Society And The Sociology Of Adult Education

Oddly enough, for many, there is rarely a day that goes by where we procrastinate making a decision because we experience a lack of self-confidence or feelings of self-doubt.

The standards set, while growing up into adulthood, had most of us depending on others – parents, teachers, and relatives – for direction and guidance that set up our self-image and levels of confidence. Unfortunately, during that period of time, we experienced more no’s than yes’s. As a result we either rebelled or we succumb to the expectations of others – looking to them for approval — embedding in us expectation levels of perfectionism and shaping our self-image.

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The other day, I was speaking with a fifth, sixth grade teacher from BC Canada, Michael Jones, about the challenges of standardized tests. He’d done his Master Thesis on the difference between girls and boys, the gaps which are quite evident between genders. We discussed the challenges in teaching, and his real world observations along with the empirical evidence. He noted that the gaps between gender are changing as more and more modern day tools are being introduced into the classroom. Why you ask?

Simple, boy’s brains work differently and girl’s brains are more geared towards classroom type learning. There is a real difference in the wiring of the brain there and it is really evident at that age. Boys are too distracted and are completely challenged at that age with the uptake and rote memorization in a classroom setting. Then there are differences with ethnicity as well, something that we are told we shouldn’t talk about due to our push for equality and political correctness.

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