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I came to know about 5Rs: Repaid,;Repair,Review,research , retheorise Unconscious Incompetence: This is the happiest stage when a person says he knows everything .Ignorance is bliss. I am unconscious of my requirement, of my competence; Real learning takes place.I came to know about how to apply  reflexivity in classroom.I realized that I should not only reflect;I must plan for resolution stage with flexibility. It leads to conscious competence: When our skills become a repertoire of our thought.I learnt that the Key Stages of Conscious Competence Ladder cover five stages : Unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence,conscious competence,unconscious competence and mastery.I came to know that the Learning and change takes place while transitioning from stage 2 to 3.In the end I learnt  to analyse Tripp’s Model/Template.I enjoyed participating in the group activity of TRIPP discussion.I came to know that at least 8 incidents I should consider which will connect me with any four research topics for my assignment in this course. It was very informative session ,however I would like to know that why experienced persons can not be reflective.

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I came to know about different learning theories. I learnt that all the theories are based on some specific rationale. As a teacher I need to adopt reflective processes to make my students  thinkers.I must make them reflective practitioners .I should devise activities related to critical thinking skills  so that the students ‘analytical skills could be polished. I came to know about critical incidents  and learnt about TRIPP’s Model which is a very effective tool for a teacher to practice and plan accordingly.

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The Education Crisis in PakistanThe report reveals one of the bitter truths that despite spending a lot on Education and specifying a large part of budget for education , unfortunately, still Pakistan has to face eduçation crisis.There are thousands of schools but we can't deny this fact that millions of Pakistani children do not attend school and the one who are able to avail this opportunity to go school , even they have to suffer from absent teachers and poor learning environment. Nadia Wala states that almost 3 to 4 teachçhers don't show up and remain absent.Pakistan 's budget for education has increased significantly over the years and is now equal to military budget.Pakistan is in the dire need to learn to spend better , not simply spend more without proper planning to get rid of education crispy .Nadia Naviwala and Michael Kugelman showcase myths about Pakistani   education.This report draw a marked and clear comparison on how foreign donors and local leaders have transformed education in Pakistan .

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The Education Crisis in PakistanThe report reveals one of the bitter truths that despite spending a lot on Education and specifying a large part of budget for education , unfortunately, still Pakistan has to face eduçation crisis.There are thousands of schools but we can't deny this fact that millions of Pakistani children do not attend school and the one who are able to avail this opportunity to go school , even they have to suffer from absent teachers and poor learning environment. Nadia Wala states that almost 3 to 4 teachçhers don't show up and remain absent.Pakistan 's budget for education has increased significantly over the years and is now equal to military budget.Pakistan is in the dire need to learn to spend better , not simply spend more without proper planning to get rid of education crispy .Nadia Naviwala and Michael Kugelman showcase myths about Pakistani   education.This report draw a marked and clear comparison on how foreign donors and local leaders have transformed education in Pakistan .

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This report shows the true picture of the education system and the challenges faced by the students.
It is needed to introduce better infrastructure and develop awareness about the significance of education among the people of Pakistan.

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Changing Education Paradigm- Sir Ken Robinson.

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Education is what someone wants to learn and the system of education has been playing with it. The desire for learning has been tailored and monitored by the education system. It makes learning even more difficult because the soul wants to express itself and the system wants to suppress it and engineer it into a robot that can play its role in the industrial system but where is that courage that desires in that person, it is all killed by this system. The system has tempted people to become part of it and they lose their true being and become a puppet. Society has become more money-hungry as they are attracted to the luxuries and want to run the race. The whole system has become so old it should be changed. Society should revert to its true essence and life processes instead of this robotic lifestyle, but it seems difficult until some bold move is made in this regard that revolutionizes it.  The mindset needs to be changed so that the acceptance to new education system.
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Reflection on Sir Ken Robinson Changing Educational Paradigms

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Reflection: Everybody has tremendous creative capacities.
In the YouTube video, “Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms,” the knighted author critiques how education and schooling have become obsolete in today’s modern global society. The old production line mentality is alienating millions of students worldwide and how public education systems are actually stifling students from reaching their full creative potential.

Education should be prioritizing personal growth and developing individual interests and skills instead of trying to drag them through the same curriculum.

Focusing on how they truly can be themselves (by reintegrating abstract thinking), improve (or master) their interests/personal gift, and how they can share this with the world (contribution).

I believe that one of the absolute WORST things to happen to public education is standardized testing. It assumes that children will improve their abilities after having taken a worthless test.

The education system is based on two different virtues and is divided into economic and cultural reasons. The education sector is more of an industrialized system where learners are divided into groups according to age rather than being more diverse and open-ended. Learning should be open for all as a community and there should be more diversification in terms of needs and requirements.

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Reflection on Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education Paradigms

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Sir Ken Robinson has highlighted the importance of paradigms shift in the education system to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. He emphasized that the present education system does not meet the requirements of current times as it was created according to the requirement of the foregone era of the 19th century, the time of the industrial revolution.  The schools were organized on the basis of age brackets which do not cater to the individuality of students. He asserted that the education system needs to be revolutionized to tailor it to the rapidly changing economic situations and the phenomenon of globalization. Nowadays children receive information from a number of channels and their learning is not limited to classroom studies. Hence, it cannot be expected of them to focus only on the knowledge imparted in the class.  The availability of excessive information has resulted in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among the children and now they are being treated to improve focus and restrict intellectual thinking.

I support Ken Robinson thought that the present education system needs modification, especially in public schools so that it can promote creative learning and out of box thinking among students. I will provide a conducive environment for my students in form of project-based learning and Inquiry-based learning to promote collaborative learning and individual skill assessment in order to meet the requirements of the future and to see my students succeed.

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Group A3 Reflection on Ken Robinson's Changing Education Paradigms

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In Ken Robinson’s lesson on changing paradigm he argues about an education system which is institutionalised and has not evolved with change to phenomenon like globalisation.

The traditional system designed for industrialization supports the interest of existing economical structure where students are grouped by age.  The institutionalisation of schools is also on the structures of factories that has timed specialised subjects and disciplines that support the economies at large.  In schools there is a conformity that exists around standardised curriculum and testing systems.

The drive behind getting education conditions a child toward systematic institutionalisation and standardisation of curricula and tests.

The academic ability of categorising people as non academic versus academic rooted around two structural pillars of economy and intellect. They do not stand as a measure of success for many.

The current education system does not cater to all minds. It has atomised individuals towards learning where they struggle more as they grow rather than getting better. Therefore, the education systems need to be inclusive promoting divergent thinking and multiple perspectives of interpreting a question.

This can be promoted by collaborative learning that leads to growth creating flexible habitats inclusive to all for learning.

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Ken Robinson, Changing Education Paradigms
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The world around us is changing at a very fast pace. We are surrounded by techy gadgets that in the name of convenience have simply overpowered us.

This transformation has equally affected the public education which seems to be in a total reform mode primarily due to economy and cultural shifts. The existing education system that was designed for 18th 19th century has no relevance to cater to the growing needs of 21st century.

Key Robinson points out the educational institutes prepared students based on the industrial requirements, who would only study to enter job market, which paved way for standardized education system.

Students at present do not want that mainly due to the rapidly changing world and market dynamics. Key Robinson talks about why this standardized education system ruins the young pupil’s creativity and diversity. The author argues to have an academic system that is meant to provide children with both personal as well as educational growth to become successful members of the society.

Today students are bombarded with information from numerous media channels, social media platforms and so on that it has literally become impossible to help them concentrate on one thing at a time. There is so much distraction in this intensely changing environment that academician needs to work with students learning needs and prepare them for the future.

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Reflection on changing education paradigms by Ms. Ayesha Amad.

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Reflection on changing education paradigms by Ms. Ayesha Amad.

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I feel that current public education system is not effective for well being of our new generation. It is working on an anaesthetic approach for our kids which is making their senses, dead. They are becoming robots. On the other hand, they should be educated in a way where they can experience fields of their own interest. This may provide them an aesthetic experience where they can feel life.
Moreover, kids can learn and work best when they are allowed to work in collaboration. Their performance increases many folds when they are engaged in group tasks. Additionally, during their interaction with students of other disciplines, they start thinking in multiple directions. This cross curricular approach offers them, an opportunity to think out of the box.
This furthermore, helps the children to adapt the habit of divergent thinking where they can find multiple solutions for one problem. In contrast to this, if we direct kids of multiple types to pass through the same standardized testing system, they will become dumb n deaf. This stops their thinking process and they will be no more genius!
I want to conclude my discussion in favour of Sir Ken Robinson that we should provide enough liberty to our kids to think and learn in the way which matches their type of intelligence and nature in groups for growth of our society.

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•Ken Robinson, Changing Education Paradigms                                     Fareeha Kashif  

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Many societies educate their individuals mainly for two reasons.They educate them either for organic economy or to sustain their cultural identities.These societies are educating their children still with old methodologies which are making them bored of schools.Unlike the olden times, they no more take degree as guarantee of good future which is a right perspective. Current educational system was not designed for this generation. Initially education was more like a privilege than necessity.In 19th century, it was thought that street children can’t be educated being less smart or nonacademic while educating smart or academic people was considered easy. Many brilliant people were left unaware of their real genius due to this specific judgement. Economic and cultural model didn't benefit all. It was thought that children not performing well were lacking attention but it was actually boring stuff being taught at schools. Instead of aesthetic experiences children are given anesthesia of bookish knowledge which makes them crammers instead of creative thinkers.
It is deduced that there must not be age-based groups because children of same age may not have the same abilities.
Social learning & changing school environments after identifying the learners’ type can reform whole education system.

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The education system of pakiatan is not uniform.It means multiple educational system are at work in the country. For instance,different schools in the private and public sectors including religious seminaries have different mediums of instructions,curriculum and examination system.
Pakistan suffers from an extensive education crisis.Million of Pakistani children do not attend school.
Updated  curriculum also one of the problems of the education sector.
The dropout rate in Pakistan is relatively highest among the developing countries, according to the report of 2017 40% of the children 5_6 (22.4 children of the same age group) did not go to school.
The examination system of Pakistan is outdated. It does not assess and evaluate the real learning of examiners.
In Pakistan,the public sector education system provides more than 80% of students enrollment. Overcrowded classes, lack of electricity, no Labs, no proper playgrounds, no libraries.
the low budgetary allocation is on top of the problems of the education sector of Pakistan.The education  sector has never been a priority of successive government in the country.
National education policies and framework for improvement in the educational system has been introduced in Pakistan from day one. Unfortunately they have seen little or no implementation because of political will.

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•	Ken Robinson, Changing Education Paradigms

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Sir Ken Robinson artistically discussed what are the correct ways to reform the education system to change the educational paradigm. The educational imperatives mainly worked to attain maximum advantage for economical purposes and also to retain cultural ethnicity as the identity of a race.  He spotted the light on the problem of standardization in the educational system. According to his findings, the current educational system was developed for a different age, In the intellectual culture of Enlightenment during 1700 to 1800c. This structure was merely beneficial for only certain classes of society, as it was based on economics and structured in the interest of industrialization. Therefore, it couldn’t benefit everyone and created chaos. He further elaborates that maximum learning outcomes can be achieved while working in groups.  His opinion is that the system should be based on “divergent thinking” to value creativity, hence utilizing the capacity of each individual born with abundant natural abilities. The atomization of people limits their capacity and creates a disjunction between them and the natural environment.
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As education is a process of receiving and giving systematic instruction at school or university . The resulting decline in motivation is justified as a so called a educational crisis .

As per the human development report 2018 Pakistan needs an other 60 years to get all children of school going age into school . Pakistan despite a strong emphasis on education and economic growth , the ground realities give a contrary picture . The education budget has remained with in the range of 2 to 3 percent of GDP since 2009 . Whereas growth rate has touched 6 percent .

Pakistan education system is far less then the international standard which can not meet the Education demand. Pakistan education and economic growth is non linear. 2 to 3 percent education budget remains unspent every year . The opportunity cost of sending children to school are higher than making children an earning member of House hold . This result in a low school enrollment rate.
ASER Pakistan report a grade 5 student who are unable to read grade 3 Urdu and English text book . The majority of the students enrolled in technical and vocational training institutes are those who drop out of school .
The need is to give better educational infrastructure , financial support for poor families and raise awareness on the importance of education

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The author has expressed her apprehensions regarding the global approach to proliferation of education. She highlights the problem with equating spread of education with higher enrollment in schools. She calls attention to the complications created by the united nations adoption of this approach whoch has resulted in focus of policy makers and education sector in many countries shifting towards a paradigm of rote memorization validated by quantitative indicators like test scores and school enrollment figures which has resulted in a departure of quality and creativity while limiting the scope to only a small number of subject areas. This predicament has precariously lead to a severe decline in the standard of individuals and workers such education systems are producing especially in underprivileged areas like Africa. The continued refusal of united nations to be heedful of these factors in its global education policy has caused it to detract from its ideal of diversity which necessitates higher level of inclusion at all levels. The author calls for  emancipation of education from these administrative hurdles and a realignment of global education policy along the lines of ensuring better quality of education for all with a shift away from objective benchmarking and towards subjective inclusion.

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Summy Baloch                        Reflection on Changing Education Paradigms - Sir Ken Robinson 

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Sir Ken Robinson’s one of the best TED talk of all times is about how are we educating our children to be able to take part in the 21st century and as well as how are we educating them so that they have a sense of cultural identity. During his talk he also make a convincing case for how our educational systems are killing creativity. He further adds that our educational systems are modelled on the interest of industrialism. Our educational systems were designed for different time period and schools are still structured on same monotonous patterns as it’s based on social culture and assumptions, children are sent to schools only on the bases on academic and non-academic abilities. They are specialized against of their likeness to any particular subjects in order to get jobs. They are even educated batches wise rather than ability- wise. He also objected on the idea to feed their children on ADHD to make them more focused on studies rather than getting distracted by gadgets. He further adds that the entire educational system must be based on divergent thinking to revive creativity as it’s the ability to have maximum responses to a single question because great learning happens in collaboration.

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REFLECTION ON CHANGING THE EDUCATION PARADIGM

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REFLECTION ON CHANGING THE EDUCATION PARADIGM

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Reflection on changing Paradigms

Changing Education Paradigms is a description of our current education structure around the world. Sir ken Robinson theory provides an insight of schooling concepts from industrial to sustainable one.

Our current National curriculum is more technology based as they provide students to interact through media and electronic text.  In current scenario, our education cannot fulfill the needs and demand of our students as our system is conceived for different age groups. After 19 century, public education is break through and it’s a revolutionary idea. At first step technology should be integrated into our course structure.  Inculcating both technology and conventional alphabetical and numeric teaching we can develop the skills and abilities so our kids will able to deal with the problems of our times.

Robinson argues that our students need to experience a world that make sense according to their own level of thinking, and to create opportunities for them to think at higher levels, to think outside the box. We must encourage our students to be reflective, investigative and they will explore ideas.

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M1S1 - Task 1:  Pakistan’s Education Crisis (222 words)

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M1S1 - Task 1:  Pakistan’s Education Crisis (222 words)

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‘The Real Story’ behind the crisis of education in Pakistan states some ground realities of the issue.  Unlike most common understanding, the issue is not the low budget but how this budget is being spent, and the problem is not the low enrolment of students but the illiterate students passing out of schools.  The good news is reforms and donors but the hurdles in implementing these reforms are the lack of inclusive political vision and political determination.  The primary challenge in the way of educational reforms is either absent or unskilled teachers.  The author is very positive but equally critical in her analyses of the transformation of education through reforms.  The data shows that monitoring has curtailed absenteeism in a very short span, but then the observations show the real crisis of learning is still to be resolved.  As per data provided by provincial governments, Punjab’s performance in implementing educational reforms is better than the other provinces because of its CM’s approach of ‘deliverology’; the same approach which is also the reason for a fictitious and political term-based progress.  The reason behind the failure of implementation of educational reform in Sindh is political corruption.  Many aspects of KP’s education reforms, like ownership, political will, and how it has been translated through management give it an upper hand on Punjab’s approach and progress.

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Pakistan Education Crises

After reading the report , I came to know that Pakistan is facing number of challenges for example terrorism, political instability and many other problems that attract the attention in Washington. Pakistan is suffering food insecurity, water shortage, gas and electricity.

It is also another dilemma that most of children are not able to attend school for there are certain areas where school don’t exist. Even in 21st century there are a number of young people who are without sufficient education and don’t have jobs.

The Wilson Center’s Asia has discussed many issues related to the Pakistan’s education crises for last 11 years. The report states that money should be spend in a better way, rather than spending more to make education better in Pakistan.

Nadia Naviwalal reports pays her deep Pakistan -focused experience both in Islamabad and Washington and this will be useful resources For Pakistan official assistance.

It is the good news that reforms are on the way. Salar Khatak states that teachers do not have a tool or capability to teach. All four provinces are trying to reform Pakistan’s education. Those who are sincere, will find a way to reform the crises.

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Schooling and education are two different things

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Schooling and education are two different things

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The article is a stimulating read, even for someone unconnected with the education domain. The phenomenon highlighted for Africa is the exact same in Pakistan.

I am convinced that the increase in students’ number in schools is not the same as expanding education. In my opinion expanding education means to provide opportunities to students where they could “learn by doing” to become lifelong learners rather than rote learning the taught concepts and becoming parrots.  Teachers in developing countries are only focusing on memorization of the taught concepts as it is the only teaching/learning method they know.

The author is absolutely right in saying that the schools in developing countries are only giving superficial knowledge of basic Maths, Science, English, etc and not focusing on developing happy, life long learners who could bring positive changes in society.

According to the author, UN in 2015 added the word “quality” in its goal related to education, however, the schools continued focusing on increasing students ‘number rather than improving the quality of teaching/learning. I believe if the schools’ goal is to increase students’ enrolment, then quality of education would definitely suffer.

Another important point raised in this article is about “schooling monoculture”. UN preaches diversity however; in the classroom, all the children are taught in the same way without incorporating differentiation.  Some teachers are ready to incorporate hands-on learning activities with their lessons however they have to face a lot of criticism from their fellow colleagues and school administration.

The author is right in saying that rote learning prepares children for low-paid jobs as their creativity is killed at the school level and such learners are not suitable for complex and creative jobs. Therefore, filling schools with students and not focusing on developing their thinking skills should be stopped.

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CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGM (MARIUM FATIMA)

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CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGM (MARIUM FATIMA)

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Ken Robinson talked about how the education system is becoming more industrialized and students are being taught under certain age bracket and learning capacity, being graded as per their output of knowledge they can deliver after a term, or semester or particular exam.
However he did stated that the education system is in dire need of changes not just by speeches but physically too, as the globalization is happening so fast and the load of work on little minds are creating students with very less focus and more of racing to be either on top or getting too much hyper to achieve the said label and if they do not fulfill that particular criteria they are labelled as ADHD or ones that cannot cope up with the the batch or particular set of students of their age.
students should be set free to learn according to their level of interest and activities, instead of giving everyone the same kind of examination, they should be evaluated based on the way they can learn.

The education system should focus more on providing the students with the free will of how they need to understand and learn and explore instead of blocking their minds and just feeding them with the routine learning pattern. The standardization shouldn't be how an education system should work.

The learning pattern is different for every individual, mostly seen if they work in collaboration they produce good results as multiple minds can sort out good ideas and groups can make some of the introvert students to become the shining stars too.

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Qurat ul ain (Reflection to Changing Paradigms)

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In this clip, Sir Ken Robinson has discussed the changing paradigms. Paradigm always shifts when a new way or idea is replaced with a new one. He discussed the roles played by the reformers and researchers to create an educational environment, but with time things got clearer, and different results were recorded. The way education was manifested, did not lead that way later on and this might happened because of the generation differences. Intellect, technology, and understanding kept reforming with the passage of time and creativity. This could be better explained by the fact that our kids are smarter than us because they have better, in fact, more exposure than us. Therefore I believe that the biggest reason for shifting the traditional style of teaching with technology is that the present and coming generation is smarter than us. In addition, they believe that their ideas must be acknowledged because there is no room for old styles of teaching in this era of technology and creativity. This is how we can make new information to make our next generations think of the box instead of keeping them stuck with the old terminologies and information’s.

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Ken Robinson's Changing Education Paradigm - Reflection

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Ken Robinson has talked about Changing Education Paradigm. He maintains that Public education reformation takes place because of two reasons: Economics and Culture.

We were taught that if we work hard, we will go to a good college and eventually get a good job, however that is not the case in today’s world. Our kids are aware that getting a degree doesn’t guarantee a good job.

The problem with our education system is that it was designed for people belonging to a different culture and different economic background; Industrial Revolution.

Our education is modeled on the interest of economics. We are not educating children, instead we are producing batches of materials as in factories. We need to stop standardisation in education system which includes standardised testing and standardised curriculum. This is what is meant by changing the paradigm.

Divergent thinking isn’t same as creativity. It is the ability to see lots of possible answers, interpret a question in many different ways, and to think out of the box. Research proves that Kids are born with divergent thinking but our education systems reduce and eventually eliminate it in the students as they become ‘educated’. Teachers need to think about human capacity of divergent thinking and flourish it and understand that most great learning takes place through collaboration; in groups.

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ZOYA CHAUDHRY               Reflection - KR Changing Education Paradigm

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Sir Ken Robinson has wonderfully narrated and provided an overview of current worldwide educational structure. According to his research the current education system does not support the modern day challenges. The system is unfortunately based on industrialization. He suggested that the educational structure should be refined in accordance to the expeditious changes in the economy of the 21st century and globalization.

According to Ken Robinson when the similar disinterest and distraction manifests itself in a child, our society labels them as Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) sufferers. I totally coincide with his thoughts when he mentioned “Our children are living in the most intensive stimulating period in the history of the earth. They’re being besieged with information and coerced for attention from every platform: computers, iPhones, advertising hoardings, and hundreds of television channels. And we’re penalizing them now for getting distracted. From what? Boring stuff. He has reflected on the increase in technology and standardised testing, seeing these as factors that mirror the increasing trend in ADHD prevalence.

I support his argument that we need our children to make sense of their world, a world very different from the one we experienced. And, if we do want them to make sense of their world, we need to create opportunities for them to think at higher levels, to think outside the box.

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Reflection :Education Changing Paradigms
I found Ken Robinson‘s demographics extremely convincing when he tries to draw attention towards the demands of modern age education system and pressures faced by children. I very much agree with him that the modern education system is creating chaos; resulting in an etherified generation. I realized after
watching this link that the demarcation line our modern education system has
drawn: age specific; curriculum orientated system; subject
specific and result oriented is
actually not helping at all in getting people educated. I observed his realistic approach in saying that my
students need a different world to see other than that which I have
experienced. I discovered from
Robinson’s paradigm that I should focus
on collaborative learning environment rather than the artificial results. I came to know that if I will make my students
divergent thinkers , they will develop into more educated individuals with diversity of talents. I came to know that
the culture , habits and habitat of any institution contributes a lot
for holistic growth of a child. Finally, I will connect some of
his findings to Vygotsky who also lays a lot of importance on socio cultural
context.

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ZUNAIRA MUMTAZ Reflection Changing Education Paradigms

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Ken Robinson shed light on the importance of changing education paradigms around the world and their need to support the 21st-century challenges.

According to ken, the current education system has been structured to cater to the challenges of the 18th and 19th centuries in which the industrial revolution was taking place. The system is based on industrialization where schools are organized based on their age and batches. He stated that the education standards should be reformed due to the rapid changes in the economy of the 21st century and globalization. Children are provided with information from hundreds of mediums in the form of television, advertisements, social media, and gadgets. So their learning standards cannot be confined to the classroom settings where students are supposed to concentrate and focus on what is being taught to them. This epidemic has given rise to ADHD among children where children are given medication to build their ability to focus and limit their thinking abilities.

There is a need to go beyond this standardized education system and provide them divergent learning environment where everyone’s thoughts and opinions are given equal importance and value. They should be provided with the opportunities to learn in a collaborative environment rather than testing their skills individually.

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Sir Ken Robinson spoke about the subject of education and creativity.
I believe his ideas on education are revolutionary in the sense that no child gets left behind. Unfortunately, many children of special and unique talents are not properly
accommodated in today’s education system. Schools are now operated under the principles of industrialization and standardization.
Education is being publicly reformed. In the form of economy and culture
Robinson has highlighted the faults of these principles in the points below:
There is a demand for rigid compliance to curriculum, lessons planning, and assessments. Failure to confirm leads to the next point:
Children that do not meet the educational standards are treated as items in a factory; they are thrown away or reprocessed.
Children are educated by age group with the assumption that their year of birth is a major indication of what level they should be at. Mass education becomes linear.
Students are often judged by a single standard of ability and those who fall short are treated as “less able" or “disabled".
These conditions will be effectively administered if the stakeholders realize their roles and work together to bring change.
Robinson stated that children are being overly medicated for ADHD.
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Taqdees Hira: Pakistan Education Crisis: The Real Story (Reflection)

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After reading the report on Pakistan Education Crisis, I came across few dark truths about our education system. The report brought out 'The Real story' behind the showcase of “all is going good”. I learnt that Lack of education is not the main dilemma of Pakistan, political powers controlling the education is the primary cause of this problem instead. Politicians create jobs to win elections and give these jobs to ghost teachers or non-performing entities and create school in documents. This leads to “having schools but no education”. How can there be any teaching and learning when there are no teachers or in some cases no schools at all. IN spite of the fact that Most of the education budget goes to teacher’s salaries but they don’t bother for teaching material and proper resources which can enhance the whole learning process. Therefore, they are producing “illiterate students”. In addition to that, report proposed a solution that we not only need to save our education but to change our education system through regular monitoring and rehabilitation. We can do that by controlling teacher absenteeism, increasing learners’ involvement and fixing the infrastructure.

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Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms (Reflection)

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Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms (Reflection)

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Ken Robinson highlights the need of changing the educational paradigm. The base of this reformation is education has always been either economic or a sense of cultural identity and none of these serve the purpose. Kids these days don’t simply have to believe on the age old belief that better education leads to better job as this doesn’t fit in the modern era. Thus, in my opinion the current system of education doesn’t meet the demands of the changing times.

Our children are living in an intensely stimulating age and the school in most cases have failed to grab their interest in the educational intercourse. Standardized testing has also caused an increase in the ADHD. Dealing a bunch of students under the same set standards and judging them on their varying behavior seems to be root cause. Ken Robinson talks about divergent thinking to support the need of changing the educational paradigm. He further stresses that the divergent thinking is most commonly observed in the Kindergarten kids and as they grow up divergent thinking deteriorates.

In the end he stresses the importance of collaboration and suggests that better learning takes place in a group environment and not in isolation which hinders their natural learning.

In short, Ken Robinson stresses that no set pattern can be applied to educational policies as with changing times the demands change and as every learner is a different individual with different abilities and learning capacity.

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Ken Robinson’s video speaks about the changing education paradigms and how they have affected the general population in the past and of today. It starts off by telling that public education is being reformed due to two reasons: economic and cultural. This is very apt, as the changing education paradigms today have created uncertainty and a lack of trust.

The video also states that ADHD is a modern epidemic and children suffering from it are not able to benefit from the changing paradigms in education. These children are at a loss as they are bombarded with medicines and loaded with technology which diverts their attention from education.

Similarly, it very clearly identifies that the current education system is more industrialised, explaining that schools today operate more like factories and divide students into age groups. Moreover, it explains that great learning only takes place in collaboration, when children are allowed to think together and work in groups, rather than splitting them individually and hampering their thinking process.

I firmly believe, that Ken Robinson very aptly defines the lack of certainty in today’s education system and entails a very significant difference between the changes in education paradigms.

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Ken Robinson discussed many important aspects related to education. He compared the old days of schooling with modern schools and mentioned how the learners have changed now. In old days people went to schools for learning and used to take interest but in the modern era, students find their classrooms dull. Firstly, the students of the current era are no longer going to institutes for studying to get a guaranteed job, and secondly, they hardly find any creativity in their classrooms and have many other wider choices available to them for learning. According to Ken Robinson, modern students are losing focus and becoming sick mentally, so the system of education needs to be revised and some modern reforms must be done to make their learning experience exciting so they can find their classrooms worthy. He discussed the issue of a standardized testing system and according to him, it should no longer be used. As every student has a creative mind, a teacher should allow every student to give different responses and let them think wider and to be creative.