You, as an education professional, may have found today's topic a bit unusual.
But before you answer Of course, studying is absolutely worth it…
Try to recall, for a moment, your school days: when you were still a student, when you did your homework, and when you had to study for days before exams.
Deadlines were tight, there were subjects you hated studying, and others that made you think: "Why am I studying this? I'll never use this outside of school."
The meaning of studying is to do one's best to learn, know, or understand; to think at length about something; or to memorize, commit to memory. (Source: Dicionário Priberam).
During the Industrial Revolution, young people studied to fulfill their roles as workers in the factories of the time.
More than a hundred years later, things haven't changed much…
Students memorize formulas and rote-learn passages from books, generally just to pass exams.
Learning means progressively acquiring knowledge of; and the word's origin in Greek (apprehendo) means to grasp, to take hold of, to understand (Source: Dicionário Priberam).
Did you notice the difference between the two terms?
While learning is associated with an ongoing process ("progressively acquiring knowledge")…
Studying is about doing what you can; memorizing things and thinking at length. If words like "memorizing" and "at length" carry negative connotations for us as adults, just imagine what they mean to children and teenagers.
That is why we at StartSe believe that learning is more valuable than studying — especially in today's world…
The past few years have changed so rapidly that we barely have time to update our history books.
Much of what we studied is already outdated, and no one knows for certain which subjects will be essential for young people in the future.
That is why they are adapting and learning new concepts on their own to keep up with the new shifts and demands of the market.
All the more so with an educational model that is 100 years behind.
Data from YouTube Brasil, for example, shows that the platform has already become a major online classroom: 9 out of 10 users use it to learn and consume educational content.
This is why the teacher's role is no longer about telling students what to study, but rather about teaching them how to keep learning continuously.
The teacher's role, therefore, is to teach students how to learn continuously.
Companies such as Google Education, École 42, Cogna (Kroton) Educação, Fundação Dorina Nowill, and others have already embraced this shift in the educational model.
That is why StartSe invited all of them to speak at the next edition of the EdTech Conference, taking place on February 11th in São Paulo.
See below what some teachers and educators thought of our last edition:
The event brought many new developments in the field of education and innovation, with highly qualified individuals who are at the heart of this transformation. For anyone who wants to stay up to date on these topics, it is essential.
Paloma Antônio
The event was excellent. I enjoyed what I saw and became more motivated to increasingly integrate technology into my institution.
Jonas Henrique
If you also want to understand the key trends in education and discover which tools you can use to improve your students' education — teaching them how to learn rather than what to study — don't waste time and secure your ticket.
Visit our official event page. A discount of 504 reais will already be applied in our online checkout. You can fill in your details quickly and securely to claim your ticket right below:
