Hierarchy of school subjects.

Every education system in the world has the same hierarchy of subjects. Maths and languages are at the top, humanities in the middle and at the bottom are the arts. There is even a hierarchy within the arts. Art and music have a higher status than drama and dance. Ken Robinson tells us "there isn't an education system in the world that teaches dance everyday to students the way it teaches them mathematics." Why? Maths is important but so is dance. If your talent lies in dance and not in mathematics then the education system is failing you!

'Schooling' and 'External Control' prohibits learning

The main reason so many students are doing badly and even good students are not doing their best is that our schools, firmly supported by school boards, politicions and parents, all of whom follow external control pyschology, adhere rigidly to the idea that what is taught in school is right and that students who wont learn it should be punished. Glasser, 1998 P.237

A Vision of Students Today

This video depicts the importance of technology in today's classroom. The learners of today expect to be able to create, consume, remix and share information with one another. They text, blog and instant messsage one another on a daily basis. It’s our job to teach them to think, to create, to analyse, to evaluate and to apply. We need to use technology in an enaging way to help our students develop higher level thinking skills. Students need to be enabled to create digitally. Technology should be embraced as a central part of the education system. It is important to realise that technology will motivate our students. It will engage them and enhance their learning experience. It will also allow them the freedom to do well in today’s world.

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