How do we improve the learning process

Nowadays, there are a lot of debates on what the educational system should change.

We, as individuals, changed a lot during the latest decades. The children also changed. Because of this, I think that some things that can improve the learning process for the children:

• The need to understand the ”why”. Nowadays, we have a lot of resources when we want to learn something. We are anymore used to be obedient and, because of this, we can’t learn new things only because a teacher says so. If it makes sense, we understand that we will need it and we can learn it.

• The need to play. And the things we learn from the games - even if there are sports or foreign languages or some technical skills.

• The need to have questions. We are full of curiosities and children use to have more than us. You can assimilate easier information if you discover it. As an adult, you have to stimulate this research.

• The need to make mistakes. It is healthy for us to have a positive attitude towards failure. From this, we can learn what we have to improve ourselves. If we see our mistakes with fear, this will freeze us for that moment and it won’t help us in the long term

• The need for a periodicity. If we do the same thing for a long time, we will be bored with this. But also, it will help us to learn a certain behavior and to practice it. That is the reason why it is good to have a certain schedule for the classes.

Think about your favorite teacher. For what it was so special?

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