I read in the newspaper about a student strike in protest against austerity measures. Fortunately this happens rarely, but it happened a lot of meaning. They have no money and they were looking for ways to reduce costs. There are new techniques developed, the classes are larger and the number of teachers is reduced. That same sound as the dismissals of personnel from the industry. There is less money and therefore the company should step up and work with fewer people.
Often thought to be about schools as producers of knowledge for students. There is too little money and one should therefore fewer people to maintain production. This seems a logical argument and it is also from an economic standpoint. But knowledge is not a purely economic commodity and it is not a technical product. It's primarily for people who know each other generate.
An education is an education system for people to grow up. That maturity does not come, but must be formed with people through human relationships. People learn from each other and each other. Children learn from their parents but also parents teach their children. It is a reciprocal learning process that enriches each other. The same learning process continues in the teaching of student-teacher relationships that enrich each other in a learning process that produces knowledge for the community. The result is more than mere intellectual knowledge, because the whole character and spiritual wealth is deepened by it. That happened in the traditional guild system where the pupil of the master is not merely intellectual knowledge gain, but in addition to skill and knowledge to get wisdom.
In the education system is also not a ready made product knowledge to the student that the school sells. It is a 'product' that arises from a human relationship of student-teacher. If the student does not want to learn is not quickened, nothing happened. The student is therefore an equally important component of the knowledge economy. This joint achievement of knowledge is 'sold' to society. That's the market that also pays.
It is in education and education in the first place to the relationship, the mutual enrichment of teacher and student. Which is lost in scaling of the class. The wealth of knowledge verschaalt than purely rational knowledge. Scaling down contrast, the inspiration and energy to lovingly teach and to learn and thereby increase the quality.
I remember how I have come to love of chemistry and in it I continue to study through the inspiration of my chemistry teacher who managed to captivate me. It is primarily an investment in people that the future of our society to determine. I personally have 6 years in primary school teaching, two years in secondary education and 46 years in higher education. The power is still happy to do I get the energy that I offer my students who are learning to enjoy.
| Kind regards, Paul de Blot Professor of Business Spirituality Nyenrode Business Universiteit |  |
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Dear Mr. de Blot,
You write:
"An education is an education system for people to grow up. That maturity does not come, but must be formed with people through human relationships. People learn from each other and each other. Children learn from their parents but also parents teach their children. It is a reciprocal learning process that enriches each other. "
As such, I fully agree with your statement, only the truly stubborn in my opinion at this point, because not everyone comes to self-improvement to, or remain somewhere in the development stabbing a variety of reasons.
My thesis is that first we have much work to do to mature people. Then there is a reciprocal process begin. I would like to invite people from their essence and their passion to live, so they develop their own from there moving and again inspired and excited for the children are. Of course there are some that certainly do, but by the many changes (disguised cuts) in education is quite the draft has taken place.
Inspiration and enthusiasm I would bring back at work by myself to work as a career coach and inspiration, using the story of the people themselves.
So the inspiration and passion is in you and therefore you can free yourself and make it new again, and with her eyes to look at the world.
Yours sincerely
Gert Pasman
Career Workshop.
Paul,
Frequently read your articles and opinions. This money on education and is a good one. I understand your statements about education and money.
However, I think it is not more money, but to deal with what were kwalitaitief have. People, Knowledge and Money. Not that we're back to 'class education' should return, but a little that way can not hurt.
I see too many schools where we do in "human breeding". These volumes and I'm Charly Chaplin back to the conveyor belt starts running harder in that factory.
Education is also based on many 'inkoppen' and many 'flow' and if people do not make it we have all "bijspijkerprogramma's' people anyway to flow through. Because you get your budget numbers and not quality.
I also believe that too little training based on practice, however. Teachers are sometimes like a horde of chickens by the same people farming.
Let's think about emotions, feelings, values, purity, be yourself and act less!
Regards,
Hans Topee
newDirections
Topee @ Hans: I welcome your comments Hans. Try something to do with an emphasis on do it!
Dear Professor De Blot,
I largely agree with your article, but I do see a few bears on this path ...
Probably
you are an inspired and inspiring man and teacher. And that chemistry teacher a great teacher that really the right place doing his job. But surely you have experienced that teachers were not as enthusiastic and even now there are only a few that really the subject 'teacher' means and I'm talking about the added value that a person with knowledge of a teacher makes. Before we start with the youth it might be good to get "the teacher" to help them grow up making him understand the role it should play in the education of children to adults. This requires more than a handful of education that most teachers begin their careers. Like your opinion on this.
Kind regards,
Charles at Böhmer
@ Charles Boehmer at: You're right Charles. Just because I advocate that the selection of teachers is important, and not just watch jurisdiction.
"If you're making plans for one year, sow rice, if you're making plans for a decade, plant trees, if you're making plans for a lifetime, lead people."
Chinese proverb
@ Guido de Valk: that is indeed wisdom Guido. Thank you
Dear Professor De Blot,
Your column is gripped me from the heart. Thirty years I have taught in primary schools. The last in a small village school.
I too have experienced that relationship - in this case - children is crucial for transferring knowledge. A child, a living being is not a computer where you tucked information, click save and the case is okay. It's your break-up that many activities must be done by a few. The relationship with the children will suffer. Many educators feel that their child-itself can not provide what it needs. While on the other hand, very hard by the government and called that the child must be: adaptive education. It's all very contradictory.
Also striking is that more and more young teachers who are highly motivated, or become overwrought or other work. I believe that has to do with this frustration. So many great moments to look a little more contact with the children themselves, you have to pass up. Now, because it must first and that will happen, no time. Thus commodify everything and that promotes the knowledge absolutely not. If the government comes with new requirements, they also offer facilities for this. So more money to stop it. The possibility of more people in the workplace, so that relief comes in the workload, the child will really focus on it and the teacher can teach a lot more relaxed. So he / she can also educate and wisdom can bring in, helping to develop balanced people who can handle life.
I myself from my belief in Christian schools always worked and I've found that everyone was highly motivated to teach the children more than factual knowledge alone. Long before it was required as a mission school have long since we had a mission. Maybe not on paper, but certainly in practice. Should we really going to fight to be allowed to keep? Is the beauty of real forming in education - mandatory - disappear? We will hope and pray not.
Marja Numan
@ Marja Numan: your comment has me gripped from the heart Marja. Do something about it!
Paul Day,
After sending my response to your last newsletter, I see to my surprise afterwards that your original email was sent to me personally.
I suspect that you two "Guy Wouters' know, there in the past I've been through this once already with one of your personal emails, or not?
but it's funny and maybe a nice example of synchronicity this topic because I'm so close to my heart (literally) is, see my email above.
Greetings with a big smile,
Guy Wouters
(Not the one and only)
from Lier, Belgium
Professor Day, day Paul,
I read with great attention your newsletters that keep me inspired again.
In your last newsletter I read how much inspiration you get back from your students.
I am a driven and passionate coach in companies and organizations, specializing in leadership.
In recent years I also work with many students who are obliged to attend the course should be and usually work in chaotic organization and I am referring mainly to "chaotic mental" organizations.
My problem as a trainer and coach is that I keep a lot of "give" very little "get back" to the students, that starts me physically and mentally hard to fall. (Am 59 years)
how do I get that bad at?
Thanks for your attention to my question and for your positive consideration,
Yours sincerely,
Guy Wouters
Huib Rechtestraat 17
2500 Lier
Belgium
@ Guy Wouters: thanks for your two replies from Belgium Guy. I am happy that it recognizes and propagates
Nice article again Paul. I totally agree!
Coincidentally, we are currently a career-inspiration to set up workshop specifically aimed at primary schools where our motto is that every student is entitled to a vital, inspired teacher. We believe there are many people in education to find too busy with other things "should" and so drift away from their original inner motive, namely teaching and helping little people grow up.
Our goal is to provide insight into who is really motivated to teach and thus a great contribution to education and who better else to offer his or her qualities. This creates, we hope another pleasant atmosphere of cooperation, with a shared ideal. Hopefully those who are most passionate about history, history and give the master or teacher who is the hottest of arithmetic, the children bring to this course.
In your article, we see our ideas confirmed and that's inspiring. Thanks!
Kind regards,
Gert Pasman and Vonny Nuijten
Arnhem
Strongly agree! This is a blueprint my own experience.
Now that the government would charge.
They were the people on the shop floor more hands and feet can indicate if the above words could be reality.
Less top-down policy, more bottom up.
It is high time for a change of mentality.
"The school should always strive to have the young people leaving school as a harmonious personality, not as a specialist."
@ Nijland Ans: Thank you for your support Ans. Others can not improve, only yourself. Then you also affects others
Thank you Paul, even though I'm not in education, the subject always touches me deeply.
Fortunately, we are back in the Netherlands the freedom to choose other forms of education: For example Iederwijs and Free School. Of these two types of education, I know a lot done also to the personal development of teachers themselves, so the relationship with their pupils, will be optimized. And knowledge is most certainly offer but so does the practice and the person that already at the end of primary school period talents of children appear. And knowledge more lasting impression.
I remember the day my ex came back with our Italian son of an acquaintance with his school (Waldorf school education). With tears in his eyes he let me know that it was so. That in Italy this beauty could never give to my son. Too bad it ends after high school. What would be nice if the personal development of our children than integrally continues. And above all ... it is normal that all children are allowed to self-education and the full theory, with practical examples offered. In addition, except for history, static knowledge and philosophy, his books no good way to ensure that the interim to gain knowledge. (Incidentally I read your books like to hear Paul. As I learned more from reading this one and a short call)
Yes, reforms are really needed. Time asking for it. We're going for.
@ Caroline Ligtenberg: Thanks for your comment Caroline, very recognizable. However, you do it more than you think through your ideal vstralen out and talk about it.
Helam agree, Paul. Send it to the Minister of Education.
Kalff @ Hans: Thanks for your suggestion Hans. Can not you do?
Dear Mr. Blot,
Thanks again for your message. I enjoyed reading it and thought about the piece of Jean-Jacques Suurmond in the last 28-04 Trouw He also writes about "the mystery" of the meeting / call. Only if there really is something in the space of the relationship of people is both inspired.
That you experienced in your life as a man, in your work experience as a teacher and that too in my daily work. Is not that great ...!?
@ Rommy Pebbesma: Thanks for your comments Rommy. Keep it up!
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your inspiring words and beautiful
The subject knowledge and experience fascinates me immensely.
However, I believe that knowledge is not a product. It is one of the few things that you can share or give away without you yourself being poorer.
What is to be sold are the applications that you can do with that knowledge. These are often unique and creative minds often in spring or moments.
The same goes for science mi. This is a very rigid, often inflexible determination knowledge, which goes from knowing, proven know. The expansion of science is achieved by creative people, who dare to question and challenge to dare to go to them then under construction, so they become part of the science.
From a business point of view, scale is a tool that can be applied to mass production goods (Keuning and Eppink). (Oil, cement, betum, etc.) Where the human component is important, the size basically determined / limited (to be) by the omspanningsvermogen to the human scale to maintain. (Healthcare, education, services, crafts, etc.). Because usually not involved, unilaterally trained people for these sectors to make decisions, it creates a very skewed picture clearly.
Progress could be due to mi dedicated people to saturate with knowledge and to invest in creativity. This creates inventive retaining / or just by knowledge and experience.
I would consider it very clear that 'school' training only 1 of many ways to knowledge, with relatively few mi senses are used. Experience through practice, the decisive factor in the application and commitment, where these two come together and result oriented creatieviteit inventiveness.
This process is always a human process.
I would also like to point out that knowledge often turns into habits.
In pea soup, rye bread is often eaten because it is still nice and should (according to many).
What is less known is that rye substances, so the energy that is absorbed better in peas can be used by the body and thus creates a better protection against cold conditions. I call this "the art of gnowing"
Finally, I highlight two points:
1) Feed my opinion is the source of all life, we are here and it would therefore always have to have a regional character. The love, energy and building materials from the earth, herein stabbing are the building blocks of our bodies and our society. Now we get food from around the world and often without any sense of importance. Society can become nothing more than a reflection of this. (Very interesting to pictures of Masaru Emoto view, the message of water)
2) Money is a medium of exchange, but the human factor here to subside, the disappearance of the counters at the bank, the cash payment at the end of the week, settling at the checkout so created distance between man and this medium.
If you then 1 and 2 together, the threshold for the swap to make your own in any way whatsoever, much lower.
Both the white-collar circuit and in the 'other' criminal circles in the street.
By ensuring that the growing awareness that the word society sprang to life the words together, and the realization that what we do, we have to do with heart and soul and realize that our last coat has no pockets. Will we be able to our knowledge, creativity and inventiveness to work together for a balanced society involved.
This is where I am every day, that I may greet again for deployment and will continue to work.
With kind regards.
@ Ben van den Berg: Thanks for your detailed comments, which you yourself very nicely summarized as living together!
It is indeed a fact that during my training I have ever given, was very tired as the students were passive. The classes that much and asked so many interactions that took place seemed more intensive but ultimately cost less energy. This goes to show that many spontaneous communication between people and a more relaxed society will bring. Learn every day, is not only knowledge but also learn. The usually silent mass of people we are today has become a trend that really needs to be reversed. Ronald Molendijk is the driving force behind Living in Ancient Atmosphere.
@ Ronald: Ronald you absolutely right: it is the relationship between people
Dear Paul,
I completely agree with you. I also own experience how important it is to invest in people so they learn to experience himself worthy to participate in social life from the unique capabilities. This is really something different than just paying attention to knowledge. Wisdom can be learned through frank and respectful attention to what the youth and many adults also enjoy. I even get the impression sometimes that money currently is considered a deity, that knowledge and good grades as the higher standard applies to the current economy. Decency Standards are even subordinated to the desire to be the best rather than the best in themselves to develop and propagate.
Money is invested in cash and unfortunately many are hereby normal and natural aspects of life forgotten.
There is more than enough money, just weird and is also distributed to many costly things spent and wasted.
I learn a lot from my own children and also vice versa, even the mistakes we make reciprocal. We can happily open about it. This is what I miss in today's society. One is too much forced to strive for perfection instead of people learn to realize that we are all fellow human beings can learn and discover what we inwardly know. Now what is the intention of life? That's my opinion anyway healthy mental thought patterns and physical health, so we can get comfortable in the skin to sit and learn to deal with emotions. I miss those aspects of current knowledge policy. It seems to me to become compulsive.
With regards frank
@ Marian Muller: You're right Marianne, it is the awareness of yourself and not about money.