Sunday, 18 November 2012

Shallow vs deep education

A table produced by me based on my reflection on recent teaching experience
Shallow education vs Deep education
Shallow education
Deep education
On participants (students, teachers and the education centres)
·       Transaction-oriented
·       Motivated by low-level needs in terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
·       Focus on outputs, e.g. a pass and a recognized degree from a university with good ranking
·       Individualistic
·       Myopic
·       As an economic agent





On participants (students, teachers and the education centres)
·       Development-oriented
·       Motivated by high-level needs in terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
·       Focus on processes and the experience
·       Collectivist
·       Farsighted
·       As a cultivator



On the education process
·       Requires shallow thinking in study
·       Operate as commercial activity
·       Based on a relationship of service-provider(s) and customer(s)
·       The study process should be trouble-free and risk free
·       Need to guard against unfair practices, e.g. cheating in exam and plagiarism


On the education process
·       Requires deep thinking in study
·       Operate as a humanistic/ developmental process
·       Based on a relationship of mentor(s) and protégé
·       The study process should be inspiring and enjoyable
·       Need to guard against calculating mindset


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