Answer to Question #221961 in English for Chi

Question

Examine a Non-Western philosophical viewpoint: a. explain the principles of the philosophy as it applies to education in a chosen country b. discuss any great thinkers or philosophers identified with the philosophical viewpoints 4. Discuss the history of education in that country, including some of the social and political forces that have shaped the educational system in recent times. 5. Discuss the social issues that still plague or interfere with the education of all citizens in the country/area. 6. Describe the status of the country’s educational system according to UNESCO, PISA results or other measures of International comparison. 7. Provide solutions to address some of the social issues and recommendations for education reform or progress.

Answer 1

Examine a Non-Western philosophical viewpoint:

a.      explain the principles of the philosophy as it applies to education in a chosen country

of disparate offerings, so that individuals with different interests and abilities and affinities for learning can pursue curricula that are suitable? Or should every student pursue the same curriculum as far as each is able?—a curriculum, it should be noted, that in past cases nearly always was based on the needs or interests of those students who were academically inclined or were destined for elite social roles. Mortimer Adler and others in the late twentieth century sometimes used the aphorism “the best education for the best is the best education for all.”

Recognizing that all living is learning. I will be able to teach all special education children, knowing their behavior, skill, motivation, interest, thought, and habits. As a teacher, I know that the interest and the behavior are going together, and it will bring me to know more about my students.

I will be able to know, what my students like, and as an individual, how he or they can learn, how I can accommodate them to get an effective study. As a teacher, I need to know their need and their nature of learning, then, use the right material and directions to teach them. I need to keep in mind, that by nature children are always interacting, and the environment has a lot to do with it. It means that, a lot of movement and decision that children make depend in what is around them, but when a student is learning it will bring a change in his or she behavior. It is important to keep the students active in the classroom, and involve them in physical and mental activitie

b.     discuss any great thinkers or philosophers identified with the philosophical viewpoints

This dual focus requires it to work on both sides of the traditional divide between theory and practice, taking as its subject matter both basic philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of knowledge) and more specific issues arising from educational practice (e.g., the desirability of standardized testing).

4. Discuss the history of education in that country, including some of the social and political forces that have shaped the educational system in recent times.

A  national system of  education of any  country can only  be defined from  the perspective of  formal education system. This incorporates early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, tertiary education and university education. In light of this Michael Saddler (1886-1943) , noted that in studying foreign systems of education we should not forget that “the things outside  the school  matter  even  more  than  the  things  inside  the schools, and in most cases they actually govern and interpret the things inside  the school’’. In simple terms he meant that for one to understand a national system of education, it is important to note that, behind every system of  education, there  are factors  that  influence and  shape a  particular education system. These  factors include geographical, historical, technological political, economic, language, religious and socio-cultural. However,

some of these  factors  are more  dominant  in  one particular  system  while in another  system,  they would be less dominant. In this paper, we shall survey the political factor. The political philosophy of a country has an impact on education. The political factor dictates the type of administration the system of education will adopt.  It also underlies the content and component of the education system. It determines how the system is to operate and function. 

5. Discuss the social issues that still plague or interfere with the education of all citizens in the country/area.

We were already experiencing a global learning crisis, as many students were in school, but we're not learning the fundamental skills needed for life. The World Bank’s “ indicator – the % of children who cannot read and understand at age 10 – stood at 53% of children in low- and middle-income countries – before the outbreak started

 6. Describe the status of the country’s educational system according to UNESCO, PISA results, or other measures of International comparison.

 7. Provide solutions to address some of the social issues and recommendations for education reform or progress.

Ambitious Standards

Commitment to Equity

Student Motivation and Engagement

Every country has students with varying degrees of motivation, but the intensity of focus and time on tasks of students in high-performing systems is striking.

Global and Future Orientation

Recognizing the increasingly interconnected and digital world into which we are moving, high-performing systems are going global.

Alignment and Coherence

Lower performing systems have large "implementation gaps" between the policies enacted at the national, state, or even district level, and what actually happens in classrooms.