In the Irish education we are all put in togther in one big hall at the end of 6 years of education and we are tested and our futures are decided there and then. Is this really education? Education is defined as “the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill” but for me the biggest skill i learnt in the irirsh education system was how to list learn and spill out reems of knowledge on a given day and forget it the next. Is this really education. The biggest problem I have with the education system in Ireland is that we loose the power to think for ourselves. In the Irish Education system we never ever are even introduced to the idae if critical thinking.
The first time in my education life of thinking for myself was at the start of this module when we were told to think completly for ourselves and draw our own conclusions. And i must admit i enjoy this way of education and awful lot more than list learning. It is time in my opinion for the Minster of education to radically overhall the educatioon system here. I would think that students of Ireland weould benefit much more from more project based exams where they can think for themselves.
We are in the middle of the biggest financial problem the country has ever seen. It is ny opinion that the government should be trying to encourage people to be inovative and creative in setting up business so we can manage to get outta this recession.
In researching this idea of critical thinking i found this website that was really good for encouraging critical thinking. I would encourage you to have a look. http://www.criticalthinking.org/
