Traditional And Progressive Education
The debate of Traditional vs. progressive
education has been going on since the
first school was built. Both sides has
it’s ups and downs, but I believe that
the best form of education is
progressive. Progressive education prepares us
better for the real world.
Progressive education, unlike traditional, lets the
teachers reach the kids
in the era. For example with progressive the instructors
use real life
situations teach the students, instead of from a textbook. With
using real
life examples the kids can relate and understand better than things
coming
out of a ten year old textbook. Therefore the pupils will be more
attentive
to what the teacher is saying. In addition in place of sixteen year
old tests
the students will be tested on information vital to the "real
world". This
will make your students more apt to make it in the world of work.
Also
then they will be able to make the right designs when the grow up. With
all
that said, progressive education clearly reaches out and teaches more
kids. The
education system should be progressive because it focuses on the
freedom if the
learner. For example instead of external disciple being used
free activity is
used. That drops the fear that the teacher can punish you
for nothing more than
looking at him/her funny. This also allows the pupil to
see that something good
comes from life instead of just punishment. In
addition instead of being stuck
use the same textbook, the same assignments,
and the same texts teachers can
makeup their up own and assignments. This
allows the instructor to make it so
the students he/she has can understand
and find it interesting. This will help
the students to learn more then they
thought they could. Progressive education
is the way to go for freedom of the
leaner. Students no longer look at their
teacher as a group of "know it all"
who’s only fun is to question little
kids on stuff they do not know. For
example through the traditional way of going
teachers are the people with all
the answers, the "All-knowing Beings of
Greatness and Wisdom". This make
the students resent the teachers and not want
to comply with their
directions. They also lose respect for the teacher and
school in general. In
addition through the progressive way the teachers seem
more as some who
guides you through the trouble times. This give the teacher
back the respects
of his/her pupils. This always the teacher to tell the student
what to do and
it will get done. With the traditional way of doing things
teachers get no
respect. The progressive way of education is the best. It helps
the students
learn and get help in the real world. Also it give the teachers a
freedom to
do what they want, instead of what a text books say.