Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin.
Today’s 181 words focus on the age-old discussion: the difference between education and schooling and how the present ‘working from home’ situation may help teachers explore this discussion, one which does impact on learning and teaching pedagogy.
I’m a simple man: schooling is the bricks and mortar, the building, the location, the school’s history. Education is learning and teaching, the development of understanding, knowledge and skills. (I want to include 21C skills, but I don’t have enough words) Obviously, there are many ways we learn and teach in various education settings.
I candidly admit it’s a simplistic definition, but one I present it to challenge thinking. Google it, there are thousands of definitions on the topic
My guess is as online learning becomes a focus the concept of schooling (as defined by me) may seem irrelevant. Interestingly, education departments around the world need also to look at this. It could be much funding goes to ‘schooling’ and not nearly enough goes to ‘education’.
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin.
The author:
Tony Brandenburg is a retired Australian educator, who fills his spare time with golf, supporting education thinking and stating the b*%%#y obvious!
