The Ideal School: My Vision -- Hanako Iwatsuki
In the world, there are various kinds of schools and teaching styles. My ideal school would be placed to help students to grow their creativity. The reason raising creativity is important is that people with creativity are less likely to be replaced to jobs by AI. Therefore, having creativity is beneficial to students’ future careers.
Classrooms run by students are the most crucial factor to enhance their creativity, and teachers should just be for supporting their students. For example, in SOLEs (Self Organised Learning Environments), teachers only give a question and some background, and students try to answer to using computers. Furthermore, there are many opportunities to go outside and visit many different places. These opportunities give students different perspectives. For instance, visiting a park and interacting with nature or creatures is an effective way.
However, there is a practical problem with this kind of school. In this method, it takes longer time to acquire a wide range of knowledge than in traditional education because teachers do not give answers, but they let students to find answers themselves. For example, in some countries such as Asian countries, they have entrance examinations for universities, and students are required to have lots of knowledge to pass them. Therefore, this method does not suit these countries. To solve this problem, universities should offer more flexible ways to assess the potential students. For example, assessing through the school grades or portfolios instead of examinations is better because they focus on their effort in school.
In conclusion, introducing a method which enhances students’ creativity reflects my ideal image of a school, and such a school supports their future careers. Therefore changing the system of entrance assessments for university is important to make this method happen.
I totaly agree. Although it probably takes a long time to teach a wide range of educaion, it is quite important things to be introduced for all school..
ReplyDeleteThis is a very well-organized and thoughtful essay. You clearly explain why creativity is important for the future and how student-led classrooms can support that. I especially liked how you used the example of SOLEs — it shows you understand progressive educational methods. You also did a great job of recognizing the practical challenges and offering a realistic solution (changing university entrance systems). That makes your argument well-balanced and convincing.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think entrance examination is unfair because each students have different education style in their life. In my experience, there were no math classes because my high school was focused on English classes. Therefore, it was so hard to start learning math for entrance examination.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. I think creativity is very important especially in the future when AI might replace many jobs. And I also agree with that it will takes long time to adapt, but it will be good system!
ReplyDeleteHello, Hanako, I strongly agree that creativity is vital to students because I believe that many careers require these skills such as song composers, artists, or graphic designers. Therefore, it would be one of their strengths if they are good at it.
ReplyDeleteFascinating post, Hanako! I agree that universities should reassess their entrance requirements. However even if they don't, giving students the opportunity to do individual and group projects which engage them with the environment and the community can enable them to gain the literacy and numeracy they need to pass rigorous entrance tests. There is always a way to incorporate the chance to be creative! David :-)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your vision. Recent children seems the same colours and non-originality. I think this is due to their school education. I believe that a society where many people still think that the academic background is important needs to change. If that changes, students' creativity will grow even more.
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