Despite the fact that we are human beings created on earth and the most highly intelligent of all mammals there some contributing factors that we lack in terms of thinking. One of the most contributed factors stated by Gardner( 2008), that human beings did not evolve over the millennial in order to have accurate explanations of physical, biological, or social worlds (P.23).
Our minds get tied of remembering the past for example, studying history, the humanities, and arts are less tied to specific times, places, and scholars with a continues understanding through repetition we may discipline our minds to engage our minds beyond standard school subjects. That reminds me of the early college years, undergraduate subjects where memorization was part of the learning process and the contents were not perfectly understood but in the long run, I learned to adapt to the new form of learning through disciplinary programs that aided to avoid the " old habits of learning". In my professional experience, I witness this habit in the schools where young students lack the discipline mind to learn. Students, nowadays are waiting for answers to problems presented in the classrooms.
Gardner (2008), also presented that discipline is merely not focus on students and professional leaders because what we know today in terms of disciplined mind did not exist at that time. We are at the point of placing much emphasis on educational efforts towards the acquisition of the appropriate disciplinary knowledge, habits of minds, and patterns of behavior. I believe that it is time for future leadership to eradicate erroneous and unproductive ways of thinking, and rather develop was of thinking. According to Bowman and Deal (2001), disciplinary takes place under a favorable condition where it takes training and mutual interest and it is a gift of gateway to mind discipline.
I believe that it is important for individuals in the future to be able to think the ways characterized by their major disciplines. With respect to discipline mind, I have recently experienced that I must remain aware that no topic can be fully mastered from a single discipline.
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My mother in law has Alzheimer's. She was a classically trained pianist who once played in Carnegie Hall. Even though she can't recall her daughters' names, she can sit at the piano and play. Those memorized skills are ingrained in the deepest part of her.
ReplyDeleteRecent studies show that activities requiring intense concentration skills may ward off this horrible disease. Memorization is not stressed in education to the same level as it once was, but I believe there is value in it.
I constantly find the ghosts of passive regurgitation/rote learning a constant challenge in my expectations of my students. You are right when you say: "...young students lack the discipline mind to learn. Students nowadays are waiting for answers to problems presented in the classrooms." Students want answers and find it difficult to search for their own true or even to realize that much of the vicissitudes/complexities of life are not academic but require spiritual, mental, and emotional fortitude that far surpasses the more traditional ways/measures of knowledge acquisition. As educational leaders, we must be committed to studying/honing innovative ways to engage students to have "disciplined" minds.
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