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Let the children think clearly

here are many questions that the educational
system should answer. For instance, if situations
and conditions are constantly in a flux, have the
teaching methods and approach changed to adapt to
the new conditions? Are there obsolete and
inaccurate things still being taught in the
schools? What is being done about this? "Our
educational system is today based on the
industrial way of processing material. Linearly
there is a problem. Material is cut in a sequence
but, when you come to IT industry, information is
still over the place. Kids are much better
informed than adults at using the computer games
and, to make them learn, a teacher needs to
understand how their minds work. The role of the
teacher is no more to teach; he has become a
coach to help kids do things better."

The situation is such that there is no point in
having glamorous programs. We need to go back to
basics. Knowledge is no more power. Skill to
identify information that is relevant is more
important. For instance, the learning deficiency;
when the body is not functioning properly, it
needs nutrients; so likewise, if you have enough
in school isn't tuition a sign of deficiency?
There are number of issues that we should look at
. For instance, if teaching is not fun, it won't
work and if you don't like what you do it won't
work. To teach kids, open their eyes, lead them
by the hands and touch their heart. Learning
approach is finding ability, capacity and
potential of the kids. From there you develop the
processes you need to go through and adopt a
system that which will bring learning. As a
trainer, our job is to design a system so simple
that all people can learn.

We need to ask ourselves whether there are things
in the school that are being taught now, which
are obsolete and inaccurate. Let's consider which
part of the question is Multiple Choice Questions
(MCQ) for instance. Which part of the question is
Multiple Choice? None of it, yet the system is so
taken for granted that you are not allowed
challenging it. Why can't we say: "Pick the right
answer?"

Possibly the economy is changing so rapidly that
knowledge that knowledge and skills get obsolete
equally rapidly. Internet has brought a real
revolution as a source of information. We need to
constantly check that our information is relevant
. Mauritius is facing a serious language problem,
particularly the use of English language. People
here in Mauritius are mostly using Creole and
French. The kids spend time watching cartoons in
the television in French. The only time they are
exposed to English is at school and only for a
few minutes.

Deficiency is not in the intelligence of the kids
but in the command of the language. The ability
and command of the language is diminishing and
teachers tend to translate in other languages,
including vernacular, for the kids to understand.
Translation means losing time and getting second
hand information directly, he is ahead of time.
If one wants to improve competency in the use of
English language, then children have to exposed
as much as possible to that language. Otherwise
the results can be catastrophic. Without any
doubt, the kids of Mauritius are as brilliant as
kids from Asia, Indonesia, Europe and Australia.
The issue here is not whether we like English,
but the language is a commercial language that is
used to communicate around the world. That is why
it's important to give a boost to that language.

However, things should change at all levels in
order to opt for a different system from the
parents. We have to start fro the parents. The
world is called a global village, an environment
where we should be able to know each other better
. If the parents refuse to change, kids won't.
Home environment is important and education
cannot be surrendered to the teacher only; it is
a global effort that everyone should contribute
to. Parents should be example of what they want
their kids to be. Get the children to learn
correct value first. Let them think clearly
before bringing them to be creative. First they
should think clearly to get a right sense of
direction, and then look for creativity. Is
underlined here, "the designing of a program for
which learning is based on the yardstick of the
learner". Children should use all their senses.
Just like advertisements which children are fond
of, try to be short, fun and compact. Teaching is
not a science, but teaching is an art. Rather the
content is science.

About the Author
About the author: André Lee is the Internet
Marketing consultant, Advisors to Tour Operators
and Ticketing Agents. More of his articles are
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