What Is Teaching?
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This blog may not exactly fit into what people are expecting to read in a post about teaching. While beginning this Blog I am writing with one thought and trying to expand on it or explain the view in more detail as the blog progresses.
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Teaching can be viewed in general terms as the sharing of knowledge from an experienced person to another with less experience. It is an interaction between two people or more, Generally with one having more knowledge of a subject than others involved with the interaction. Each person involved holds a certain responsibility, The tutor to share the knowledge and the student to take on board what is being taught. There is much more to teaching though, and the much more is generally not observed.
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Tutoring begins when we are born, We begin to pick up on the things we hear, what we see and eventually what we are told about these things. Then we enter into schooling. Massed together in a room and dictated facts are begun to be inserted into our brains. The majority of these facts tend to be true. Like 1+1=2, 2=2=4 and so on. How to read words and form them into a sentence others can read and understand. These teachings I believe are essential to the intellectual growth all individuals. The fundamental basics and foundations from which we can progress to other levels and provide for interactions within a wider community or world.
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Then, comes my personal opinion and this is only my personal opinion, and I put it out there for debate.
The throwing of facts into a mind increases the knowledge of a person. They say that age will bring the wisdom. Wisdom is missed in the teachings, where I believe it should not be. In schooling, we are not encouraged to explore these facts which are given to us. We are demanded to learn them and will be held to account on an examination paper. Each person is judged by the same criteria, a rating is given on the performance through examination. This is totally unfair and biased toward what one group feels should be a priority.
Though teaching and education can be two different things. The teachings we receive are mostly the education we get.
We learn about the genocide of the Jewish people in World War Two, regardless of if we are Jewish or not. Yet we do not learn about the genocide of the American Indian, of which is much greater than that of the Jewish people. We are taught the taking of others belongings is wrong and a punishment of a jail/prison term can be imposed for doing so. Yet we go to other Countries and take what is not ours without punishment to those who do so. We are taught that we live in a democracy, while we live under the rules of capitalism. We are taught we are a Free people while we live under enslavement to financial institutions.
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The point I endeavour to make is, we are not taught to think and have our own thoughts. The tutor should not only have facts to share with the student but also be able to listen to the student. If the student does not gain an understanding, there should not be a grade punishment. There should be encouragement and n effort on behalf of the tutor to re-examine how the lesson was taught. There is no one rule to teaching which all will fall under, and those who do not fall into the right category are often left behind.
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The biggest failure of teaching is we are not taught acceptance. To accept that others can believe different things to ourselves. To accept their right to that view and not to hold them with prejudice for it.
Fundamentally, We are not taught to think, to analyse, to experiment, to try new things. But to accept what has been said. Not to question it, and believe in what we are told.
From here I will open up the comments section for debate, Please be respectful of other comments you may reply to. We each hold a right to our opinion.
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