Student+Commentary+Question+1

= = =Logistics= When we began research and discussion of our projects, we came up with a few fundamental questions to guide us. The two groups (from ASB and SPA) shared opinions on these questions over e-mail and Facebook.


 * What should be studied (are there "essential" topics that everyone should learn?) Should these studies be uniform or specialized for each region/country? If so, how is it possible?

Will a large public global education system lead to the downfall of other private schools and universities? Should privitization be allowed in global education?

How will such means to spread education be funded? (private, loans, wellfare etc.)

How will the use of technology help in spreading education to the masses?

Will jobs be created after graduating from the latter schools (Such as in the Pardada Pardadi program)?**


 * (Discussion 1, September 14th, 2007)**

> I would say that money will definitely play an important role in education. Because a private funded school might have better educated teacher who can teach the children better. Through this, education in private schools will become more expensive, so to keep a basic standard of education in society public schools will also play an important role, because not every part of society can afford the private school. > The question of technology is hard to answer I think. Sure, it will play the most important role in future life and to handle it we need to learn how to use it. But technology also depends on the money. And not every school has the money to buy the technology to teach the children how to use it. But I would say that it will definitely help to spread education among the masses. Even if there is just one laptop for one class. > I think that education is the basis which is needed to handle the present and future life." (Premat Schoettler) To Discussion 2
 * "Good questions. Another question that comes up is whether education should be intellect-based (with the intent of going to college and not necessarily learning things that will be useful in every day life for someone who does not attend college) or productivity-based, such as vocational training." (Lexi Nisita)
 * "I think that these are some very good question addressed towards global eduation. I think that all the major subjects such as english,history,math,and science should be taught.they should be specialized because different countries may have different views on way they are learning in the history of their country or the history of other countries. I don't think that global education will lead to a downfall in private school and universites. We educate youger kids so they will have time to learn and go on to private schools or universites. the private schools or universites will therefore accept well educated students. I am not sure how spread of education could be funded.We will have to think about that. Technology will play a big part of education in the future. It will allow people to be connected throughout the world which will make communication easier for everyone around the world. I think that once education is provided for them, they will be capable of searching for jobs oh their own. In the future, jobs will be given all over the world. But, if the jobs are in too much demand then maybe there might not be enough jobs to fill for those who did recieve an education." (Monica Salgaonkar)
 * "For education before 10th grade, there should be a standard curriculum which everyone follows. However, after that, a person should have a choice what they need to learn in order to be successful at their chosen profession.Public education will not cause the downfall of private schools as there will always be rich people who want their children to receive a private education.Education should be given free to everyone by the government till 12th grade. After that, there should be aid programs helping poorer students pay for a college education.Technology has made information more accessible to people. A simple internet connection and a computer are equivalent to buying many books.Graduating from schools like Pardada-Pardadi will allow students to have decent jobs in the future. Not all students will have opportunities like students graduating from private schools but their chances of succeeding in life will be much higher than they would be without an education.Education should be a combination of both. Students should learn things that prepare them for life. However, there should also be given the skills that they will require to succeed in college." (Aniket Kotnis)
 * "In my opinion, general subjects should be emphasized through a child’s younger years but an important incentive to poorer children is training for likely jobs as they get older. There is really no question in stopping private education, it can not be done, however it should be a nation’s priority to improve public education. Funding for such improved education must be funded by the government but since this can not be done in all countries, foreign aid is much relied on.Technology is already helped in spreading education as more people can communicate across the world. It is not possible for underprivileged children to keep up with technology but the internet is a great learning resource for the poor. The only problem is providing them with incentives for learning.The chance for a decent job can only emerge after graduation from an organized education program such as Pardada-Pardadi." (Ankit Sud)
 * "I don't see how a standard univeral curriculum could function in some regards. In some areas it would be very easy to establish a global-standard for a class, for instance mathematics would be very easy to standardize. However, many subjects are wholly unsuitable for a standard curriculum as they differ from region to region. Especially history is variable as one group of people will teach that event occurred in one manner, and another group will teach it in a contradictory manner, and neither must necessarily be wrong, each are just telling it from thier point of view. One major point which I have not seen any comments to is what role will religion play in education. Coming from my backround I see absolutly no role for religion in publically funded schools, and religious invasion of schools as something to be combatted. Yet, it is also true that in many areas religion and education are inextricably intertwined. How would a global education system deal with or use religion??" (Zachary Sethna)
 * "The subjects that should be taught are the basic for math, history, science and l.A. Yes i agree that all of the studies should be uniform and the way that they shoud be uniform is to have a standard test for all of the subjects. No I don't think that the large public schools will take over the gobal education, I think that privitaion will still be around because some peope might be willing to pay more for there kids education and the class sizer will be smaller. I think that the funds should be from private donations. The use of technoogy will help beacuse we could try to make a viedo or make a website of some sort. Finding jobs should be a litte harder to find but I am sure some people might want to higher people that have a education." (Premal Jay Shelat)
 * "The four main subjects should be taught. There should be secondary education, not only elementary education as most people think is all that is needed. There should be adequate funding for schools, and there should be a minimum wage cap for teachers. All people should be given a chance to improve their social standing in society. Technology should be used well in all schools, as they would maximize learning and also familiarize children with technology and make them better equipped to compete in the 'information age'. Also there should be standardized tests for jobs etc. which keep everyone at the same level." (Manas Bajaj)
 * "I think these questions are very thoughtful and interesting. I think that all people should at least have the basic knowledge of math and english combined with a little bit of science and civics so that they have a general idea of how the government works. I think this education provided should be universal irrespective of which region they are from. I think we can organise events for charity because they do help and make it mndatory for all students to attend these events.This would fairly help in collecting funds for this organization. so overall i think these are some mind boggling questions and we can definitely come up with better and more effective solutions to these questions as time passes." (Priyanka Mysore)
 * "I also think that a basic knowledge of math, science, language and society (manners, behaviour) is essential. So these four subjects should be the ones people should really put the centre of education.