Week 10 - Problem for education?

Is there a potential problem being stored up for people if 'education' is tailored to fit into their cultural and personal preferences?





If you look at education culturally it is easy to see how it is tailored as each culture is very different and has a different work ethic altogether. However it is important to see whether these cultural values have a positive or negative effect on people's education. If anything people's culture should shape their education to the aspirations and hopes of that culture so that the best achievements ca be made.





I believe personal preferences are ok to an extent for instance if somebody works better in a classroom on their own and one is available then they should be given that option rather than having to put up with a noisy classroom. Or perhaps some people would benefit from one on one tutoring rather than being in mainstream education. As these points boil down to the working environment which may be better for different types of people. This I think can be applied to people with learning disabilities of all kinds you have to accomodate people's needs in education in order for them to achieve.





However I do believe it is important that eduaction is not tailored to meet people's personal preferences to any greater extent unless personal circumstances change which means there will be added pressure so therefore might need extensions for hand ins as it means they may not attend lectures, meetings etc which will only aid them in completing their work better. Then i see the need to tailor fit for personal circumstances.





But if it means tailor fitting so because people dont like the course structure or don't want to complete work because they cannot be bothered then thats where the line must be drawn.





Could you imagine the up roar if eduaction was upto the individual?I believe if this was so eduaction would have no boundaries or any kind of structure and at the end of the day all though everybodys educational career changes through the different stages (Primary, secondary, college and University) and gets harder everybody needs some regimenting so they know where they stand with their education as much as we loath some subjects rather than other, i think it gives everybody a good lesson in life; that you might not like everything you do but the rewards at the end are far better.