ROBOTIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Dead Poet Society (1989) is a very successful novel and attracted a lot of attention with its script. The novel exhibits how the students of Welton Academy, a highly disciplined, well-known and respected school known for its strict educational rules, went through the filter of change and development along with Mr. Keating, a literature teacher who had just arrived at the school. Mr. Keating is completely opposed to the school's methods, taking it as a principle to go outside of constant thoughts. By revealing the dreams of his students, he instills in them the self-confidence that they need to pursue their dreams. In the educational system in Turkey, it is actually similar to the educational system of the novel in many aspects. These aspects show the relationship between the student and the teacher, the education that takes the teacher to the center, and the education system that aims to teach only technical knowledge
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In the system based on memorizing education, the teacher is the main element of education. Education, which centers the teacher in education, means ignoring the student's role in learning. In such an educational style, the teacher's words are absolute truth, and there is strict discipline. Welton Academy, featured in the novel, is a school with this understanding of education and teachers in this discipline. A strict and harsh method is applied to all students, ignoring the learning needs and differences of the students. Our education system is also based on memorization. Students simply take information and learn it, they do not question or discuss it. In this way, students become afraid of their teachers. however, the teacher should not be an element of fear. In education, the student must be in the center and the