Kit,
I believe critical thinking is a wonderful skill that if possible, we should add to our instructional strategies. Knowledge and skills are the bare minimum. Also professionalism, and soft skills required in the workplace are important end goals to shoot for too.
Barry Westling
The goal of educating students is to have them apply the book knowledge to real world situration.
James,
Absolutely! Thinking through a problem or situation is a very critical skill that with practice, can help students in their school, employment, and even in life situations. Any thing we can do to promote thinking (labs, exercises, games, discussions) are good practice techniques.
Barry Westling
The goal in preparing a student is to pass along knowledge and skills that prepares them for their field of study, as well as real life situations. Education should not just be memorization, but rather the ability to apply the information learned in a critical thinking situation.
Sylinda,
Good behavior, professionalism, and even appropriate grooming, grammar, and punctuality can mean success or failure in most work settings. So if possible, adding some of these components can assist students with their job readiness.
Barry Westling
Teach them the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful and productive in their chosen field of study.
Robert,
When we engage our students, we are in a way inviting them to embrace the world of work as we, the instructors, know to be true. A good impartation can pass essential knowledge along to the next generation.
Barry Westling
To be able to successfully transfer to my students not only the knowledge and skills that were taught to me but also my life experiences in my field both technical and soft skills. My goal is to help them to be the best that they can be not only in our trade/craft but also in life.
Stephanie,
I agree and believe that a firm way to assure long lasting education is to integrate critical thinking into the curriculum. When students are able to move beyond mere recall of facts and memorized information, and begin to think on their feet and interact with situations from a rational, reasoned perspective, they'll be successful in the workplace.
Barry Westling
The goal of educating students is not only to teach them job skills for the work place and to instill knowledge, but to assure that the knoweledge they acquire is long lasting.
John,
Yes, at a minimum I think this is true. Possessing the ability to think on their feet would be another goal, along with conforming to standards of professionalism present in their career area.
Barry Westling
I feel it is to insure that they learned and can apply their new knowledge and skills in working world.
Williams,
Yes, knowledge and skills helps them get into their new career. Behavior, grooming, professionalism, and language are a few of the soft skills that also assist in landing a good first job. If we can provide emphasis on some of these categories, that'd help as well.
Barry Westling
I believe the goal of educating students is to give them the necessary knowledge and skills they require to succeed in life. Providing them with such education will enable them to be competitive in their career.
Renee,
Yes, job prepardeness is the goal. The best measure of that is the employers degree of satisfaction with the employees they hire. And when students are successful in their new employment, that marks the validity that our goals have been achieved.
Barry Westling
Kaley,
Yes, at times it may seem our students may not have learned anything. But then, when they secure employment, are successfuly working in the profession they trained for, that's where the satisfaction lies in knowing we had a part in their career and contributed to a better future for them and their personal lives.
Barry Westling
The goal of educating students is to prepare them for the work force by fostering learning and development of basic knowledge in their career fields, so they can gain needed critical thinking skills for jobs.
I think this is one of the hardest things to do. We give everything we can to students and when they go out it is as though we have not instilled anything into them.
Melissa,
Yeah, those soft skills are so important. I've read that more people lose their job because of compliance with attendance, grooming, language, or following directions, then the actual technical part of their job they were hired to do. So I feel like the more we can emphasize and incorporate soft skills into our classes, we benefit the students both for now, and perhaps a lifetime.
Barry Westling
I believe that the goal of educating students is for educators to prepare them for their future career paths and endeavors. As educators, we are preparing our students to enter society in the role that they have chosen. I think that we are not only teaching work skills but also soft skills, morals and values. We are nurturing our students to deal with all types of outcomes and difficulties as well as success.
