What do you think of modern education vs classic education?

Question

I would like to hear from you, I want to know what you honestly think of children learning in the computer age compared to when computers were not used in schools as learning tools. Do you think that computers hurt a childs education if so how? What is missing in education now compared to education 20, 30 or 40 years ago?

Answer 1

This is really a tough question...We should all star it...

It will really depend on how u look at it..

Lets say the old generation learned it the hard way...

The young ones are getting it smooth & EZ...

The old ones had to have a sort of fruitful imagination...which will lead to creative thinking

The young ones are becoming much sluggish in almost everything they do nowadays; since they get things readily prepared for them as software to the extent they do not exert much an effort....and yet with so many things furnished to them all round & in an unlimited manner, young generations became capable of presenting much wider a scope of any kind of illustration with limitless beauty...

Oldies would not have realized with the passage of time the concept of perfection they once admired would have been literally regarded as nothing even close to the liking of the young generation...

Nevertheless, Classical & Modern Education both have their own beauty however you look at it...

And regardless to the fact MANY BELIEVE that Modern Education is a JOKE, I honestly object to that, and wish not to accuse it as such...

Computers do tend to broaden Horizons of perceptions to those started it from early childhood...They have gotten used to the concept of "speed" by all means & in all instances...

Bottom Line...being of the oldies, where I may also add the concept of "ethics" associated with old timers in education as being regarded as a sacred mission, I would have said:

Wished we had the opportunity to get that kind of education with nowadays technologies....

Answer 2

I think that there are benefits to both types of education. I think that classic education was more functional in how it taught children to think and in teaching them necessary skills, such as how to add and subtract without the use of a calculator. I think classic education was more equal among schools, districts, and states as where now there is no general concensus on what is taught. We now have charter schools, private schools, public schools, alternative schools, etc. Each district has it's own agenda on what is taught and what graduation requirements are - these are separate from any requirements set forth by the states. A child in North Dakota will not get the same education as a child in New Mexico. A child in a poor district will not get the same education as a child in a more affluent district.

In addition, I believe that computers can do a lot to help advance the education system by way of simulations and other various education oriented programming, but not all children have access to computers in schools. Quite frankly, I think that the modern education has a lot of potential, that is not tapped into, whereas the classic education system was less fragmented, more universal, and overall, I think more effective.

Answer 3

I find this an interesting question, because on the flip side, show for older kids are lacking a lot of the moral values that they used to have (and that we watched as children). A lot of them present the kids to know better then parents/adults... parents and adult figured tend to not be the brightest people on the shows. My kids enjoy the old school cartoons like Scooby Doo, Smurfs, and Looney Toons, but when they also enjoy modern cartoons. Education is pushed a lot younger these days, for whatever reason. Kids are expected to know a lot more in kindergarten then they did 20 years ago, AND kids are watching a lot more tv then they used to. Maybe that has something to do with it. I see your point, but I also don't see what's wrong with adding a little educational value to shows. If the kids are enjoying it and don't even realize they're learning, why not ;)

Answer 4

Education now is more sterile, which means that students can become more sensitive to the 'real world' when they go out and look for jobs. On the other hand, the virtual world which a lot of students seem to exist within allows for a more painless education - meaning more can be learnt.

A lot of jobs now are more a continuation of that same digital mentality anyway, so maybe the world has just moved on. If so, is it really possible to compare different ages? Can we compare modern requirements and education to those of, say, the reqirements facing stone-age man (to extend the point)?

Answer 5

Computers are simply a tool for students to use for research. The days of the school library are coming to an end, why limit teachers and students to a small selection of books when the internet is available?
Further, we use computers for digital imaging, programming, and many assorted applications for databases, word processing and so on.
What's missing in education? The paddle... fastest way to a kids brain is many time through the seat. Students today can walk up to a teacher and say "F-you" and all that happens is nothing. Years ago we would have applied a few swats and then the kid's parents would have shown up and done the same. Problem solved...

Answer 6

The technology is fine. What is missing in education, especially higher education is rigor. The classes have been dumbed down, and it takes nothing more than basic effort to get an A, which i why GPA's have been pumped up so much in high school and college.

Answer 7

Education theory changes faster than a supermodel at a fashion show....but the problem is that what makes good education doesn't.

Good education instills in students a love of learning and the ability to learn for the rest of their life.

Personally I think I learnt more about life, science, business and philosophy from my high school art teacher than from both other subjects at university and school.

As a computer teacher, the computer is just a tool, we can use it a variety of ways.

Like language, we teach someone to recite some grammar rules, and learn to translate words, but it doesn't make them a good communicator. That is another skill altogether. Teaching someone how to communicate means they don't learn the basics of language.

In reality education is made up of a lot of different things, and what you gain in one aspect you lose in another.

At university the young students often didn't know much grammar or writing structure and the older students did. But mature age students had trouble thinking about what to write and the younger students didn't. This was a product of a particular school education system that abandoned the teaching of grammar for several years in favour of creative writing.

Luckily now they have returned to a more healthy balance between the two.

In addition education should focus on the things that matter in the modern world. In China students don't learn basic computer skills, they can download music and chat on the Internet, but are unable to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. A huge programme is being implemented in China, include poor areas, to deal with this.

In western countries we don't need to learn things, mostly we need to know how to find out the information and understand it.. As computing gets more mobile we will have easy access to information anywhere.

My answer, in my roundabout way, is that what we teach doesn't matter to much, as long as we focus on what students need. But how we teach is the most important thing, and great teachers are hard to find.

But more than that, I can walk into 2 classes, teach the same thing, and one class is wonderful and the other is terrible. Learning is about all of society and in modern society, especially men, knowing things, learning is seen as a bad thing and ignorance and a smart answer is seen as cool. So maybe what is missing in not in schools or teachers, but in society at large.

Answer 8

I went through school in the days of no computers. I went to college and you needed a laptop.
When I went to school growing up we had to go to a library for references and research.
Now, world wide web. just a click away and you can learn about anything.
We use to have to go to class for credits.
Now you can sit from your home and get a PHD.
We have lost something on the way. Interaction with other people in many settings. Opening a book and going on a ride.
Now, it is the Internet, we live through IM and email, we email the person next to us.
Because we have lost the people skills.
Something you would learn in classic education.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

i think modern and classic both have their own pros and cons
but i would agree wid modern