Fashion and Education

When thinking about connections between fashion and education, I noticed the way that one goes about learning how to be fashionable and to be educated. In the show What Not To Wear, people are asked to look at themselves in their own clothes and then shown some other options that would make them look better. They are then sent out to find clothes like these on their own and then after not having great success, they are guided a little bit more carefully. This is very similar to good education, although it too often does not work like this. Students need to try things for themselves first before being told how to do something. Then, once they have become invested through trying, they can be coached a bit easier and they are more receptive to a teacher's thoughts. Finally, if they are still struggling, then they can be shown how to accomplish the task at hand. Often times in education, teachers simply tell students how to do something without allowing them to try it first. This creates a disconnect that does not allow the learning process to proceed in the natural method that we saw in the show. Students of both education and fashion need to have a chance to see how their efforts have turned out and then given feedback on what they can improve on and what they have done correctly.