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Monday 5 March 2012
QUESTION
13:
THE
PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.,
the great American Freedom Fighter, had the following
views on the purpose and therefore the function of education (taken from
MoreHouse College Student Paper, The Maroon Tiger, in 1947)
“Education must enable a man
to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate
goals of his life.”
“The function of education,
therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But
education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.
The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no
morals.” – (www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com)
Malcolm Forbes, an American
Publisher, posted this famous comment on the website Amazon.com:
“The purpose of education is to
replace an empty mind with an open one”, which when you think about it expresses
the transformation a person’s mind and being undergoes in a classroom and every
learning environment.
An finally one of the
greatest minds of the 20th Century, whose principles’ have shaped
the way we think about science and life, Albert Einstein, believed the
following:
“Education is what remains after
one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
Available
at: www.quotegarden.com. Accessed on 2
March 2012.
Available at: www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com.
Accessed on 2 March 2012.
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Question 12
What Technology Resources can we use?
Modern technology resources that can effectively be utilized for educational purposes in the development, communication and application of knowledge and 21st century literacy skills needed by learners include:
· mLearning (Mobile Learning using applications and software programs)
· e Learning online
· Exploring the web (www)
· Interactive Web Tools
· Blogging – expressing ideas and comments on a website known as a blog
· Social Networking such as Facebook or My Space
· Educational Podcasts
· School websites and intranets
· Online dictionaries
· Google images and maps
Question 11
What is Green Education?
“Environmental (Green) Education is a learning process that increases people’s knowledge and awareness about the environment and associated challenges, develops the necessary skills and expertise to address the challenges, and fosters attitudes, motivations, and commitments to make informed decisions and take responsible action.” – UNESCO, Tbilisi Declaration, 1978
According to the Green Education Foundation (GEF), the goal of Green Education is to “challenge the youth of today to think holistically and critically about global environmental, social and economic concerns and solutions.”
References Consulted:
Available at: www.greeneducationfoundation.org. Accessed on 27 February 2012.
Question 10
What are 21st century literacies?
AT & T describes 21st century literacies as the skills required by individuals and learners to “flourish” in modern society and the future and they emphasize four key illiteracies commonly used in our modern world:
· Information
· Media
· Multicultural
· Visual
By incorporating 21st century skills (literacies) in our classrooms all over the world we “promote the skills, knowledge and attitudes to help students develop effective lifelong literacy awareness, seeking, management and presentation strategies.”
According to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE in America), literacy teachers are faced with the challenge of the changing world and these teachers have to adequately prepare students not only for problem solving and analysis, but also importantly how to use processing, LCD’s, Webcams, digital streaming podcasts, smart boards, social networking as well as the use of hypertext in learning.
References consulted
Available at: www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent. Accessed on 28 February 2012.
Available at: www.californiawritingproject.org. Accessed on 28 February 2012.
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