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Article Review: School system is a betrayal to education

Name :SYAIFUL ANUWAR BIN JAMAL HISAM

Class :ED 247 / 4A

Subject :Curriculum and Instruction, EDU 555

Lecturer Name: En.

Mohamad

Hisyam

IsmailSlide2

Introduction

Writer:

Anas

Alam

Faizli

Date: 11

th

March 2013

Website: The Malaysia Insider

URL:

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/is-the-modern-school-system-a-betrayal-to-education-anas-alam-faizli

Anas

Alam

Faizli

is a former student from

Kolej

Islam Sultan

Alam

Shah, University Technology Malaysia and Open University Malaysia.

He is pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration and also voluntarily as an Executive Director at Teach for The Needs (TFTN). Slide3

Cont

The main focus in this article is to question whether school is the place for the children to learn or the place they will be indoctrinated by certain parties.

School, its early foundation, the main formation of school are for indoctrination and brainwashing of students. Slide4

Summary

George Land (1968)

research stated that as children grow, the number of geniuses people in the world are decreasing.

"In 1968, George Land gave 1,600 5-year-olds a creativity test used by NASA to select innovative engineers and scientists. He then re-tested the same children at ages 10 and 15. The test results were staggering! 98% at age 5 registered genius level creativity, 30% at 10 year and 12% at 15 years of age.

The same test given to 280,000 adults placed their genius level creativity at only 2% !

In his book 'Breakpoint and Beyond', co-authored by Beth

Jarman

, Land concluded that non-creative

behavior

is learned".Slide5

Cont

Most of people set their mind if they go to school to learn, they will be intelligence and genius not vice versa.

This article argues that whether school is the place for learning process or the place where people will be indoctrinated.Slide6

ContBased on the BrainFacts.org, brain has the ability to adapt and modify itself to challenges and environment that known as ‘

Plasticinity

’.

However, do we really use schools as medium to develop humans’ plasticity? Slide7

ContAs we can see the concept of

plasticine

, it will follow how we want to shape it. It totally depends on the shaper.

Hence, school is the place which will be decides whether students’ brain will be in beautiful shape or ugly.Slide8

CommentsSlide9

1. School as an indoctrination ground

Comments:

- The first school was formed by King Prussia was in order to make people became passive and obey him, educating people was not his priority.

- children in Malaysia has been indoctrinated that idea of success is from winning over others by always being at the top, paper qualifications and money.

Robot

UPSR leak

Suicide attempt Slide10

2. Tabula rasa: Nature vs nurture

Human brains are said blanked when first born.

The emptiness brain will be filled through experiencing, perception and learning. Tabula rasa favour the proponents of nurture compared to nature.

Comment:

There are many factors that could influences intellectual level of a child. Slide11

Cont

According to Eaves, Long and Heath (1986), in a model where environmental effects are made continuous and cumulative, genetic effects will decrease if they do not produce comparable long-term effects through

phenotyping

changes.

Today, examination system is being degraded in Malaysia because

Penilaian

Menengah

Rendah

(PMR) were already been terminated this year.

Focus in ‘

Pentaksiran

Tingkatan

3’.

Emphasizing in critical thinking skills and soft skills.Slide12

3. Teaching versus learning

Nowadays, education system has always been related to

‘conveying’, ‘facts and truths’

instead of

‘discovering’, ‘encouraging’

and more. It has always been about teaching pedagogy and not about learning.

Comment:

This system is too busy producing skilled teacher but not skilled learners.

Making mistakes and failures are not often considered as a process of learning.

Teacher also need to improve their teaching style.Slide13

4. Rethinking education for plasticity

Education should not act as information transferring only.

Comments:

According to Dewey (1938), traditional education consists of a rigid regimentation, ignoring the capacities and interests of the learner. Progressive education allows excessive individualism and spontaneity which Dewey says is “a deceptive index of freedom”.

Produce children with problem solving skills, self-induced intellect, self-reliance, cooperation, innovation and human compassion instead of children whom good in answering quizzes and more. Slide14

Cont

Should be fun and exciting to encourage students to be curious, discover new things, asking difficult questions, creating new things and more. Slide15

Conclusion

4

th

– School must give freedom for students to explore and learn from their surroundings to get experience for themselves.

3

rd

– Schools should use its functions as a transferring medium of knowledge only for cater the need of nation.

2

nd

– There is no valid evident no valid evident to support nature

vs

nurture and so nature over nurture.

1

st

– Education is not just something that can only occur in schools. Process happen in anytime and anywhere.Slide16

REFERENCESDewey, J. (1938). Experience and Education

. Toronto: Collier-MacMillan Canada Ltd.

Faizli

, A. (2013, March 11).

The Malaysian Insider

. Retrieved October 28, 2014, from Is the modern system a betrayal to education?: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/is-the-modern-school-system-a-betrayal-to-education-anas-alam-faizliSlide17