certain elements of curriculum which are tried and true and cannot be replaced. While arguments could be made that practical lifestyle classes such as those focusing on personal finance would be a good contributor to individual success as an adult, the traditional subjects of English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are relatively permanent as they comprise the fundamental knowledgebase which allows students to be economically viable whether they seek undergraduate education or opt to pursue a more vocational track. Instead, changes should be emphasized in two aspects of the curriculum: focus and structure.
First, regarding a change in focus, we must shift the justification of course work from that which allows students to be economically …show more content…
Simply put, introspection is the method by which one discovers and assesses his/her final vocabulary, and subsequently, an important factor in the achievement of autonomy, self-efficacy, and identification. Given this, the skill of introspection certainly deserves a place in the classroom. However, this skill is unlike those which are traditionally taught in that the method by which it is practiced is abstract and intangible, and, as such, lacks a metric with which to measure one’s mastery. As such, it would be difficult to consider introspection worthy of its own discipline or coursework. Luckily, the very nature of introspection is such that it is touched upon in every area of study, although often too subliminally to be noticed. In the math’s and sciences, the manipulation of variables teaches the principles of abstraction essential to the practical applications of logic, while in the arts and humanities, the study of other’s experiences conveyed through various art forms introduces a variety of final vocabularies. Thus, the importance of introspection ought to take the place of the importance of economic viability in justifying coursework so that, in the scenario of the mathematically inclined student mentioned above, the justification for a required poetry class is the importance of learning to analyze …show more content…
The first phase would correlate with grades 1-5 as they are implemented now, containing elements of citizen education, such as sharing and teamwork, while the second will focus on the academic foundations upon which the next two phases will rely. In the second phase of education, students would be enrolled in a diverse coursework with the primary objective of equipping them with both an introspective skillset by which they can analyze different final vocabularies and an academic skillset by which they can begin to determine what skills they would be best suited to using as a basis of employment. This phase would occur in what are now considered grades 6-9 and would contain unbiased religious studies as a complement to the introspective skillset. In the third and final phase, which would relate to grades 10-12, there would be a shift from the liberal education to a more specialized education with the intention of focusing in on certain skillsets to make students as economically viable as possible as they begin to consider different modes of employment. This would manifest in a curriculum specifically tailored to their individual interests by students in association with trained career counselors. This curriculum addresses all aspects of the student apathy problem by allowing students to focus on their interests once it
First, regarding a change in focus, we must shift the justification of course work from that which allows students to be economically …show more content…
Simply put, introspection is the method by which one discovers and assesses his/her final vocabulary, and subsequently, an important factor in the achievement of autonomy, self-efficacy, and identification. Given this, the skill of introspection certainly deserves a place in the classroom. However, this skill is unlike those which are traditionally taught in that the method by which it is practiced is abstract and intangible, and, as such, lacks a metric with which to measure one’s mastery. As such, it would be difficult to consider introspection worthy of its own discipline or coursework. Luckily, the very nature of introspection is such that it is touched upon in every area of study, although often too subliminally to be noticed. In the math’s and sciences, the manipulation of variables teaches the principles of abstraction essential to the practical applications of logic, while in the arts and humanities, the study of other’s experiences conveyed through various art forms introduces a variety of final vocabularies. Thus, the importance of introspection ought to take the place of the importance of economic viability in justifying coursework so that, in the scenario of the mathematically inclined student mentioned above, the justification for a required poetry class is the importance of learning to analyze …show more content…
The first phase would correlate with grades 1-5 as they are implemented now, containing elements of citizen education, such as sharing and teamwork, while the second will focus on the academic foundations upon which the next two phases will rely. In the second phase of education, students would be enrolled in a diverse coursework with the primary objective of equipping them with both an introspective skillset by which they can analyze different final vocabularies and an academic skillset by which they can begin to determine what skills they would be best suited to using as a basis of employment. This phase would occur in what are now considered grades 6-9 and would contain unbiased religious studies as a complement to the introspective skillset. In the third and final phase, which would relate to grades 10-12, there would be a shift from the liberal education to a more specialized education with the intention of focusing in on certain skillsets to make students as economically viable as possible as they begin to consider different modes of employment. This would manifest in a curriculum specifically tailored to their individual interests by students in association with trained career counselors. This curriculum addresses all aspects of the student apathy problem by allowing students to focus on their interests once it