Learning becomes a little more fun when you can feel the connections in your studies
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Hello, I am Traveler Teacher X.
Today, I would like to write about the "connections in learning."
I would be happy if you could take a look.
The table of contents is as follows.
The connection between learning and daily life
There are times when learning suddenly becomes fun once you can discover the connection between your studies and your daily life.
For example, let's say you learned about line-symmetric and point-symmetric figures in math.
Because of that, the way you see and perceive shapes in your daily life changes, which leads to new discoveries and increases the fun.
A single discovery by a child, such as "Oh! This was a line-symmetric figure!", can sometimes change their attitude toward learning.
We tend to worry about results like test scores, but the fact that learning changes how we see things and increases what we can perceive is also one of the important aspects of learning, isn't it?
Thinking about it that way, I believe that touching upon and considering the connections to daily life is an important thing.
Connections between learning
I think that connections between different areas of learning are also one of the elements that make studying fun.
Let's consider the previous example of learning about line symmetry and point symmetry in arithmetic.
For example, when looking at an atlas in social studies, you might think, "This flag is a point-symmetric shape," or when drawing in art class, you might think, "I'll try to draw this with line symmetry in mind." I think it is interesting to relate what you have learned to studies in other subjects.
Just like in daily life, it means taking the changes in your perspective and understanding and applying them directly, or utilizing them to further improve your learning in other subjects.
By doing this, you can gain a sense that "what I have learned is useful" and "I feel like I am growing because of what I have learned."
I believe that such feelings are very important for expanding and deepening your learning.
Connections between learning and the past or future
Finally, there are connections to the past and the future.
The connection to the past is the idea of re-evaluating your experiences and knowledge based on what you have learned.
It is like realizing, "Oh, an isosceles triangle was a line-symmetric shape," or "A parallelogram was a point-symmetric shape," based on what you learned before.
Re-evaluating your experiences and knowledge is also a way to gain new discoveries when your perspectives and ways of thinking have broadened.
I think it is one of the useful skills to cultivate through experience from childhood.
The connection to the future is the idea of applying the perspectives and ways of understanding you have learned to the things you will encounter from now on.
I think it is similar to the connections in daily life in (1) and the connections between learning subjects in (2).
Isn't it also a useful thing to be able to think with a new perspective by applying what you have learned?
I think it is also a moment when you can directly feel the value of learning.
I believe that if you try looking at what you have learned through a "perspective of connections"—such as daily life, connections between subjects, and the past and future—learning might become a little more fun.
I feel this is the same for both adults and children.
Please try incorporating the "perspective of connections" into your learning.
I am sure that learning will become fun for you!
That is all for this time.
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