Analysis Of Changing Education Paradigms By Sir Ken Robinson

As it seems, for the entirety of a student’s primary learning life, they are being prepared for the next grade level. The ultimate goal for students is to have enough knowledge to either enter the work force directly or to proceed on to higher education options. Although high schools across the U.S. are not all the same, their educational goals, for the most part, are. General education is seen as the stepping stone for a much larger goal of higher education advancement, and while K-12 learning appears to flow from one grade to the next, an apparent gap between high school students and those in college can be seen. The assumption that college is the next level in the game of education may not be as true as it is believed. High school is there …show more content…
Robinson believes that one of high school’s main failures is that its system is set up more like a factory line. Schools, rather than accepting the different ways students learn, place them into categories and mold them to better fit society’s goals. Students are no longer encouraged to explore their inner selves, just as they are no longer encouraged to explore alternate answers to their academic questions. Schools spend more time preparing students for their future employment instead of their original intended goal of intellectual …show more content…
Steven Tepper suggests that for positive changes to happen in student’s learning they must switch from their internal question of “’What do I have to say?’” to “’What don’t I know?’”(2) This way of thinking enhances individual’s compassion and empathy levels. Once a person learns how to become more perceptive, they allow for a greater capacity to learn academically and authentically. By simply changing the question students are told to ask themselves, educators place students at a higher