Seems to be a very difficult question, but I believe, it has a very simple answer.
The purpose of education is not just to help you just do experiments, understand nature, be a good person, and/or make thoughtful decisions, but it is to inculcate the following 3 abilities:
1) Ability to learn: No one cares to remember the details of things taught in school or college, but the ability to learn things which would help us on our way in life, is supposed to be developed by the system of education. In other words, this is the ability to create, write and edit new documents.
2) Ability to unlearn: This is an important ability in today's age of information. Once you are given exposure to several fields and you understand, that there are things you do not like or things you learnt, but it does not seem to be of any immediate use. This also includes things you learnt and liked, but it is proven to be untrue later. Then the ability which helps you to keep that knowledge aside in reserve or in recycle bin is the ability to unlearn. Note: There is no "Delete Permanently" option in reality.
3) Ability to relearn: The world is dynamic in nature. Things which are unimportant today, might be very important tomorrow. The ability to restore a file from the recycle bin and edit it suitably, in other words, the ability to learn something long forgotten is the ability to relearn.
Inculcating these abilities in every individual is the responsibility of high school and undergraduate education with suitable help from parents. Helping interested people master these abilities should be the role played by institutes of higher education.
(Original idea based on “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ” ― Alvin Toffler)
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The purpose of education is not just to help you just do experiments, understand nature, be a good person, and/or make thoughtful decisions, but it is to inculcate the following 3 abilities:
1) Ability to learn: No one cares to remember the details of things taught in school or college, but the ability to learn things which would help us on our way in life, is supposed to be developed by the system of education. In other words, this is the ability to create, write and edit new documents.
2) Ability to unlearn: This is an important ability in today's age of information. Once you are given exposure to several fields and you understand, that there are things you do not like or things you learnt, but it does not seem to be of any immediate use. This also includes things you learnt and liked, but it is proven to be untrue later. Then the ability which helps you to keep that knowledge aside in reserve or in recycle bin is the ability to unlearn. Note: There is no "Delete Permanently" option in reality.
3) Ability to relearn: The world is dynamic in nature. Things which are unimportant today, might be very important tomorrow. The ability to restore a file from the recycle bin and edit it suitably, in other words, the ability to learn something long forgotten is the ability to relearn.
Inculcating these abilities in every individual is the responsibility of high school and undergraduate education with suitable help from parents. Helping interested people master these abilities should be the role played by institutes of higher education.
(Original idea based on “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ” ― Alvin Toffler)
Let me know your views in comments!
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