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Comments from a few other post had me thinking of a topic that I'm certain no-one will ever really agree on.
Divided Schooling.
This being, separate schools for different types of kids.
To start off with, I feel the need to point out that the current system of schooling present in all Western societies is based on the schooling system used in England. It was originally made specifically for white young males from a relatively wealthy background. Women, poorer males, and people of other ethnicities were not considered to need to be educated. Only the future head of the households and those meant to help rule the country were expected to be educated. So the syllabus was originally created to educate these people, all of whom grew up with the same sort of background and had the same general way of processing information.
Bringing it to today.
We now live in a broad multicultural society. Not everyone processes information the same way that these white boys could (auditory and visually).
The different ways people can learn:
-Auditory
-Visually (written)
-Visually (diagrams)
-Trail-and-Error
-Habit (repetition)
-Learning by doing
Some people need a more one-on-one approach with their learning to fully understand, while others can just pick things up straight away from one explanation.
Many schools have recognized that some students need a different approach in their learning. These can be people with learning disabilities (dyslexia), mental disabilities (down syndrome), and neurobehavioral disorders (ADHD).
Other schools have recognized the needs of people of other ethnicities to have different methods utilized during schooling.
Sometimes schools are specially built and run to see to the need of these groups of students.
In Australia there are many schools that were built specifically to teach Aboriginal children with all of the teachers being Aboriginal also. Since the introduction of these schools, their grade point average has improved significantly. They use different techniques and teaching methods than the 'normal' schools, as well as different encouragement and reward programs (in one school the children are not allowed to go to the local pool unless they have been to school that day).
Are these separate schools beneficial or detrimental to children today?
If we are opposed to them, is it because of valid concerns to their learning, or because we simply see them as racist, as segregation, or as getting rid of those children who don't perform well in 'normal' schools.
Or are we being inherently racist by expecting all children to be able to learn in the same way that these rich white boys did centuries ago?
Divided Schooling.
This being, separate schools for different types of kids.
To start off with, I feel the need to point out that the current system of schooling present in all Western societies is based on the schooling system used in England. It was originally made specifically for white young males from a relatively wealthy background. Women, poorer males, and people of other ethnicities were not considered to need to be educated. Only the future head of the households and those meant to help rule the country were expected to be educated. So the syllabus was originally created to educate these people, all of whom grew up with the same sort of background and had the same general way of processing information.
Bringing it to today.
We now live in a broad multicultural society. Not everyone processes information the same way that these white boys could (auditory and visually).
The different ways people can learn:
-Auditory
-Visually (written)
-Visually (diagrams)
-Trail-and-Error
-Habit (repetition)
-Learning by doing
Some people need a more one-on-one approach with their learning to fully understand, while others can just pick things up straight away from one explanation.
Many schools have recognized that some students need a different approach in their learning. These can be people with learning disabilities (dyslexia), mental disabilities (down syndrome), and neurobehavioral disorders (ADHD).
Other schools have recognized the needs of people of other ethnicities to have different methods utilized during schooling.
Sometimes schools are specially built and run to see to the need of these groups of students.
In Australia there are many schools that were built specifically to teach Aboriginal children with all of the teachers being Aboriginal also. Since the introduction of these schools, their grade point average has improved significantly. They use different techniques and teaching methods than the 'normal' schools, as well as different encouragement and reward programs (in one school the children are not allowed to go to the local pool unless they have been to school that day).
Are these separate schools beneficial or detrimental to children today?
If we are opposed to them, is it because of valid concerns to their learning, or because we simply see them as racist, as segregation, or as getting rid of those children who don't perform well in 'normal' schools.
Or are we being inherently racist by expecting all children to be able to learn in the same way that these rich white boys did centuries ago?
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