WHEN LESS IS MORE (SHORT) RETHINKING EDUCATION Ezhilarasan childcare LIBRARY
WHEN LESS IS MORE RETHINKING EDUCATION SHORTENED
VENKATACHALAM SALEM
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Dear Sir / Friends,
The following are excerpts from an interesting article I read in THE HINDU newspaper (June 13, 2010) on education that suits even today.
READ, RELISH, RUMINATE
Ezhilarasan
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RETHINKING EDUCATION WHEN LESS IS MORE --
1. Exposing children to concepts they are not ready for will actually cause them damage.
2. The earlier the better and the faster equals smarter - thoughts of parents are totally wrong.
3. As we push children to achieve more and more, earlier and earlier, we don't realize that our children may pay a high price.
4. Not only does early drilling and cramming steal the joy from learning but also creates emotional anxiety in the child.
5. Sinagapore is one of the top rankers in mathematics. There they cover fewer topics per grade. Topics are also taught more comprehensively when they are introduced, so the need for repetition in later grades is reduced.
6. Getting -flash cards- and making toddlers hear Mozart music is like putting a Video cassette in FAST FORWARD instead of PLAY.
7. By overstimulating a child, we cannot necessarily push his developmental window.
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AUTHOR : Ms Arun Sankara
Director of PRAYATNA,
Centre for Educational Assessment & Intervention.
Source :
http://www.thehindu.com/education/school/article452712.ece
I AGREE TO ALL THE POINTS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE AUTHOR (MATTER DIGGED OUT FROM MY ARCHIVES).
FULL ARTICLE HERE
Collected
by
Ezhilarasan Venkatachalam
Global Tamil Based English Trainer
Salem.
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