Comments on: The Problem with Learning in Business School http://www.galvanizd.com/2009/02/13/the-problem-with-learning-in-business-school/ Helping cultivate Charisma, Leadership & Self Improvement for Students Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Will_L http://www.galvanizd.com/2009/02/13/the-problem-with-learning-in-business-school/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Will_L Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:25 +0000 http://www.galvanizd.com/?p=304#comment-264 Hey Kim! I completely agree with you. Thank you for your feedback on the "American" perspective on the education system. I didn't truly understand "critical thinking" even at the ripe age of 25. I feel that critical analysis and thinking skills should be fostered at a very early age. For the most part, students stumble through grade school all the way to post-secondary without having these fundamental but sorely needed skills to succeed academically. I remember reading an article on the success of the Finnish Education system and their emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving skills - definitely a departure from both the Canadian and American systems. I found this article about the Dallas school board trying to reform and emulate the Finnish eduaction model here <a href="http://tr.im/i9vY" target="_blank">http://tr.im/i9vY</a> Hey Kim!

I completely agree with you. Thank you for your feedback on the "American" perspective on the education system. I didn't truly understand "critical thinking" even at the ripe age of 25.

I feel that critical analysis and thinking skills should be fostered at a very early age. For the most part, students stumble through grade school all the way to post-secondary without having these fundamental but sorely needed skills to succeed academically.

I remember reading an article on the success of the Finnish Education system and their emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving skills – definitely a departure from both the Canadian and American systems. I found this article about the Dallas school board trying to reform and emulate the Finnish eduaction model here http://tr.im/i9vY

]]> By: Kim_Litchford http://www.galvanizd.com/2009/02/13/the-problem-with-learning-in-business-school/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Kim_Litchford Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:42:21 +0000 http://www.galvanizd.com/?p=304#comment-262 Critical Thinking is lacking in the American Education System. Your '360-degree' perspective is what I have always applied in my own personal life of learning. I love to learn, but not in the cookie cutter style of standard classroom teaching principles. The principle of "immersion" of all the senses in education is the most effective one. I have always been different then my peers in the classroom. They were sastisfied to just learn the material to pass but I wanted to know how the material could be used in my own personal life. And why I needed to learn the material being presented. Critical thinking in the classroom by students many times is misinterpreted as sarcasm or disrespect. Sadly, many students are not getting the education they are paying for and deserve. Critical thinking skills should be first and foremost the basis of any education system. Critical Thinking is lacking in the American Education System. Your '360-degree' perspective is what I have always applied in my own personal life of learning. I love to learn, but not in the cookie cutter style of standard classroom teaching principles. The principle of "immersion" of all the senses in education is the most effective one. I have always been different then my peers in the classroom. They were sastisfied to just learn the material to pass but I wanted to know how the material could be used in my own personal life. And why I needed to learn the material being presented. Critical thinking in the classroom by students many times is misinterpreted as sarcasm or disrespect. Sadly, many students are not getting the education they are paying for and deserve. Critical thinking skills should be first and foremost the basis of any education system.

]]> By: malcolmbastien http://www.galvanizd.com/2009/02/13/the-problem-with-learning-in-business-school/comment-page-1/#comment-218 malcolmbastien Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:12:17 +0000 http://www.galvanizd.com/?p=304#comment-218 My contention has always been that the kind of learning we pay so much money for right now can all be achieved by ourselves at home given the right environment.... One reason I so very often skip class. That may be nice, but what it allows is for all of those classrooms, those resources, and those teachers to help accelerated the proper teaching to the right person at the right time, instead of teaching to the lowest denominator. One easy example is of the class room where the majority of the learning is done at home and lectures instead become a time dedicated to discussion and risk taking. My contention has always been that the kind of learning we pay so much money for right now can all be achieved by ourselves at home given the right environment…. One reason I so very often skip class.

That may be nice, but what it allows is for all of those classrooms, those resources, and those teachers to help accelerated the proper teaching to the right person at the right time, instead of teaching to the lowest denominator. One easy example is of the class room where the majority of the learning is done at home and lectures instead become a time dedicated to discussion and risk taking.

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