We recently watched a video that featured
200 students from Kansas State University. The purpose of the video is to
highlight problems with our antiquated education system. The video shows
students listing issues they have with higher education. These issues include:
overcrowded classrooms, uninvolved educators, time-consuming workloads, rising
tuition, expensive textbooks, and a curriculum out of touch with our technology-based
world. The video deals primarily with issues in higher education, but the
message is applicable for all educators. Failure to evolve our education system
is a failure for our students. It is imperative that we modernize the current
education model.
As a future educator, I believe it is
important to keep an open mind and be willing to try new education methods in
the classroom. We also must be ready and willing to utilize the current technology
that has the potential to transform education. I’m not calling for an education revolution; there
is a reason the current education model has been used for so long. But in order
to provide the best education we can, we must be willing to modernize. The
Kansas State University video is a powerful message about the sad state of higher
education, but it is also optimistic that together we can fix these issues.
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