In some ways, education has changed a lot since people started learning as apprentices and some things are beginning to look similar to how people were taught back in that day. During the days of apprenticeship, parents were the ones who made sure their children were taught what they would need to know to succeed in life. As more and more immigrants came to America, the government decided that children would have to go to structured schools. The government and teachers decided what the children would learn and the parents were no longer the main educators. Now in education we see a mix of parents, children and teachers deciding what children will learn depending upon where they are going to school. Kids are no longer forced to attend an actual physical school, they are able to go to school from the comfort of their own homes if they so choose. As a future teacher, I don’t want this to become the norm because then I will be out of a job, but I don’t think it is a bad way for children to learn. I think in some cases children would be more successful taking classes online and learning from their parents than they would be if they had to come to a school and learn from a teacher. I think life-long learning is going to continue to happen whether we as teachers want it to or not. We as teachers have a choice to either support our students and the learning they do outside our classrooms or hinder it. I want to teach my students how to go through information they find and figure out if it is relevant to what they want to learn about or not. I think students would do better in school if we encouraged them to use the skills we were teaching them to research things that really interested them at home. I feel this would keep them more engaged while in class because they know that they will be able to use the skills they are learning to do something they really enjoy. I also agree with teaching students how to learn instead of just wanting them to memorize a bunch of facts that may or may not help them in the future. If we teach students how to go through information and pick out the big ideas and important things, it will prepare them to pick out important things in all aspects of their lives. Sometimes I think teachers get too caught up in teaching only the subject that they are supposed to be teaching instead of also teaching the students to actually learn the information. As a future teacher I will not only teach my students about science, but I will show them how it applies to everyday life. For example, there is an element of physics in everything that we do in this world. Until I took physics in college I never really thought about why some things are possible, but because my professors taught us practical applications as well as academic ones I am better able to understand how some things work. I want my students to be able to use what I teach them in the future, whether it be in college, a job, or in everyday life. I will help my students succeed in all areas of life by making sure I teach them how to learn and use the resources that are available to them.
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