About Education 3

(Continue from my previous post ...)

For example you can have day 1 (literature 3 hours (20 min) + cultural studies 3 hours (20 min) with all brakes by 5 min will be 150 min, which is 2 h 30 min. This is the usual time for a lessons. But in the new program we can include a morning routine sport class – by dividing groups of children in many different activities, with music ,which will be 20 + 20 min each day. Some children can like to attend ballet class, some gymnastics, some aerobic, dance, some yoga, swimming, aikido, and so on. This morning routine will make fresh start of the day and will make the mind of child more positive about next brain-lessons. Be sure, your school will become attractive place. If we calculate the time now the total time of study will be 3 hours and 10 min. what do you think? Will child be bored and tired to go to school? 

I want to add more – not only the education system is old and out of function, but some subjects should be changed immensely, and others to be added. Sport and recreation activities should be added as well as : basic philosophy, ancient civilizations study, history of religion study (all religions), ethics and psychology. 

So for people ,who are interested in exact science, or for people with humanitarian attitude, we cant force them to study all kind of subjects, they don’t feel found of until 12 class. That is really waste of time and energy. Instead make obligatory subjects until the first 3 years of school education. Then separate groups with similar interests, as some groups by the time can be changed, as individual interests may change too. So be flexible. I want to speak also from my own experience in education and my memories. (I`ll include this section here ,as I think all experiences are important to show us the weak points of a system).

II. When I was little, there was in my school obligatory sport which we called “physical culture”. This was one of the most hated lessons from girls specially, because it was applied in more or less brutal way. The teacher in this discipline was very overbearing, looked to students as they are slaves or soldiers, She wore a dark-blue sport suit and had always one crazy whistle hanged on her neck. So she was whistling all the time for any reason and made stress in the students. She never laughed, nor smiled at all. She put students in front on size –from taller to smaller, all were obliged to have special clothes –white t shirt and blue pants (which really for girls looked more like bikini than pants and was very embarrassing for me in this time), we should have blue sport shoes, and white short shocks. So all this requirements, didn’t make me to love to “play sport”. What we did? Just exercises if weather was not so good, and on some strange devices…or we just made competition and ran outside (which also I disliked much). I want to determined, that if I would have in this time chance to choose, to study for example some kind of dance, ballet, or swimming, I would be 100 times happier. But there was no chance and we always had to face the bitter face with much make up of the teacher. So that’s it. (imagine we even had marks in this!) 

Second thing I disliked was mathematics. My brain is simply not going in mathematics and formulas ,they seem pointless to me. So I would be much more effective in my later (education, study, and life too) if I had instead math until 12 class, and countless lessons, which I dislike, some more classes in language and literature, or history, which I love. 

This is the point. The change is never painless, but it`s something we cant avoid, specially concerning future generations, which we succeed to make in our way and black color. 

About the school schedule, I think despite this 20 + 20 min port, dance, activity in the morning, should be also 20 min meditation included. So now it becomes 1 hour before other subjects. Other subjects will be much better accepted ,if the brain is calm and quiet before that. Some subjects we need to add are “principles of healthy eating and food” (this we strangely ignore well ,despite the fact the generations suffer more and more from weight related illnesses and obesity, due to lack of information about foods), “basic medical health” which will inform you about what medicines are rather not god for your body, and what natural remedies can substitute them in case of illness, “social relations” which will give you perspective of social psychology, as well as how to achieve what you want with simple steps, how to follow your personal call, how to be successful, and build a positive thinking in you, how to communicate well with others. “Culture and festivals around the world” will make you familiar with other customs, traditions and interesting facts, and open your mind. 

When the school day starts at 8 am, with sport, dance recreations, and meditation class, until 9 am. Then subject class will be from (9.10 – 9.30), 1. from 9.35 – 9.55; 3. 10.00 – 10.20 (subject 1) 

2. from 10.30 – 10.50, 10.55 – 11.15; 11.20 – 11.40 (subject 2) 

3. from 11.45 – 12.05 (one of additional subjects (healthy eating” medical health”, “festivals …” so the school day is completed. 

The principles of the new educational system are: simplicity, synthesis, individual approach, focus on visual memory. Repeating is important for each lesson, but should be in natural way, slowly and unfolding every day. Don’t let children to be like parrots and repeat information in crazy way memorizing from one day to another. This is meaningless. Give homework “games or quizzes” only to children who are interested and have willing to make them, and give them also about that more prizes (or points). Don’t make system to be based on punishment for something not done, but rather on progressive competition for something well done from them! Also based on personal development and motivation. Make grades in form of points and bonuses, which are added ,but don’t exclude students, if they don’t have enough points, but encourage them to be more active. Notice what is child attitude ,likes and personal tastes, and make emphasize on that. 

III. Synthesis and minimization of all learning materials (student books) to the very basic level. Imagine we are all children and need to see pictures in books. So should be the education system. Make it colorful, attractive, full of images, expressive, nice, smiling. Make the education to be not painful process more and be directed to practical activities and preparation for future life experiences, not empty shell of “ thrown in garbage papers” and materials. Make the brain developed its ways, not put stamp from the social status, norms and teachings above it from young age. In this path we should go.