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There are two parts to education. One is to impart knowledge, the other is to filter the students.
by choonway 1y ago
There are two parts to education. One is to impart knowledge, the other is to filter the students.
- colechristensen 1y agoNot entirely wrong but it's a little too easy to use that argument for squashing any criticism for education content.
- dwattttt 1y agoYou're missing general problem solving. If all people do is encounter problems they've already seen before, well, we have lookup tables for that kind of thing.
- Nevermark 1y agoThe third is to challenge students. With unusual concepts, preferably. How else to create students capable of solving problems we cannot anticipate today? Not to mention, that understanding strange problems is a very efficient way to broaden horizons.