Lens 2: Purpose
Hello Marymount Learners. On Monday we engaged with our second lens to view schools in this new context brought forth by the Covid-19 contingency. This is the lens of purpose and it invites us to embrace the purpose of school as "learning" and not "schooling" .
The question for us to reflect on then is : If there were no grades, would you, students, still learn? As always, I look forward to your thoughts. Have a wonderful week!
I think that without grades, learning could change in a radical way. Maybe some students won't be as motivated but I believe that in the long term a gradeless world could build up the path for a more vocational form of learning. What I mean is that students instead of focusing on a number they may focus in their vocation and interests. Definitely having a gradeless system will be a challenge but maybe it will bring more benefits for future generations. I think that this scenario will be perfect for vocational learning, because personally if there wasn't grades I will like to learn about topics I find the most interests and this could lead to specialization. In economics specialization is when a country or individual concentrates in the production of a limited goods and depends on trade, this is linked with the development of new technologies and advancement. If something similar happens in learning we could focus in the things we like and become experts and in that way we could make learning more efficient. So in my opinion yes in the long term we could learn without grades.
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