Edited by Karen Maddison, Thursday, 13 Dec 2018, 14:37
It was my belief that the purpose of education was to prepare students for a life after school/college, not just to pass examinations but to enable them to be useful citizens and to eventually be able to take over the custody of the planet from the previous generation.
From studying the three models for education I have found that my own personal view of education seems to be in line with the Capabilities approach. I wasn't aware of it at before commencing studies but this model agrees with my beliefs that education should enable a student to become the best possible version of themselves and that education should be legislated for not just provided.
These ideas are valuable to me because at the moment, and in the establishment that I work in, everything seems to be pointing towards exam success. The most important thing and pretty much the single aim of school is for students to achieve high results in individual subjects and for the school to appear to be successful.
I have held this capabilities point of view since my own son was at primary school 20 years ago but, since commencing this course, I have seen a change in my view and think that educating students for a sustainable future is now very important too and enable the next generation to be able to solve the problems that are arising. We don't know the answers at the moment but we need to allow students to be creative and think about these issues going forward.
I think that my job will change going forward, I want to become more involved in online education and I definitely predict a lot of development in this area in the future.
My Vision of Education
It was my belief that the purpose of education was to prepare students for a life after school/college, not just to pass examinations but to enable them to be useful citizens and to eventually be able to take over the custody of the planet from the previous generation.
From studying the three models for education I have found that my own personal view of education seems to be in line with the Capabilities approach. I wasn't aware of it at before commencing studies but this model agrees with my beliefs that education should enable a student to become the best possible version of themselves and that education should be legislated for not just provided.
These ideas are valuable to me because at the moment, and in the establishment that I work in, everything seems to be pointing towards exam success. The most important thing and pretty much the single aim of school is for students to achieve high results in individual subjects and for the school to appear to be successful.
I have held this capabilities point of view since my own son was at primary school 20 years ago but, since commencing this course, I have seen a change in my view and think that educating students for a sustainable future is now very important too and enable the next generation to be able to solve the problems that are arising. We don't know the answers at the moment but we need to allow students to be creative and think about these issues going forward.
I think that my job will change going forward, I want to become more involved in online education and I definitely predict a lot of development in this area in the future.