Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 2/2.3.2

The article had a lot of interesting points. I believe the purpose of education is to give students the knowledge and know-how to make it in today's society. If a student doesn't know how to add or subtract then they will not make it in society. As for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) I think it still needs more work done. The NCLB Act is how I got started with my education classes, because as a paraprofessional (teacher's assistant) I had to be qualified doing my job.Msmhobbs04 (talk) 20:36, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

The county that I work for has the following mission statement. "The Albemarle County Public Schools' core purpose is to establish a community of learners and learning, through rigor, relevance, and relationships, one student at a time." I believe they have their finger on the purpose of education. Education is like dominoes. If you line a row of dominoes and tip the first one over it will cause a chain reaction causing all of the other dominoes to fall. When you teach students to ask questions, they will continue asking questions for the rest of their life. Once you teach people how to learn, they will long for information. Having a community of lifelong learners, will always promote education and the need for information on all levels. Jtmitchem (talk) 16:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I felt that the article addressed many of the issues people often consider when questioning what is the purpose of education. I do believe that there are many beneficial rewards to education, and to understand those rewards you have to look at both the history of education and the future of education as mentioned in the article. I feel that NCLB is another important aspect of education because it insures that no student is denied access to education, which I feel is a critical purpose of education. Rburt005 (talk) 23:39, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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I thought overall the article had a lot of great information. I do believe it is important to remember that education has to do with learning basic skills in subjects but also real life skills that will help individuals survive the real world. I do believe schools prepare students academically but in many cases they are missing our on other important skills such as understand a creedit card. Tehre are arguments where these skills do not belong in a classroom and others say this would fit nicely in a math lesson. The education system is very controversial. I think it was great to include the no child left behind act. I think it plays a major part in our schools these days and hopefully having teachers and administration hold themselves accountable for quality of teaching. Sston008 (talk) 02:36, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I really enjoyed reading this article because I agree with so much of the information. I truly believe that the purpose of education is not only to pass along knowledge in the basic subject areas, but also to address issues that will arise in daily life. Teaching things like honesty, respect, generosity, confidence, etc. are just as important to me as teaching math and science. Being knowledgeable in the subject areas can take you far in life, but having the various other skills and traits that I listed above can take you even further. I really liked how this article discussed different view points about the purpose of education. It is humerous to read the response from a child on what they think the purpose is. I dont think that it is until later in life that children come to appreciate all that they learn in school; however, I think it is of utmost importance to teach these life lessons early on! Khedl002 (talk) 00:12, 2 July 2009 (UTC)khedl002