Theories of Education

Theories of Education

  • Submitted By: edwinguyen
  • Date Submitted: 11/19/2009 8:18 PM
  • Category: English
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Many people believe that educational system plays an important role in the development of a country. Higher education helps people a brighter future. In educational systems, teaching methods are the best concerns because educators have to find the way to help their students receive knowledge effectively and, therefore, apply their knowledge to practical situations. Since teachers have different academic qualifications and different learning experiences, their teaching methods seem to be different. Articles from Plato, Emerson, and Freire reflect the situation of educational systems that people have had so far, and suggest some innovative teaching methods. When ideally developing their educational theories, all authors are probably right; on the other hand, there will be problems when they apply these theories in practice. Emerson’s method is appropriate if it is applied to intellectual students, but other average students will be left behind. Similar to Emerson, Freire criticizes the banking concept, which supports mechanical learning, and promotes his problem-posing method as a replacement, even though there are many students probably comfortable with “banking concept”. In my opinion, Plato’s theory is the best explanation to the processes of teaching and learning that I have ever experienced so far; thus, it helps me promote my own theory of education.
Since I have spent three semesters in college, I have experienced some different teaching methods from different instructors. During my first two semesters at City College of San Francisco, I had two math instructors, and they had really opposite teaching methods. I took Calculus 1 with Professor Matt in my first semester. He has a bachelor degree from San Francisco State University. Professor Matt knew how to make mathematical theories easy for students. The Calculus book contained of many complicated explanations, which might confuse students, yet he summarized the materials to help students understand...

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