Is the current educational system found within Western societies enabling the younger generation with the necessary knowledge and skills that will allow them to tackle future problems in the world?

The reason why you know what you know is because your ancestors have decided to share it with you. Compared to other species in nature, we have very effective ways of transmitting

knowledge

and

information

from one

generation

to another. Luckily for us, it has allowed us to strive as a

species whereas

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species, whereas

others were led to extinction.

This

effective mechanism of

knowledge

transmission relies on important decisions that leaders of any

generation

must take regarding what

information

is worth transmitting to the younger

generation

as well as how it must be transmitted in

order

to be applied effectively. Reflecting upon

this

important responsibility that must be tackled by the older

generation

found in present days, is our current educational system within western

societies enabling

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societies, enabling

the younger

generation

with the necessary

knowledge

and skills that will allow them to tackle

future

problems in the

world

? After careful analysis and reflection, it is with shame to admit that we are dramatically failing to prepare the younger

generation

for the

world

upon which they will be asked to contribute in the

future

.

Firstly

, the current

method

of presenting

information

through hypothetical examples and artificially constructed problems failed to render a realistic view of the

world

and a sense of purpose to the younger

generation

. The majority of assignments a

student

will be tasked to accomplish during his educational journey depend on established axiomatic reasoning upon which he must adopt in

order

to successfully complete the task.

Additionally

, the expected outcome of any assignment is either right or wrong, which

consequently

prepare the

student

to solve problems which have either a right or a wrong

solution

.

However

, realistic problems that the

student

will

encounter

within his

future

life will not be clearly

defined as

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defined, as

well as lacking any established paradigm about the correct reasoning

process

to adopt in

order

to reach a successful

solution

.

Furthermore

, any task the

student

will likely

encounter

in his

future

do not have a clearly

define

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definite

defined

right or wrong answer.

Therefore

, a young

student

that has been thought to navigate a

world

where any problems have established

method

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a method

methods

and binary

solution

will most likely feel confused during adulthood where he is being tasked to perform in a

world

where problems are not only lacking methodologies, but more importantly are simply not defined.

Moreover

, the current grading

method

where mistakes are rendered as the worst nightmare any

student

could

encounter

during his educational journey lead him into a state of mind where fear inhibits any creative action. As previously mentioned, any important problems the

world

will be facing in the

future

has no predefined path upon which one must travel in

order

to find a

solution

. The only

method

that increases the chance of success to any unsolved puzzle is the joy of iterated failures and creative attempts.

As a result

, the current younger

generation

is expecting a

future

world

upon which failure is to be avoided at all cost in

order

to accomplish their dream of contributing meaningfully to society.

Lastly

, a

student

who knows all the answers to any potential question will be very ineffective within a

world

where he is being tasked to create questions

instead

of answering them. The current

method

of transmitting

knowledge

to the younger

generation

relies upon passive education upon which students are encouraged to passively listen and memorize facts to make sure they are capable of answering questions during exams. There is a false perception about believing that students attending a lecture are the one benefiting the most during the

process

as opposed to the teacher giving the lecture. Contrary to common belief, the teacher lecturing has the opportunity to not only enhance his understanding of the given subject, but more importantly enhanced is communication skills as well as becoming comfortable about facing unpredictable questions that could bring reflective instability.

As a result

, students are introduced into the practical

world

expecting to come up with the ability to

skillfully

execute as opposed to

skillfully

listen, which they have been trained to do very well during the

last

20 years of their educational life. From a different perspective, comparing the current

method

of education found within western societies with countries lacking any educational system render it as an ideal educational

process

that should be imitated and encouraged.

However

,

this

perspective failed to acknowledge the importance of evaluating any educational

process

with respect to the cultural landscape upon which the

student

will be tasked to perform in the

future

.

That is

to say, the younger

generation

found within countries lacking any structured educational

process

will not face the same kind of challenges that the younger

generation

found within western societies. Within a

future

upon which any repetitive tasks have been automated

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with

robotics, creative thinking is left to be the desired skills upon which the current generating should be thought to excel at.

Therefore

, in my opinion, it is safe to claim that the younger

generation

found within western societies is failing to receive the proper education that would allow them to have the necessary

knowledge

and skills required to tackle the challenges they will likely

encounter

within their adulthood. As a potential avenue, a transition toward an inquiry based educational

process

could be established where the students are left with the task of rationally assessing potential problems and solutions under the guidance of teachers guiding their thinking through

open-ended question

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open-ended questions

an open-ended question

with

goal

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the goal

a goal

of letting the

student

develop their own proof of what they think the

solution

should be. With these principles, the

student

is actively tasked to find creative solutions as well as encouraged to fail in

order

to gain the

information

that comes out of the unexpected outcomes.

Additionally

, the

student

becomes a master practitioner since he must actively find ways to test different hypotheses as well as assessing the potential paths of interpretation and their consequences. Altogether, since we have been gifted by nature the ability to think creatively and explore the most mysterious territories, it is

to

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in

our interest to enhance

this

creative ability within our younger

generation

.