blog post 5

The Purpose of this video was to tell society that the current view of education is out dated, and is no longer beneficial to the majority of society. We have broken apart the education in to the academic, the successful, and the non-academic, the unsuccessful. The current education system was designed during the industrial revolution, where the purpose of education is completely different than today. This backwards education system has lead to a variety of problems, the biggest being that through the use of drugs such as ridlin we have numbed our children to get them through education. We think that they are the same, just going through different stages, and we do not take the time to learn what will make learning an aesthetic experience but rather we just spit out facts and assume that the theory of evolution will compete with "draw something" or Facebook just because one day possibly it may help you get a job. We have taken on the assumption that the most common thing students have in common is their age so it is pointless to try and find a unifying factor to make learning more enjoyable for the whole. A solution to this problem could be to step away from the standardized thinking and test and lean more towards divergent thinking, which according to the speaker is a way to increase creativity in our students. Divergent thinking allows the student to answer questions in different ways, and think about the possibilities. By allowing the students to come to a conclusion in their own way, not the way that will be on the test, they are able to give their own meaning to a problem. It allows those who understand things a little more different to finally sit through a class without being lost the whole way, because they can create their own understanding. This theory is vital as a future educator. Don't compleaty forget about the test and allow the students learn about whatever they want, because then you will loose your job, but allow them to think about different ways to solve a problem. This means that not only have they gotten the answer, but they have gotten the answer in a way that is meaningful that provokes not just vomiting up answers but understanding of the topic.