CREATE involvement with children apart from the issue of schooling.

 

Ask children to make value judgments about the quality of their school performance rather than teachers and parents lecturing, moralizing and pontificating.

 

Separate the issue of school performance from other aspects of a child life.

 

Use positive reinforcement techniques to foster better school performance.

 

Teachers can change their concept of homework, making it non-compulsory. If homework is given, it should be meaningful, reasonable in length, and reflect quality.

 

Maintaining a child’s social activities is important. This may include hobbies, sports, club activities, family and social time. Schools need to re-think the manner in which they educate students. Civility, moral education, volunteer service, affective education, and cooperative learning need to be stressed along with the 3R’s.

 

Parents need to encourage their children to involve themselves in a wide range of activities. Such an emphasis will develop the “whole child” and make children more open to the responsibilities of schooling.

By: Mylene C. Obispo | Teacher I | Pagalanggang Elem. School | Dinalupihan, Bataan