In follow up to two blogs By 2034...Education...Parent lottery & Up to something..., Alt school & Swashikshan - Indian Association of Homeschoolers seems to be attempting unique. The leading pitch is that it is personalized to the child! Alt school adds the technology. The way kids are wired to laptops somehow worries me.
There is a moment where a kid realizes his skills and how he can take it forward. Till they are ready to listen, will any of the teacher's effort matter? Do we as teachers even need to bother or continue to provide customized education till the kid is ready to listen? How can we make the kid as a whole listen to real concerns of the world rather than mere issues? The age and maturity of the kids deem a lot to make this happen so are there any exercises which may be aimed to just enable this.
A teacher & a child enters into the relationship together! Is there a formula to understand every kid? Every kid is unique for sure, so even if we devise a formula can that be scaled up to a lot of kids? In such a relation, isn't it crucial to have a high stake for the teacher as well to listen?
I'm not concluding! I'm just sharing & exploring...
There is a moment where a kid realizes his skills and how he can take it forward. Till they are ready to listen, will any of the teacher's effort matter? Do we as teachers even need to bother or continue to provide customized education till the kid is ready to listen? How can we make the kid as a whole listen to real concerns of the world rather than mere issues? The age and maturity of the kids deem a lot to make this happen so are there any exercises which may be aimed to just enable this.
A teacher & a child enters into the relationship together! Is there a formula to understand every kid? Every kid is unique for sure, so even if we devise a formula can that be scaled up to a lot of kids? In such a relation, isn't it crucial to have a high stake for the teacher as well to listen?
I'm not concluding! I'm just sharing & exploring...