140. One of Kahneman's students said education is "knowing what to do when you don't know." What would be the best way for a school or a class to provide students with that kind of an education?
Lifehack.org has an article about things you should remember when you don't know what to do with your life, and I think most of - if not all of - these should be taught in school systems either in a specific class, or just as the students get older. The article talks about trying to be comfortable with discomfort. This can be difficult for lots of people, but I think it is good to learn to be comfortable with discomfort because then you may be more likely to try new things. The article also says to overcome distraction and stop procrastinating, and I realized that the education system in Oklahoma doesn't teach students how to overcome distractions and stop procrastinating. Which leads me to another topic they talked about: ask questions. As soon as I realized that the education system doesn't teach students about distractions and procrastinating, I asked myself why they don't. Do they really care about the students, or do they just care about meeting graduation requirements?
In order to teach something, you have to know what that something is. In this case, it is "knowing what to do when you don't know." Some would say this is common sense or problem-solving skills. I say that this is a mix of that and confidence. Expecting students to have common sense seems rational to learned adults. However, many people forget where they learned certain things, such as problem-solving skills. Many experiences that people in their 50's or 60's have had are not possible anymore. This means people cannot just learn from life experiences, and instead need to be taught. One way of doing this is challenging students by not giving them step by step instructions. Instead, teachers could give them a problem, a goal, and some supplies. This forces students to learn what to do when they do not know what to do. I personally have gone through this sort of training, and I feel that I have benefited greatly from this. -Zoie Newman
Your comment reminded me of something my one teacher would do. She would have us do these challenges that encouraged us to think outside of the box and work together as a team.
I think that the best way to educate students in that way would be a common sense class. This class would be based around teaching people the things they will need to know in the future. The best way to go about teaching is through interactive scenarios where the student would learn problem solving skills and learn to be confident in their ability to take care of themselves. This would lead to students knowing better what to do when they find themselves lost.
Teaching people what to do when they do not know what to do is extremely hard but can be done in terms of teaching them how to respond to many situations with the same thought process depending on the situation. These situations can be things such as professional work environments or trying to solve an issue within a job because many situations can use the same thought process depending on the kind of person but there are situations in which it requires a person to think outside of the box when a person cannot use the same thought process in which the teacher or professor can show how to think critically in specific situations. Teachers and professors need to nurture this critical thinking depending on the job field of a person but also to teach the blanket methods. -Riley Knickmeyer
Lifehack.org has an article about things you should remember when you don't know what to do with your life, and I think most of - if not all of - these should be taught in school systems either in a specific class, or just as the students get older. The article talks about trying to be comfortable with discomfort. This can be difficult for lots of people, but I think it is good to learn to be comfortable with discomfort because then you may be more likely to try new things. The article also says to overcome distraction and stop procrastinating, and I realized that the education system in Oklahoma doesn't teach students how to overcome distractions and stop procrastinating. Which leads me to another topic they talked about: ask questions. As soon as I realized that the education system doesn't teach students about distractions and procrastinating, I asked myself why they don't. Do they really care about the students, or do they just care about meeting graduation requirements?
ReplyDeleteIn order to teach something, you have to know what that something is. In this case, it is "knowing what to do when you don't know." Some would say this is common sense or problem-solving skills. I say that this is a mix of that and confidence.
ReplyDeleteExpecting students to have common sense seems rational to learned adults. However, many people forget where they learned certain things, such as problem-solving skills. Many experiences that people in their 50's or 60's have had are not possible anymore. This means people cannot just learn from life experiences, and instead need to be taught. One way of doing this is challenging students by not giving them step by step instructions. Instead, teachers could give them a problem, a goal, and some supplies. This forces students to learn what to do when they do not know what to do. I personally have gone through this sort of training, and I feel that I have benefited greatly from this.
-Zoie Newman
Your comment reminded me of something my one teacher would do. She would have us do these challenges that encouraged us to think outside of the box and work together as a team.
DeleteI think that the best way to educate students in that way would be a common sense class. This class would be based around teaching people the things they will need to know in the future. The best way to go about teaching is through interactive scenarios where the student would learn problem solving skills and learn to be confident in their ability to take care of themselves. This would lead to students knowing better what to do when they find themselves lost.
ReplyDeleteTeaching people what to do when they do not know what to do is extremely hard but can be done in terms of teaching them how to respond to many situations with the same thought process depending on the situation. These situations can be things such as professional work environments or trying to solve an issue within a job because many situations can use the same thought process depending on the kind of person but there are situations in which it requires a person to think outside of the box when a person cannot use the same thought process in which the teacher or professor can show how to think critically in specific situations. Teachers and professors need to nurture this critical thinking depending on the job field of a person but also to teach the blanket methods.
ReplyDelete-Riley Knickmeyer