Child rearing methods are changing from time to time. Rather than changing, parents are changing the way they bring up their children according to their dreams. But, the truth is that children live on their own. are growing They do everything themselves.
Basically we can never train others to do anything. Doing so can only facilitate their learning environment. Educational institutions are also often doing this work.
Do you go to school happily?
The scope of parents’ dreams is increasing all over the world. In line with this increase in their parenting methods, children are becoming more focused on monitoring and reprimanding. One thing we easily forget. That is, it is far better for the learner to assess whether one is learning than for someone from outside.
And there is a need to ensure the happiness of learners in any learning process. No one has to do any work from the outside that can guarantee such happiness. For example, no one leaves with regret for any wedding special, earring ceremony, temple festival, why? This is because they know that happiness lies there for them.
But how far does a child who goes to these places with this same joy show joy in going to school? We have to evaluate that is not an easy task. And asking some questions and eliciting answers is also not a proper activity. Do you like going to school as if you were conducting an exam? Like the teacher? That assessment cannot be done in such a question-and-answer manner.
When we say school, or mention a teacher’s name, what kind of facial expressions does that child get?
How much do they want to continue the conversation about their classroom or school?
Are they happy when it comes to vacations?
Or do they see it as a waste of school, school time?
With these various assessments we must decide whether a school is a happy place for that child.
What is the procedure?
What happens in nature. As we contract for many things, for many jobs, parents complete their jobs by making the school a contractor for the child’s learning and the teacher who may be there becomes a contractor. We enroll children in schools that can be a contractor that many would love. They also want to train the children according to the contract they entered into.
In fact the child should be taught how to evaluate his learning. They should be interested in evaluating themselves. Similarly, teachers should also be evaluated on their teaching skills. How did the children understand what happened yesterday? How are we going to say this today? This also requires preparation.
And in a classroom of 40 children it is essential for a teacher to see each child as an individual learner. In this case it is necessary for the teacher to have an assessment of each child. But at the same time, it would be a simple process for parents of 40 children to share their child’s strengths and weaknesses with teachers individually.
A parent can evaluate their child more easily than it takes a teacher to understand 40 people. However, this kind of assessment should not be mechanical like giving a complaint, but should tell the children what they appreciate and the things that the teachers should pay attention to separately.
Teachers and parents
This may seem like a daunting task, but the truth is that if a child grows up well and has good judgment and wants to shine in a career, starting to prepare for it in their 20s can be overwhelming for that child. It will be burdensome for the college teachers who are teaching the student.
Instead, the task of bringing about healthy changes in a child’s behavior should not be left to the teachers alone but parents should also be receptive.
Fortunately, the parents who said it were mostly educated in primary or secondary education could understand the matter based on their life experience and come to help. Even if it is viewed as a selfish interest in raising their own children, there is a chance that many good citizens will be available to this country due to the environment created by this.
May it be our duty to inculcate such understandings from time to time so that this society approaches child rearing as such a sacred act. May the time come soon when the children will be brought up together by the community.