Emerson writes of his belief about how education needs to be addressed and followed through as. He believes education should be about trial and error. The mothers, teacher, and older generations need to teach the students of the younger generations of their experiences so they can try and see for themselves what the outcome is and how to get there. We also need to limit the amount teacher’s press students to have one right answer. We need to focus more on teacher to student relationships and the individual intelligence between each student. Is this the right way to go about education?
I believe education should be about the student’s potential and intelligence. Their strengths and weaknesses and improving all of their talents and fallbacks but at the same time allowing them to strive in what they’re really good at. I agree with Emerson in the sense that everyone deserves and should be able to have an education that focuses more on their needs as a student. A system that allows them to focus on their goals and strengths and persevere through it.
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence proves that students all have certain or a few strengths and I think each school should help them focus on them more. But what is the multiple intelligence theory? Gardner defined intelligence as “a property of all human beings, a dimension on which human beings differ, and the way in which someone carries out a task to complete a goal.” His theory has 8 intelligences that are ways in which students understand ideas and how they attack tasks. Having teachers that attend to each intelligence and help them more forward in their interests with the support of that intelligence. I think education should tend to the individual and if the student has more support by their educators they get more one and one advice. I believe Emerson is onto something.
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