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Show Education or Graduation Technical Revolution Poses Changes In Traditional Education Process J By Bub Robertson The changes in education facing us today are in part the result of the technical revolution, and more specifically, specifi-cally, the space race initated by Sputnik in 1957. It is difficult dif-ficult to comprehend the degree de-gree of change in scientific circles since that time, but one observer has noted that of all the scientists who have ever lived on the earth, 93 percent are alive right now. In this context of change we find ourselves with new problems prob-lems in education, how to present the reams of new material, ma-terial, and which of the new materials available is worthy of presentation. What portion of the new material will be obsolete in a couple of years as so much material covered in the past is now of little value? Someone made the observation that the schools stare fixedly into the past as we hurtle pell-mell into the future. In many areas of science we prepare students for a role, and by the time we get there the role no longer exists. To justify our existence exist-ence in the Vocational School, we must do more than prepare pre-pare students for non-existent roles. What can be given to prepare students for such a hanging environment? One view relating to this question suggests that an all important import-ant function or task of the school is to teach students how to ask questions. Once a student has learned how to ask questions, relevant and appropriate and substantial questions, he has learned how to learn and no one can keep him from learning whatever he wants or needs to know. To do this, another educator suggests we foster in students a "what is it good for" at- titude. With such an approach it is the teachers task to promote pro-mote question asking, not to answer questions the student never asked. When the student stu-dent becomes the primary questioner and the teaiV the responder, the VocaJ' School experience can b? real value to the student.il1 Are we as educators ri I to respond to student inquj |
