The Place of Science in Education

The Place of Science in Education

Realizing the determinism which modern biological knowledge has compelled us to accept, we suspect that the power of education to modify the destinies of individuals is relatively small. Abrogating larger hopes we recognize education in its two scientific aspects, as a selective agency, but equally as a provision of opportunity. In view therefore of the congenital diversity of the individual types, that provision should be as diverse and manifold as possible, and the very first essential in an adequate scheme of education is that to the minds of the young something of everything should be offered, some part of all the kinds of intellectual sustenance in which the minds of men have grown and rejoiced. That should be the ideal.

All the languages are to be taught as we learn them in later life, when the desire or necessity arises, by means of easy passages with the translation at our side. Our present practice not only fails to teach languages but it succeeds in teaching how not to learn a language. Who thinks of beginning Russian by studying the "aspects" of the verbs, or by committing to memory the 28 paradigms which German grammarians have devised on the analogy of Latin declensions? Auxiliary verbs are the pedagogue's delight, but who begins Spanish by trying to discriminate between tener and haber, or ser and estar, or who learns tables of exceptions to improve his French? These things come by use or not at all.

I come now to the gravest part of the whole question. We plead for the preservation of literature, especially classical literature, as the staple of education in the name of beauty and understanding: but no less do we demand science in the name of truth and advancementFor natural knowledge is destined to give man not only a direct control of the material world but new interpretations of higher problems. Though we in England make a stand upon the ancient way, peoples elsewhere will move on. Those who have grasped the meaning of science, especially biological science, are feeling after new rules of conduct. The old criteria based on ignorance have little worth. "Rights," whether of persons or of nations, may be abstractions well-founded in law or philosophy, but the modern world sooner or later will annul them.

The general ignorance of science has lasted so long that we have virtually two codes of right and duty, that founded on natural truth and that emanating from tradition, which almost alone finds public expression in this country. Whether we look at the cruelty which passes for justice in our criminal courts, at the prolongation of suffering which custom demands as a part of medical ethics, at this very question of education, or indeed at any problem of social life, we see ahead and know that science proclaims wiser and gentler creeds. When in the wider sphere of national policy we read the declared ideals of statesmen, we turn away with a shrug. They bid us exalt national sentiment as a purifying and redeeming influence, and in the next breath proclaim that the sole way to avert the ruin now menacing the world is to guarantee to all nations freedom to develop, "unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid."

In the first paragraph, it tells us that we doubting the power of education, we think

that, by the development of economic and culture, it become much harder to success only by education. And also we think the education is diversity. In this apsact, there is too much that we can talk about.There is a great diversity in the talent of human beings, and there is a problem in the present education, which is the lack of the diversity of education.Many people spend their lives, but still do not really realize their own talent is what. This is the sorrow of education. Of course, there is no way to change the big environment.So we can see that it is very important to realize the diversity of education.

So how can we realize the importance of diversity of education.There is a teaching method but is not fixed, but it.So as a teacher we need to teach our students in different ways.The relationship between different teaching methods is not exclusive, but interrelated and mutually complementary.In order to better accomplish the task of teaching, teachers in the choice and use of the teaching method should with a sense of the overall, optimization, pay attention to the organic cooperation between the various kinds of teaching method, give full play to the overall function of teaching method system.

Different students have different personalities, so we need to create a teaching method which can suit every student, so that the students can have a better understanding of the subject. Nowadays, in our sociality, it is important for our china to transform our ways of teaching.We should update talent training idea, set up the concept of diverse talent, respect for individual choice, to encourage the development of individuality, eclectic talents.

To achieve the development of diversified education, first,we need to consider different types of education, levels, forms, regional differences in demand. Second, is to explore a variety of training methods. The most important is that we need to change our way to evaluate students. The biggest problem is that education evaluation mode is too single. At the same time,it should be based on meeting the needs of public education, encourage social forces to set up education, develop private education, promote the school competition, stimulate the vitality of running school. For us it is very difficult to change our way, so there is still a long way to go.

The following 3 paragraph tells that science is very important, without science, we can live a good life. The rapid development of modern science and technology has brought about great changes to people's daily life, but also has an important impact on the development of the current education.On the one hand it bring us convenience, and make our education more colorful, but on the other hand, it has a bad influence to education.

The development of science and technology has improved the living standard of people.Science and technology can change the educational concept, so that in our modern sociality, we can use more ways to earn knowledge. And also, because of the development of science, the ways of teaching changes too. In the past decade, as a student, I have witnessed the change of teaching method.

But on the other hand, I can see the bad effects of the development of science. These good effects and functions just stay on the surface, what is more worthy thinking is the drawbacks it causes. The sudden network makes so many young people lost their

way in the road of knowledge.When the children in the face of the magic of the Internet world and all kinds of network game, they seem like to see a rare species, and unable to suppress her curiosity, so they can’t get rid of.But the more important is that the Internet develops too fast, and the impact on the community is too large and the children cannot resist the temptation cause by internet. So for us students, we need to learn how to observe it properly.

Our country has developed very fast, but our education is also in a embarrassed situation. We need to do something to change. We can build the subjects like science education which has been proved good. The rise of educational science makes us see the importance of education in today's https://www.360docs.net/doc/6216874689.html,cation science not only shows the importance of the society, but also the education.If we use educational science earlier, we may not have to take a lot of detours.The rise of educational science is also the perfection of science. We know the specific branch of science has been, more and more perfect, and the branch of education science has injected fresh blood to science So we can see that the scientific education has done much thing. It gives us a good example, we can see the hope in education. Education should go beyond the opposition between science and humanity and pursue a kind of organic integration, which is based on "humanity" and "science" at the same time.

Most of us may choose to a teacher when graduate, so it is very necessary for us to have a better understanding of education. Only when we know this, can we teach our students better in the future.