FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT FROM WEAKNESS TO MIGHT

while we all know that action speaks louder than words , you find lots of people like to talk more than doing any tangible deeds, they like to organize conference here , meeting there like a big show ! and people get excited ohhh we must do this we need to do that , we have to develop this or that , and finally they go home and sleep , watch T.V do whatever, forgetting every thing they were talking about , only few people carry their responsibility , and do what they should do .
I can call it a paper time meaning every thing is written in papers and nothing out of it ....
ok this is the situation i think , let's ask why is this happening to Muslims , Arabs or easterners what ever , is this because of the society meaning parents , older friends , neighbors and relatives which are around kids and they help them to grow up how ever?
this society which never ever ask kids about their opinion or what do they think , always tell what to do!! so don't think , don't imagine , just listen !!!!!!

i remember one story , i was about seventeen years old and i was sitting with my brother's friends and one of them asked me about my opinion about something , honestly i did not know what to say while i had an answer , but i was first time to be asked by some others about my opinion , no one ask me this question before , it was surprise i am not used to this , so simply i did not answer .

this is the social part. and there is a critical part which is education ,
let's say it in a black and white simple language , education is the vertebral column to any society . good education equals strong society and vice versa .
what's the result of having theoretical education ? which only in words without any experiments, this teacher who speaks the all day long giving information like filling a tank , and still thinking that he is doing a good job and building a strong society !!!!!
sure not , it's really hard for one like me to remember tow or three good teachers !!!!
surly there is lots to do and we must do what we have to do, other wise we have to wait for some others to come and tell us what to do .

this is my analysis for the situation which we have , it might be darker than reality , but sure there is small light comes from the middle of this darkness , and this small light what we should work with to save it and help it to grow up , it has huge amount of energy , whenever it works it's going to make a great deference , and then we can say that we done a good job .


Questions by prof Amin tjpar


1- what can we do to develop children who can think critically ?

2- how can education promote critical thinkers ?

3- how can families allow children to think ?

4- what role can science education play?


Answers by proF TH CULHANE (UCLA)


1- GIVE THE CHILDREN A SAFE SPACE TO THINK AND LET THEM DO IT .

2- IT DOESN’T. EDUCATION TRAINS PEOPLE TO CONFORM TO MODEL OF BEHAVIOR
AND THINKING.

3- WHEN FAMILIES ARE ALLOWED TO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO THINK THEY WILL ENCAURAGE THEM TO DO SO .

4-