined the team with the goal to win every game. Our self-theories of ourselves determine the outcome of things in our life. The second law states that Mastery is Pain (Pink 123). Standing for three hours is not easy but because of determinations, the archers did it. Nobody can climb the ladder of success without hard work. The third law states that Mastery is an Asymptote (Pink 126). Though the archers tried and tried to hit the shot, they did not for a very long period. This has a lot to do with education. When a student starts a school year with the mindset of a winner, the student is bound to pass every test and exam but when the student has the mindset of a looser, that is what unfolds. Education is not an easy task but strong determination is what brings a person to a lofty place in life. Mastery involves pain, but the more the activity is repeated, the more a person learns and improves on the skills. No one can attain perfection.
It is linked to learning. Education is not just to teach students subjects that would help them pass an exam or test, but also provides lessons that can offer solutions in everyday life. Robinson talks about a book where people were tested on divergent thinking and if you passed you were known as a genius. He states that the people who passed were Kindergarten student, but as they got older, their level of divergent thinking decreased. Why is this? It is because of the educational model. Students are not allowed to think about multiple answers. Robinson states, “There’s only one answer, it is at the back and don’t look!” This has caused the divergent thinking of students to decrease. By developing divergent thinking, students learn faster and stimulate their creativity, earn good grades and become prepared for the …show more content…
In the Ted talk, “Embrace the near win”, Sarah Lewis defined mastery as “a commitment to a constant pursuit”. She talks about when she observed some varsity archers and their persistence to hit their target. It is only mastery that can stimulate such doggedness. In his book, “Drive” Daniel Pink tells us about the three laws of mastery (Pink 120). The first Law states that Mastery is a mindset (Pink 120) .The varsity archer already had the winning mindset before they joined the team with the goal to win every game. Our self-theories of ourselves determine the outcome of things in our life. The second law states that Mastery is Pain (Pink 123). Standing for three hours is not easy but because of determinations, the archers did it. Nobody can climb the ladder of success without hard work. The third law states that Mastery is an Asymptote (Pink 126). Though the archers tried and tried to hit the shot, they did not for a very long period. This has a lot to do with education. When a student starts a school year with the mindset of a winner, the student is bound to pass every test and exam but when the student has the mindset of a looser, that is what unfolds. Education is not an easy task but strong determination is what brings a person to a lofty place in life. Mastery involves pain, but the more the activity is repeated, the more a person learns and improves on the skills. No one can attain perfection.