Ideal Education Model Essay

Education is one of the most important things for a society to prosper and be safe which forms the character and intelligence of the individuals around the world. Education makes one able to understand what is happening in the world logically and clearly. Education enables individuals to put their potential to use and make a difference in the future. It is essential for individuals to be educated in a way that they will expand their knowledge vastly. An ideal educational model is very difficult to achieve, and is often argued over by people in society. Every person in the world is unique in their own way, having their own strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has a learning style that is unique to them, developed over time. It is absurd for educators to clump together all of these different individuals and teach them in one manor. Teachers should cater to every individual student learning capabilities. The issue in public schools today is that teachers do not have the time to teach each of their many students individually. There are too little teachers for the volume of students at public schools. In the comic titled â€Å"Multiple Intelligences† an environment with various students learning in different ways is displayed. All of the different students are fully engaged in activities that interest them. This comic is showing that by allowing some freedom to students to learn in the ways they find interesting will be beneficial in the end. It is very difficult for students to receive one on one time with the teacher. An increased budget to public schools would provide more teachers to better educate each student. The student should be in an environment in which they are comfortable and not pressured by the constant drilling of information. The student should be able to express themselves to the teachers if they do not understand information taught. This concept ties back to the urgency for more teachers in the public school system. In an average public school there is about twenty or thirty students to one teacher, causing most students to be unable to receive one on one time. It is also very important to maintain complete respect for the student. No matter what skill level a student has they should be treated equally to all other students. â€Å"The secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do† (Education). The student chooses whether or not they want to be educated, one cannot force knowledge upon a student. Teachers  should encourage students and provide them the tools to learn, not force students or put them down. In order to teach successfully teachers must learn about first learn about their students. Teachers must assess the student’s capabilities and interests. Some students are visual learners, while others learn from hands on activities, or verbal communication. Not all students can learn through memorization, rather they learn through interest and relation to the topic. â€Å"To realize what an experience, or empirical situation, means, we have to call to mind the sort of situation that presents itself outside of school† (Democracy and Education). The curriculum should encompass material that is most useful for a student to learn. It seems that in the majority of schools, students are not given the flexibility to guide their own learning, but rather follow rigid instructions that destroy the student’s imagination. Homeschooling is one pathway of education that effectively teachers each student based on their individual needs. At home there is one student, and one teacher who know the students learning capabilities completely. â€Å"This individualized instruction, combined with homeschooled students’ experience in studying and pursing goals on their own, may be showing long-lasting effects† (Homeschoolers on to College). Some students need extra help in order to understand information, and homeschooling would be very beneficial to these students. No matter how many teachers are hired at a public school, it will never compare to the one on one education provided homeschooling. People, especially children enjoy receiving attention, and will often thrive when attention is given. If a child feels that they are not cared about, then they may very well fall through the cracks of public schooling. Every child should be considered when educating in a classroom setting. Everyone is differ ent, and everyone deserves a proper education.