Why Is It Important To Teach Less Learn More Essay

1. Introduction

In 21th Century’s teaching, learning skill and innovation is the basic skill that everyone has to study because the world is getting more complicate and changes every day. Anyone, who has no learning skill and innovation, doesn’t modernize. Instructors have to improve their ability to design the learning activity in order that students can develop their learning skill and innovation all their life. The education’s plan uses the principle that students can instruct any knowledge not only by themselves but also teamwork. “Teach Less, Learn More” is the ideology of Singapore. It isn’t mean that teachers work less. On the contrary, they have more work to think that how their students can learn more. They have to design the lesson

Mathematics is highly important to development of the human mind. It enables a person to acquire skills in creativity, logic and systematic and methodical thinking, and allows one to carefully and thoroughly analyse various problems or situations, anticipate, plan, make decisions, solve problems and accurately and appropriately apply mathematics in daily life. Mathematics serves as a tool for learning science, technology and other disciplines. It is therefore useful to one’s life, enhances quality of life and enables a person to live in harmony with others (Core curriculum, 2551 p.64-105). Although Mathematics is important to development of the human mind, Mathematics stills the problem for students. Unfortunately, the report of ONET examination (2556) said that the average point of Nonthaburi-Ayuttaya district is 20.56. For grade 10 student in Satrinontaburi school, the average point is 27.03 in 2554, 27.02 in 2555 and 24.61 in 2556 (สำนักงานเขตพื้นที่ การศึกษา นนทบุรี-พระนครศรีอยุธยา สพม.3, 2556). It reveals that the average point is getting low in every year. The Mathematics Department pays attention to support the students to improve their learning, have the better attitude toward Mathematics and can applied many