Global Philosophy

  When we talk about globalization, it means that we are telling our students that everything is connected.Discussing any one international issue is obvious that we also have to describe its related issue.  It is rightly said that when justice is maltreated than you cannot expect anyone to be neutral or unbiased. It is also a truth that curriculum of every country or every nation starts upon their conventions and we cannot blame them for this reason. But over whole curriculum should contain some basic fundamental laws which should be added in every course of each particular grade. It is obvious that religious factors will be different but the criteria should be the same in the whole world so that everyone could get a chance to study anywhere in the world. (Bigelow & Peterson, 2002) The difference in curriculum will inhibit the students to study world wide as they will face many issues to study in the foreign countries. As a result the real talent of students will not be sought as those children who are living in under developed parts of the world will not be able to come up higher.

            I think that education philosophy should be the same all over the world. Our curriculum should be integrated so that the students will enjoy their studies. A philosophy should be made that could be implemented in all the countries than it will bear up good results. Education for all should be the fundamental point and secondary point is that the students should be able to implement their knowledge in their practical life. Information given to them should be constructive and progressive so that students can meet the demands of time. The students should get to know about their existence and their aims to progress in this world. The students must be able to practice the things they have learned in their practical lives to achieve their goals.

            It is not so simple to make the education philosophy that could be implemented in whole world as many factors become obstacle in our way. The religious factors and the issue of national language are worth telling. The students should know the truth on which they can base their knowledge. They should have physical experience of those things which they are studying so that they can gain better understanding. Education does not mean that the children’s are able to write in exams what they are taught but education means that they have the knowledge of those things which they can implement in their lives (Hayes, 2007). It should be a teacher’s responsibility that they teach their students individually and unfold it in the natural way. Students should get education on their own motivation and it should not be made compulsion on them.  They should be encouraged to get education rather than it should be made compulsion on them. (Butts & Cremin, 1953)

            An atmosphere should be made in which every student can share his point of view with others so that collaborative work could be done. Everything that is done in collaboration gives us a better result than that of individuals. For this environment most of the responsibility goes to the teacher. Tutor who is giving them education must give them freedom so that they can have the freedom of speech. The student’s must be able to deliver their own thoughts. (Greeno et al., 1996)

            The new information should come into contact with the existing information so that the student obtained much better education. In this manner everyone is motivated towards education as they can have a better knowledge of things. For this purpose we have to modify our curriculum according to this era. It has been observed that in many countries the curriculum remains same for many years and the students are learning the same old course. The nation who wants to progress should modify their syllabus after every 3 years so that the new generation will be encouraged to get education.

            The teaching standard should also be maintained as teachers play a key role in student’s life. Teachers should get a proper training for teaching in which they could learn how to teach students. This must be necessary for them as without training they could not be capable of giving education in the proper manner. (Department of Education, 2012) Teaching is a very difficult task as one has to give a total concept of a new thing. Most of the teachers do not do their job properly as they think that their job is just to give the lecture. But according to me this standard should be changed and teachers should be responsible to make the students understand their concept.  According to present era modern techniques of teaching should be used like teaching should be done through presentations and through different computer tools which could encourage students to have knowledge about them. (Kasachkoff, 1998).

            The teaching philosophy should be maintained in such a way that the students of all must be able to learn. The students with recognized special needs, the English language learners and the students from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds i.e. the American Indian students and the students from varying religious backgrounds. Presentations must be included to convey the facts. Issues related to gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status must also be considered.  Racism should not be developed by the teachers, the students belonging to all races and cultures should be equally treated so that the global education could be successful.

References

Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. (2002) Rethinking globalization; Teaching for Justice in an Unjust world. Milwaukee, WI: rethinking school Press.

Hayes, William (2007) Progressive Education Movement: Is it still a facto in today's schools?.  Rowman & Littlefield Education.

Butts, Freeman R. & Cremin, Lawrence A. (1953) A History of Education in American Culture. New York: Henry Hold and Co.

Greeno, J. G., Collins, A. M., and Resnick, L. B. (1996) Cognition and learning, In Handbook of Educational Psychology. New York: Macmillan.

Department of Education (2012) Teacher’s Standards. Retrieved from: https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/teachers%20standards.pdf

Kasachkoff, Tziporah (1998) Teaching Philosophy: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions. Rowman & Little Field