Techniques for the Best Education

Education is one of the most important thing to instill in a child. However, one cannot force someone to want to learn more about subjects they may not be interested in. It is vital to the future that we not only instill an education, but we must also form a love for the pursuit of knowledge. Therefore, we must make the act of learning enjoyable from the earliest interaction with school. This means that one must study and try to improve the methods of teaching each age groups of children. This was very important to Maria Montessori, a progressive educator from the late 1800s and early 1900s. (1) She believed that if you wish to instill a love for learning you must study the past efforts and create newer and better methods of teaching that will engage even the most excitable children. One of the things that Montessori studied was the effect of school furniture on students. (2) Through her research, she discovered that the furniture used by the schools were physically harmful to the students. She states in her writings the need for more comfortable seating is necessary for a good education. If a person is to physically harm themselves then, in the long run, they will not like the pursuit of education. (3) Freedom is another big factor that affects a person's will to learn. If a person is free to choose their education then they will more than likely appreciate the product more.

Another person that studied the various effects on education is John Dewey. (4) In Dewey’s studies, he focused more on the process of thinking instead of gauging everyone’s intelligence on something like standardized testing. (5) In order for a student to use a “thinking in education” the educator must pull from the students’ pervious experience while still challenging the students with new information. While this may seem very difficult and tedious on the part of the educational system, it has proven to produce students that are productive to society and go on to create new and better products and policies. (6) The use of “thinking in education” is, in the eyes of Dewey, the most effective process of education. The most important use of education is to create imagination and intelligence in the minds of the next generation.