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ISSUE51 - "Education will be truly effective only when it is specifically designed to meet the individual needs and interests of each student."
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With the development of human society, problems of education have attracted the attention of more and more people. The controversy about whether the education should specifically designed to meet the individual needs and interest or not, albeit drastic, has not reached the agreement among people. I agree with the speaker insofar as that the effective education relates to students’ needs and interests is important to some extent, but too much emphasis on the interests and needs of each student will be just opposite to what we wish.
Admittedly, interests and needs play independent role in the education. It is difficult to imagine that one can keep passion and energy to study what he or she feels tedious, let alone gains a satisfactory study effect. Einstein’s word (and I paraphrase):“Interests is the best teacher”, illustrates the significant importance of interests in education. Interests of study can explore students’ unique aptitude as well as cultivate their precious individuality. To find a best example, one may first bethink of Copernicus, the founder of the heliocentric theory. Once being a doctor, he turned to be absorbed in the astronomy research after he got great interest in this realm. Unless keeping the self-study spurred by interests, Copernicus might not find himself possessed the outstanding talent which helped him ultimately attained the epoch-making achievement.
It is true that education should pay attention on individual conditions since their significant function, but the disadvantage of the education which is specifically designed to meet the interests and needs of each student is conspicuous. On the one hand, students can fully develop only when they receive the wide rage of cultivation, overemphasize on the individual needs would narrow their sight and diminish their ability to acquire various knowledge. Just as the British philosopher Francis Bacon said, (and I paraphrase) "Histories make men wise; poem witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric to contend". So the students can benefit a lot from learning different subjects which are offered by the formal education. On the other hand, something students are interested in may not be conducive for their individual development, or to the worse, even detrimental to their growth. For example, many boys are interested in the computer games. If the education only pays attention to their interests and teach them the skill to play the games, the students may indulge in the virtual world. No sensible people will approve of such method of education. So, only concentrate on the needs and interest of students, the education will not receive significant effect.
Moreover, the education which only concentrates on individuals' needs and interests has too little feasibility. Students’ different characters and experience determine their various needs and interests, while the number and energy of teachers is limitless. Besides, students may not have sufficient sense to find their true interests. For instance, some students think the mathematics is completed and boring, the reason maybe they have not comprehended the essence of it. After they grasp the skills of studying math, they may feel it very interesting than they once imagine. So designing the education plan only according to the present interests of each student may mislead their true fondness and confine their future development. In a word, only consider the interests and needs of students when design education is impractical and may cause negative influence.
In sum, as discussed above, individual interests and needs do play an independent part to education, but over-emphasize on them would harm students rather than benefiting them. Instead of concentrating on the individual’s interest and needs extremely, we should cultivate the interests of students and find their collective needs. |
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