The Importance of Accumulating Opportunities for Children to Act Proactively at School
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Hello, I am Traveler Teacher X.
Today, I would like to write about "opportunities for children to act proactively."
Please take a moment to read through it.
The table of contents is as follows.
Creating opportunities for children to act proactively
The wish that "I hope children will act proactively at school rather than just being passive" is something I believe many people share.
I am one of them.
While there is a need for situations where children are taught something, I ultimately want to increase the time children spend learning and engaging in activities proactively.
Thinking about it this way, opportunities for children to work on something proactively become necessary.
If children have no free time and are just doing what they are told, it is difficult to develop their proactivity.
Conversely, if there is time to spare and opportunities to shape their own desires for how they want to do things, I feel that proactivity will grow little by little.
Therefore, if schools and teachers can create such an environment, there is a high possibility that children will increasingly begin to take initiative on their own.
To put it simply,
make time
leave it to the children
watch over the situation
provide gentle support when necessary
is what is required.
With a little bit of resolve and a reasonable amount of time, it is not that difficult, is it?
Children cannot act proactively right away
Even when you finally take the time to watch over them,
you might leave it to the children, but things don't go well.
You want them to be proactive, but it feels different from what you expected.
These things can happen quite often.
At such times, if you speak harshly to the children, lo and behold,
the children will immediately lose their motivation.
There is something I always tell myself.
That is, “it is rare to be able to do something well from the very beginning.” and that is it.
The reason I tell myself this is...
to discipline the urge to chase after “results” immediately.
Even adults find it difficult to act proactively.
It sounds simple when written down, but actually pulling it off is very difficult, isn't it?
Therefore, children must also need time and leeway to gain experience and engage in trial and error.
In fact, isn't it precisely because children have little experience that they need time and leeway?
If they could do it from the start, they wouldn't need practice, would they?
Without rushing, through repeated and continuous accumulation, children gradually become able to do things well.
I believe that process itself also becomes a significant experience.
By repeating this while using reflection and feedback, and by acting proactively, their abilities are cultivated.
Writing it down like this makes it seem obvious, but when I am actually in front of the children, I feel like I might forget this obvious truth.
The obvious is not always obvious.
It is difficult to do the obvious.
People often say things like that, and it is exactly true.
Create opportunities for children to act proactively and engage with them carefully.
As someone who works with children at school, I want to make sure I can put this into practice.
That is all for this time.
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