ESSAY TOPICS ON EDUCATION
Choose two of these topics and discuss them:
1. What are the flaws of the current education system in Romania?
2. What are the benefits of the current education system in Romania?
3. Why is education important in society?
4. The quality of education you receive: Is it up to standards?
5. Education as a human right: Why is education considered as a human right?
6. The importance of teaching handwriting in schools. Write about how the skills of
handwriting can help to develop cognitive skills of schoolchildren.
7. The challenges of teaching quality and the methods. An essay about how particular
methods of teaching affect the quality of education.
8. Teaching as a passion. Should teaching be one’s passion?
9. What makes a good teacher?
10. What are the essential skills that a teacher should have?
11. Education and modern technologies, their positive and negative impact.
12. Does education ever stop or it continues during the entire life?
13. Is Online Learning as Good as Face-to-Face Learning?
14. Argue the advantages of home schooling to traditional schooling.
15. Are teachers today less dedicated than teachers two or three decades ago?
16. Can online education be compatible with a traditional one?
17. Is homeschooling compatible with/better than traditional schooling?
18. Should parents have an active role in the education of their children?
Does the use of computer/technology benefit the educational process?
19. Should students be allowed to use computers and tablets in classes?
20. Should video games be used in education?
21. Should students be required to wear a uniform?
22. Are single-sex classes better than mixed ones?
23. Does the class size affect the effectiveness of a teacher?
24. Should students’ knowledge be assessed with the help of exams and tests?
25. Should students get more or less homework than they currently do?
26. Should grades exist?
27. Is higher education worth its value?
28. Should teachers’ proficiency be regularly tested?
29. Should schools be accountable for poor achievements of students?
30. Should attendance/in-class performance record affect the course grade?
31. Should public prayers or discussions of religion be banned at school?
32. Do grades encourage students to do better in school or are they an archaic form of
progress tracking?
33. Do students need to do as much homework as they do now?
34. Do you think that parents should take part in children's education?