Educative Process: What’s it To Know?

A lot of students enter into educational institutions without the luxury of fully comprehending what processes are worth expecting.  Some are in for the experience, some for a piece of paper called diploma. 
Others, on the other hand, do acknowledge the process but only to the extent of shaping their own anticipations regarding the quality of education.  But what is the importance of even knowing what sort of educative process there is?

• Recognition of the process work wonders on students’ potentials and initiatives.  For one, it will reinforce them to get ready and immerse in the experience the process has laid to offer.

• Apart from well-received news, students’ awareness may also create a sort of preparation for process-components that are perceived or tagged to be negative or undesirable for students.  For example, students who are not into writing have to do it in the name of submitted works and its complement marks.

• A knowledge of the educative process permits students to understand every step of the process. This principle is deeply in contrast to the passive nature of students; instead of complaining, students only need to question the process and they’re down to find and hopefully, understand the process’ rationale.

• The process is highly indicative of the expected output.  In the context of the student, obtaining an appreciation of the process presumably entails students’ anticipation of themselves – do they become the way the process intends them to be?

And before students work on fully assimilating the educative process, it would be interesting to note that not all students are ‘ready’ for the so-called recognition, acknowledgement, or appreciation (of the process).  At other times, meeting the process check-to-cheek may simply cause for students to get more confuse, or even pick on new ideas to ‘cheat the system.’   

The General Learning Process Called Education

The educative process has been credited for transforming young and old individuals to become better members of the human society. The formal process of learning is generally divided into four phases. Most students are satisfied with the first two or three phases, while only a few decided to avail of the fourth one. What are these general phases of the educative process?

The first phase is the elementary phase. During this educative phase, students are expected to achieve basic literacy and numeracy skills. Students are expected to gain basic knowledge or foundations in mathematics, science, geography, history and other social science. The level of difficulty increases as the student progresses to the next grade. Parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are urged to provide free and compulsory primary education for all.

The second phase of the educative process is the secondary phase. During this phase, students are expected to gains intermediate skills and knowledge. It also during this phase that students are made to build strong foundations for specific fields they want to pursue in the third phase.

The third phase is the tertiary phase, also known as higher education. During this phase, students are made to undertake a certain course to gain advance levels of specific knowledge and skills relevant to the chosen field. After completing this phase, students could either start a career or proceed to the fourth phase.

The fourth phase is the extension phase, during which the student further hones his skills and knowledge. This phase usually has two stages, the completion of which allows a student to gain a master’s or a doctor’s degree.

Education is differently implemented in different countries. Despite that difference in implementation, education remains a general process as well as a right for every human being.