Academic institution and Educational institution – Learning

Upload: 20 April 2019, Last update: 8 June 2019

I think that we should develop academic institution which is different from educational institution. Even though some of learners like to learn, education has some negative parts to them.

In educational institutions, students are literally educated, but learning voluntarily should be emphasized more than being educated.

Contrary to educational institutions, academic institutions prepare the studying environment for students and students will be more motivated to learn. Moreover, they encourage the development of personalities of each student and are not obsessed with stereotypes. As it is often said that the lifespan is now 100 years and people need to continue to learn, they focus on learning.

Joi Ito, the director of MIT Media Lab says “what you need to learn is how to learn” while explaining in the principle of “Learning over Education” in TED talk[1]. I think if we could have some academic institutions, it helps people to get motivated to learn.

Academic institutions gives many opportunities to students to be motivated. Self-motivated learners will continue to learn even after graduation. This kind of institutions should be put more emphasis.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsjTVGIw4z8 2:08-. Accessed 20 April 2019