Schwartz

Schwartz

What are the main goods of education?

            Education is a way to help us live life to the fullest and to our own specific manner. It helps us preserve knowledge and to be creative and find new knowledge.

What does Schwartz have to say about motivation?  How are you motivated?

            He talks about how we are self-motivated especially when we are younger and have fun while learning. However if you add incentive to something we may be more motivated for the moment but odds are that after that we will have little to no motivation to do something with no incentive. I am motivated by doing things that I want to do which means I struggle on days I’m not interested in what the class is doing.

What motivates you to learn?

            My motivation to learn comes from my general curiosity in life. I’m always learning new things everyday so my motivation is constantly trying to learn new things.

How would you likely have reacted to Schwartz’s grade experiment?

            In his grade experiment I would have stayed in the class but I believe I would have been like his other students and prioritized over his class.

Compare and contrast performance and mastery goals.  How would you classify yourself?

            Children with performance goals are primarily interested in gaining favorable judgments of there effort, while mastery goals are more interested in increasing their own effort and outcome. This means people with performance goals look for others approval on things and want to do the minimum amount to get through while mastery goals improve for their own sake. I don’t fall into anyone perfectly I think I belong in either one depending on what I’m doing.

What is the goal of education?

            “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

This quote is not one from our text however I think it sums up very well what Schwartz was saying about education. As students we think of learning as a chore something to get out of the way before we can have fun. This is a sad but very real reality so it should be our goal to reinforce that the goal of education is to be passionate lifelong learners who are willing to take risks to learn new things. The biggest one is to be able to enjoy life to the fullest, which I believe can come from education.

What is the role of schools in educating the public?

            The biggest role of schools to educate people is giving them a place to come and learn in a safe organized manner instead of going through life in trial and error we can learn from other people what they have already learned so we can continue to grow together as on people.