Dear Dr. Derby, I think you missed the most important purpose of education, which in my view is teaching the young how to learn (and also the joy of learning). Anybody who has learned the skill of learning can do anything they wish with their future. Keep up the great work. Regards, Ross
Totally agree. A well crafted outline without getting into all of those tedious ‘but what if’ scenarios that have bogged down logical thinking in education, for eons.
I heard in the weekend of a school that canned P.E. to teach Maori. I've also heard that education has been going backwards for 30 years. That suggests to me that the Bureaucrats at the top of education all need to go, because they are all failing. Something serious needs to happen. Stop the division. Get some unity, and get some passionate non woke people in there that are not just collecting their salaries.
Further info on the speaker, Melissa Derby, from her bio. '" I am a Senior Lecturer teaching early literacy and human development at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus and online. I completed my PhD at the University of Canterbury, and my study was part of A Better Start National Science Challenge. My primary area of research is in early literacy, and in particular, in exploring the role of whānau and localised curriculum in fostering foundational literacy skills. More generally, I have an interest in Māori education and success. "
Remarkable that the imparting of factual knowledge and literary or algebraic skills is not even mentioned as relevant subjects, not to mention scary stuff as natural science subjects. NZ schools have failed the education of generations of pupils, as documented by our steady and dramatic decline in PISA rankings in the last two decades. Without academic basics, all the analytical skills are wasted.
A big problem with todays education is that alot of parents are not interested in their child's well being and leave it up to teachers who teach what they want
to an extent it's not the parents' fault they went to school & were taught relevant stuff, they just assume that's what school is like. they work & pay taxes & expect their kids are being taught properly at school & that the education professionals are the experts
@@kungfutzu3779 No, I have multiple family memebers and know teachers who have attended wealthy private boarding schools, and the upper class have more time for their kids. Middle class are the ones at work all the time and have an average of 16 minutes a day of quality time with their kids.
you didn't ultimately answer what the purpose of education is. instead you answered a different question: what the process of education is, or ought to be.
Dear Dr. Derby, I think you missed the most important purpose of education, which in my view is teaching the young how to learn (and also the joy of learning). Anybody who has learned the skill of learning can do anything they wish with their future.
Keep up the great work.
Regards,
Ross
Totally agree. A well crafted outline without getting into all of those tedious ‘but what if’ scenarios that have bogged down logical thinking in education, for eons.
I heard in the weekend of a school that canned P.E. to teach Maori. I've also heard that education has been going backwards for 30 years. That suggests to me that the Bureaucrats at the top of education all need to go, because they are all failing. Something serious needs to happen. Stop the division. Get some unity, and get some passionate non woke people in there that are not just collecting their salaries.
Further info on the speaker, Melissa Derby, from her bio. '" I am a Senior Lecturer teaching early literacy and human development at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus and online. I completed my PhD at the University of Canterbury, and my study was part of A Better Start National Science Challenge. My primary area of research is in early literacy, and in particular, in exploring the role of whānau and localised curriculum in fostering foundational literacy skills. More generally, I have an interest in Māori education and success. "
Remarkable that the imparting of factual knowledge and literary or algebraic skills is not even mentioned as relevant subjects, not to mention scary stuff as natural science subjects. NZ schools have failed the education of generations of pupils, as documented by our steady and dramatic decline in PISA rankings in the last two decades. Without academic basics, all the analytical skills are wasted.
Melissa Derby is also on the governing council of the Free Speech Union.
I think the purpose of the video is not the speaker, but the subject
@@Box52222 you need to know who is delivering the speech.
A big problem with todays education is that alot of parents are not interested in their child's well being and leave it up to teachers who teach what they want
It's always been that way. It's only really been the upper class that have truly been involved in their kids education.
@@naisyjohns you mean middle class. the upper class send them to boarding schools or hire tutors
to an extent it's not the parents' fault they went to school & were taught relevant stuff, they just assume that's what school is like. they work & pay taxes & expect their kids are being taught properly at school & that the education professionals are the experts
@@kungfutzu3779 No, I have multiple family memebers and know teachers who have attended wealthy private boarding schools, and the upper class have more time for their kids. Middle class are the ones at work all the time and have an average of 16 minutes a day of quality time with their kids.
@@kungfutzu3779 Parents are also expected to teach their children as well but they don't
you didn't ultimately answer what the purpose of education is. instead you answered a different question: what the process of education is, or ought to be.