Organic Education

Sara A

This was a very interesting lecture given by Hugh Osborn, I liked it very much because the discussion was about the 21^st century solutions. Mr. Osborn provided an explanation about the under performing system in the U.S.A and discussed solutions that focus on creativity. Moreover, he discussed the global imperative force and a comparison between the 19th century model and the 21st century model.

One of the main points he made was about organic agents and "the connection being very powerful as time goes by" and he said that "Google is an organic help education".

He also talked about the universal model that student's self organize when they go to the Internet, but unfortunately on the other hand imaginative play time for children is almost non-existent.

Then before coming to the end, he talked about some goals. He said "achievement must be through academics" where "soft-skills will lead to motivation and working in groups"; then innovation comes into place. The universal model will include leadership where "everybody is a teacher and student".

Finally, he talked about the organic education in the U.S.A (North Carolina) and showed the results of the organic education model. He explained how to go from organic to mechanistic schools. He talked about the gifted children who were given intense education and how the teachers there are innovators.

When it comes to how the students receive information he said "there is no structure for text books because teachers are using the books as references only and children don't know what a test is until they actually take it". He also said that "children will become trouble makers if the shift will be from organic to mechanistic education".