People are curious creatures. So, to satisfy their curiosity, people started to develop and eventually invented schools and universities to enable everyone to get education. Despite the fact that a lot of people believe that learning and remembering information is the most important part of education, I am convinced that the ability to understand the Ideas and concepts is more important than the ability to just remember facts.
To begin with, the ability to remember facts is really useless nowadays. The reason for it is that we have invented a lot of things to record, storage and proceed the information. As a result, we do not have to remember everything, which is basically impossible. We can record all useful information on a computer and forget about it until we need it again. The best example for it is work. Even economists, architects, engineers and programmers do not have to remember all formulas and commands. The main ability they are required to have is the understanding how to use the information, such as formulas and programs to get the result.
The second reason why it is more important to understand concepts and ideals is that it would allow people to understand how everything works. With a huge amount of information, which is not connected to each other people could not do anything, and only the ability to understand concepts could help to connect all these facts and create the whole picture. For instance, when I had to learn trigonometrical formulas to pass the exam, I could not remember them, because I tried to just remember them, without understanding how, when and why we have to use them. However, when my friend explained to me why we need these formulas and how they were invented, I succeeded in remembering them and passed the exam.
To sum up, there is no doubt that possibility to understand is more useful for students than the ability to learn facts. The ability to remember information is not valuable nowadays, as we can record and keep information easily. Additionally, the understanding of concepts and ideas allows to connect and proceed the information.
People
are curious creatures.
So
, to satisfy their curiosity,
people
started
to develop and
eventually
invented schools and universities to enable everyone to
get
education. Despite the
fact
that
a lot of
people
believe that learning and remembering
information
is the most
important
part of education, I
am convinced
that the
ability
to
understand
the
Ideas
and
concepts
is more
important
than the
ability
to
just
remember
facts.
To
begin
with, the
ability
to
remember
facts is
really
useless nowadays. The reason for it is that we have invented
a lot of
things to record, storage and proceed the
information
.
As a result
, we do not
have to
remember
everything, which is
basically
impossible. We can record all useful
information
on a computer and forget about it until we need it again. The best example for it is work. Even economists, architects, engineers and programmers do not
have to
remember
all formulas and commands. The main
ability
they
are required
to have is the understanding how to
use
the
information
, such as formulas and programs to
get
the result.
The second reason why it is more
important
to
understand
concepts
and ideals is that it would
allow
people
to
understand
how everything works. With a huge amount of
information
, which is not connected to each other
people
could not do anything, and
only
the
ability
to
understand
concepts
could
help
to connect all these facts and create the whole picture.
For instance
, when I had to learn trigonometrical formulas to pass the exam, I could not
remember
them,
because
I tried to
just
remember
them, without understanding how, when and why we
have to
use
them.
However
, when my friend
explained
to me why we need these formulas and how they
were invented
, I succeeded in remembering them and passed the exam.
To sum up, there is no doubt that possibility to
understand
is more useful for students than the
ability
to learn facts. The
ability
to
remember
information
is not valuable nowadays, as we can record and
keep
information
easily
.
Additionally
, the understanding of
concepts
and
ideas
allows
to connect
and proceed the
information
.