The best way to keep the children on the right path is to teach them the proper attitude and love for learning. We must look on the Sociology of human behavior of a child. The effect of the family, neighborhood and community upon…

A research reveals that the “carrot and stick” approach to motivating people may have worked for people before.  However, the approach doesn’t work today.  Motivational speakers have developed various approaches in motivating people and make them perform better.   To a teacher, there…

If lessons are learned in punishment, what have the pupils learned from it?  Punishment does not control misconduct.  It only makes the offender more cautious in committing a mistake.  Punishment develops the offender’s ability to conceal traces of the mistakes committed.  A punished…

  School problems are very common among the pupils and the parents.  Most often, problems crop up from assignments and other school works.  These problems become the cause of conflict between parents and children.  How do we get away with this friction?  …

The value of partnership between teachers and parents in understanding children cannot be underrated.  Parents and teachers need appreciation, information and understanding from one another.   Parents and teachers need to appreciate both their efforts in transforming the children into socially-productive individuals.  Parents…

The curriculum guide in education always pertains to minimum learning competencies.  However, the word “minimum” is dropped from the phrase and educators in public schools in favor of the term “learning competencies.”  However, competency competes with the terms outcomes and standards.  Although these…

Teaching is a demanding, cognitive task, but very few people outside the profession really understand how complex and draining the job is. Pressure has worsened. The pressure has moved from incredible to ridiculous to ludicrous.  More paperwork, more responsibility, exploring new learning approaches,…