Literature in Education
Any high school student understands the importance of standardized tests. They are the tools with which students are measured. However, these tests only measure intelligence on a basic level. Standardized exams focus on results and data. Students become nothing more than a number on a piece of paper. Their names become lost in a crowd of statistics and percentages. High school education, and even elementary and middle school education, is focused on the result.
High schools across the country are stepping stones to what students will face in college. This stone is the size of a pebble compared to what the student will face after graduation. Universities have midterms and finals just like high schools but the education in college goes much deeper than the words in a book or the words coming out of a professor’s mouth. In college, students learn to analyze their class materials, draw on their feelings to develop ideas about a subject, learn to manage multiple deadlines. The college experience is a slap in the face to a student who has only known standardized testing and regurgitating information on paper- there is so much more to education than a test or an essay.
Here at Literature in Education we want to focus on the journey. We don't see students as a number on a page. We want to see how students get the answer that they found, and we want to see students enjoy their education. We want to integrate inspiration and thoughtfulness back into education. Students should be able to be inspired while they are in school. They should be able to invent and create, not just sit behind a desk and absorb as much information as possible. We want to put literature back into school as a means of understanding, not as a way to teach students about literary terms. Students should be able to have fun while they are learning, and the mission of Literature in Education is to make that push toward freedom and inspiration in education through the use of different styles of literature.
High schools across the country are stepping stones to what students will face in college. This stone is the size of a pebble compared to what the student will face after graduation. Universities have midterms and finals just like high schools but the education in college goes much deeper than the words in a book or the words coming out of a professor’s mouth. In college, students learn to analyze their class materials, draw on their feelings to develop ideas about a subject, learn to manage multiple deadlines. The college experience is a slap in the face to a student who has only known standardized testing and regurgitating information on paper- there is so much more to education than a test or an essay.
Here at Literature in Education we want to focus on the journey. We don't see students as a number on a page. We want to see how students get the answer that they found, and we want to see students enjoy their education. We want to integrate inspiration and thoughtfulness back into education. Students should be able to be inspired while they are in school. They should be able to invent and create, not just sit behind a desk and absorb as much information as possible. We want to put literature back into school as a means of understanding, not as a way to teach students about literary terms. Students should be able to have fun while they are learning, and the mission of Literature in Education is to make that push toward freedom and inspiration in education through the use of different styles of literature.