What Knowledge Is Worth Essay

UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TEACHING AND LEARNING INHIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS

Assignment: Develop a Critical essay on the question “What knowledge is worth”. In your essay critically explain the rational for your choice as well how that knowledge should be taught and assessed.

In the following paragraph, I have bought the ideas from a document on what education is worth in 21 st century , and I find it relevant because it is adapted to the volatile situations in which the world is living in, so they are adaptable to situation.

The call for 21st century knowledge frameworks largely rests on the assertion that education has failed to prepare students for the demands of the 21st century. Schooling (in terms of organization, structure, and format) remains much the same today as it was throughout the 20th century. The recommendations around 21st century knowledge emerged from educators such as Howard Gardner (Gardner, 2008), popular writers such as Daniel Pink (Pink, 2005), and organizations such the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007) and the Center for Public Education (Jerald, 2009).

These individuals and organizations argued that it had become increasingly evident that the labor force required by an increasingly globalized economy requires an altogether different model of education one that transcends the 20th century skills of repetition, basic applied knowledge, and limited literacy. With this in mind, we set out to understand and define what 21st century learning, according to those involved in the discussion, actually means. This work is critically important because it will aid in determining what and, just as important, how we teach...

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...ucture have made physical proximity optional, not only in education, but also in fields such as business and medicine, and they have made availability for interaction effortless. As a result of the increased opportunity for interaction across countries and around the world, teachers need to know how to foster cultural competence, emotional awareness, and leadership skills to facilitate not just interactions, but meaningful interactions and relationships. Interestingly, this specific type of knowledge is largely absent of the “standards-based” movements in education and not always seen as worthy of prolonged instructional time and effort.

My assessment should be focusing on the skills that help students needs to succeed in work, school and life, in other word, it should be focusing on what students have memorized but on their analytical thinking on a given question.