CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGMS

The content in this video is true in terms of reforms in education for two reasons:economics and culture. The first problem came out when parents decided how to educate their children with the concept of "national identity" and keeping pace with globalization. This conditiondivided people into two types: smart people (higher education studies) and non-smart people (no higher education studies).

The people of USA think that ADHD is an epidemic, but this is not true, since children are stimulated and distracted, all through their childhood, by videogames, computers, and television; Because of this, parents decide to medicate their kids (this is a big mistake). When the parents and teachers want to educate their kids, children reject being taught, they take no interest and their power of concentration decreases because of the boring way different contents are delivered. In fact, in Chile, teachers have implemented new teaching methods: interactive ways such as power points, groups of study, among others).
Schools keep kids from being creative. Every child is born an artist and this ability is lost when they start their school stage and grow up.
On the other hand, the government needs the competition of the workers to reach the development of a country, and it needs smart people who lead companies in the future. For this reasons, Ken talks about one education modeled according to the requirements of the nation.