Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
李躍兒
Parents usually love their babies since babies are so cute. As babies grow, babies start having own thoughts and ways of doing things. Some parents start worrying and become control-freaks.
Many parents do not understand their children but are telling children what to do. This causes problems. Parents need to observe and offer appropriate assistance. (also mentioned in "The Road Less Traveled")
"High-Pressure" parenting will always create problematic children.(now or later)
Simply speaking, there are two parts of a child. The life with characters, then the body that learns. The first part is most important, like the foundation of a good house.
Children should not be learning math or other subjects prior to 6 years old. They should be allowed to play and get a feel of the world, friends, surroundings, and what they are good for.
All learning should be somehow related to life (to avoid being boring).
Parents should allow children learn from making mistakes. We should realize that we all make mistakes everyday.
It seems to me parents who know education and are involved should yield good students. Parents know nothing about education and are not involved might do fine with children because children are left alone to learn. Parents who know nothing about education but get too involved with children will make bad students.
April 20th , 1999 (４２０寧夏擊警案) occurred and suspects came from strict families with frequent physical and mental punishment. Physical punishment will cause many problems later on.
There is creativity in all people, a good teacher can make it work and show. Let's say we are teaching young children how to draw. If we start teaching right away, they will "learn" our way and "creativity is suppressed". For example, if children as asked to draw fish, the pictures are all different. If I show them what a fish looks like, all fish drawn by these children will be similar. (Creativity destroyed)
Many parents do not understand their children but are telling children what to do. This causes problems. Parents need to observe and offer appropriate assistance. (also mentioned in "The Road Less Traveled")
"High-Pressure" parenting will always create problematic children.(now or later)
Simply speaking, there are two parts of a child. The life with characters, then the body that learns. The first part is most important, like the foundation of a good house.
Children should not be learning math or other subjects prior to 6 years old. They should be allowed to play and get a feel of the world, friends, surroundings, and what they are good for.
All learning should be somehow related to life (to avoid being boring).
Parents should allow children learn from making mistakes. We should realize that we all make mistakes everyday.
It seems to me parents who know education and are involved should yield good students. Parents know nothing about education and are not involved might do fine with children because children are left alone to learn. Parents who know nothing about education but get too involved with children will make bad students.
April 20th , 1999 (４２０寧夏擊警案) occurred and suspects came from strict families with frequent physical and mental punishment. Physical punishment will cause many problems later on.
There is creativity in all people, a good teacher can make it work and show. Let's say we are teaching young children how to draw. If we start teaching right away, they will "learn" our way and "creativity is suppressed". For example, if children as asked to draw fish, the pictures are all different. If I show them what a fish looks like, all fish drawn by these children will be similar. (Creativity destroyed)
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Math in Denmark
Met two girls from Denmark on the plane to LA. They are 13 and 14 from a rural area. There is a girl and boy younger in the family. English is poor to medium.
They ride bicycles to school. There are about 8 classes each day. Classes are balanced. There is no soda available in school. They pay about $3.50 for lunch each day. Drug use is not much but they can get the stuff. Drinking is not common amongst friends.
I asked them to do some math:
They can add, subtract and multiply. They both had trouble dividing. They could not add fractions. They could not graph a point or solve a one variable equation.
They ride bicycles to school. There are about 8 classes each day. Classes are balanced. There is no soda available in school. They pay about $3.50 for lunch each day. Drug use is not much but they can get the stuff. Drinking is not common amongst friends.
I asked them to do some math:
They can add, subtract and multiply. They both had trouble dividing. They could not add fractions. They could not graph a point or solve a one variable equation.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Young Learners
Young people are texting many people at a time but task is short. Is this the best way they learn? Should classrooms be structured like it?
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