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- Are we feeding children that there’s only one way to think, one way to feel, and one way to determine intelligence?
- There is not one way of determining intellect because we are all unique in our own way. So we cannot follow one size fits all strategy.
- The education system’s sole purpose should be to educate us in order to better ourselves and society, and for that it should teach us 'how' to think. But instead it just tells us what to think. It means that it is helping us to gather knowledge, but not to create it through our uniqueness.
- The good news is, some countries are now trying to shift the way we approach education. For example: Finland, a longstanding leader in education, is in the process of completely reforming its education system.
- Finland is trying to implement 'phenomenon based learning'. Its a system where students take one particular phenomenon or concept and look at it through multiple lenses, applying it to whatever subjects pertain to it such as geography, history, or economics.
- Phenomenon-based learning does not stick to the current method of dividing amongst subjects like math and science.
- Phenomenon based teaching and learning uses the natural curiosity of children to learn in a holistic and authentic context.
- The new system of education will engage students more and shift away from focusing only on traditional written exams.
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