Helping Children Learn Better Essay

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Helping children learn better
Why education - Study Skills – Memory Techniques-Educational Guidance, Career Guidance

Why Education?
On an average, the first 20 years of one’s life time is dedicated for education. The education can either be formal or informal. It ideally teaches how to live life better. Education can help us improve our quality of life. When stop learning, there is no fun. When we keep learning, we keep our lives lively.
Further whatever we study, there is something behind. The reason behind studying or learning something is called as Core. It is something useful for life The core can be of two types. First is the skill and second is the value.
Core as a Skill: We learn geometry and trigonometry in Mathematics. Children …show more content…

Is it useful for us? Have we learnt the skill of condensing the content? Are we still writing till the last minute of our exams? In précis writing, the art of condensing was not taught or not learnt. Similarly there is a skill behind hints developing, using prepositions etc.
Core as a value: We have learnt “Asoka has planted trees on the two sides of the road” in History. Does it have any relevance to our present day life? Yes, we talk about global warming, air pollution, preserving forests etc. There is a value behind what Asoka did. It is to go green.
Similarly there are many values and skills behind whatever we study in educational institutions. Most of the time, it is not obviously told. However finding the core behind studies will make people understand the purpose of education.
How to make Studies an interesting one?
Simply ask questions to learn. Generally in books, only certain information is given. If you want to learn about something completely, you may ask questions to learn. For instance, let us take the concept of Indian Nation.
The following questions can be asked to learn the concept completely. They are relevant Questions starting with WH words.
• What is India?
• When was the concept ‘India’

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