What true education should do

Journal 1
Xanthi Papadopoulou
Language Development Course

To me this is one of the most beautiful and most enlightning views on education I have ever read about.
I wished this believe in the hidden pearls in each one of us would be spread more widely.
I experienced myself the horrible feeling of the animate sausage casing, and to me this is not what true education should be about.

The idea illustrated in this text, recognizes the capacities in each one of us and esteems the value of human beings.
To some extent, this approach is extreme. It gies further than the constructivist approach which says that a teacher should build on his students' existing preknowledege.
According to this approach ALL knowledge can be found within students and just needs to be brought to light.
Although this is a challenging view which is hard to realize, I will take it seriously and will try to reveal the inner beaty of my students' worlds.