Competition: Education And Competition

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____ ABSTRACT Education and competition are two universal ingredients of all human cultures, in fact, of almost all animal life. The current trends in the flexibility and the demand for education in the world provide continous, sustainable innovations and improvements in education delivery in which competition as an instrument must spring out so as to present education on an efficient platform now, and in future. INTRODUCTION The current trends in the flexibility and the demand for education in the world provide continous, sustainable innovations and improvement on education delivery which competition as an instrument must spring out so as to present education on an efficient platform now, and in the future. It is clearly obvious that education…show more content…
Over the centuries entire school systems have been developed with their own educational philosophies. COMPETITION The roots of education lie hidden in an unknown past. Those of competition are even less traceable. Children spontaneously seek competition with their peers. They seem to have an innate desire to compare themselves with others in every way, for example, by running and wrestling. Such play is obviously beneficial to a child's development. From play it is a small step to physical and intellectual contests, generally known as sports, which adults indulge in for their own sake. Just as with education, also some forms of competition became formalized long ago in human history. That is, competition is bound by rules and becomes organized by specialists. However, early historical records are much less explicit about this than in the case of education. At first, formal competition was restricted to sports. The role of formal competition in other areas is a much more recent phenomenon. Again, it should be noted that informal competition still plays an important role as…show more content…
On one hand, it is natural for children to compete and, therefore, understandable that competition is put to educational use. On the other hand, competition may be found so important in adult life, that a society especially educates their young to compete. For instance, in primary and secondary schools, the most popular sport in physical education is racing which was turned into contests and at the end, there will be award of honor to the best. Behind every competition, there must be a motivator which is the drive of competing. Marcus Verrius Flaccus, a Roman teacher famous in the late 1st century BC, is credited to have introduced the principle of competition among his students as a pedagogical aid. He awarded attractive books as prizes. The Italian scholar Battista Guarino (1434--1513) writes in his account of proper educational techniques, De ordine docendi et studendi, that teachers should refrain from physically punishing pupils, and that students are stimulated best by competition, which can be intensified by pairing them
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