Changing Paradigms

   This video makes it clear that the current education system is what has an illness, not the students. How has the current system continued for the past 40-50 years with little or no change? Generations have had their creativity, and their ability to learn suppressed by antiquated methods of paradigm regarding pedagogy used in the classroom. For centuries other methods have been tried, and proven successful- yet the old standard has remained fairly constant. Even though partnering is proven to be a better model of educating students, it is slow to catch on. Part of this may be that many school systems do not help teachers to continue their education, so their skill seldom get updating with current models of pedagogy. Many may be hindered by school systems and hierarchies of administrators that do not want to rock a boat that is viewed by lay politicians as a form of anarchy. For decades politicians have talked change in education. The only changes have been larger classes, less teachers, less resources, less funding, and less attention than it should be given, other than power speeches at election time. To add insult to injury, administration grows, and the coffers get thinner. Technology is slow to be integrated into classrooms. Much of this is taking place from fears of educators and administrators of those “electronic gizmos”. Unfortunately, those gizmos can be an integral part in the expansion of education for the student and the educators. By encouraging education among the educators it brings them closer to the loop of education and empowers them to be better facilitators, and thus, better educators.