Lecture on Education

The lecture on the definition of education that was held by Dr. Kingsford, Mrs. Dunning and Dr. Robertson was very interesting, and had me listening. Each Professor had a different definition and a different perspective on their theory of education and what it means to them. Dr. Kingsford explained that there is no professor at the University of Mobile that would define it the same way as any one of his collegues. The education that we receive at school is that what we receive from others, meaning the people and the events that surround us and influence us at the school. It is also what we teach ourselves because a big part of college is using your mind and asking questions that you never asked before. It keeps us thinking and trying to solve problems we have never encountered in our lives. Through this process we engage our mind and develop it to think more ratonally for itself and it becomes a stronger muscle just like when we work out in the gym and develop our physical muscles.
Mrs. Dunning continued the conversation and her opinion in being engaged in the learning process is to ask questions, especially in the stuff you don't understand. She stated rather then just using short-term memmory, she encouraged students to really understand what there reading and working on. Knowledge is power but it can be forgetful, so while engaged in the learning process, Mrs. Dunning tryed to reinforce to students to really try to focus and concentrate hard on what they are doing so it will stick in there minds and students won't forget it. Tuiton is really expensive and while at school students should make the most out of it. Being engaged also means doing more then the expected. That is visiting professors, looking for outside sources and becoming active.
To finish the lecture Dr. Robertson listed some of his opinions and he tryed to let students incorporate God in all their teachings. He said God is the source of all truth and ideally he is inside or related to everything we are learning. While attending school, we should understand this fact and bless God for giving us the chance to make the learn-process an available experince to us. The lecture by all three professors consisted of different points and views each student could look upon of. The conversation really grasped my attention and it gave me some nice ideas.