What defines learning? What is education? These are the conflicting questions many educators and parents would ask themselves when teaching their children. I believe that education can never be neither defined nor identified however, could be shaped and formed into every individual’s educational philosophy. I strongly believe that education should be organized on the basis of multiculturalism, active involvement of parents and individual lesson plans for teachers.
A child’s education, like everything else, begins at home. And kindergarten is the child’s first ”real” school experience. It is the responsibility of parents to help their children be ready to enter kindergarten. While there is no perfect formula that determines when your children is truly ready for kindergarten, most children are ready for kindergarten at the age of five and has acquired basic skills that jave to do with self-control, independence, and early academic learning. However, some kids need an extra year to mature or reach certain developmental milestones. |
Multiculturalism should be strongly enforced in every school’s curriculum because of increasing rise in globalization. If strong multiculturalism is continuously exposed to students, they will become aware of not only globalization but also equality. The schools and teachers should try to incorporate multicultural learning into their classes. Through development of multicultural teaching, it will positively stimulate child’s perspective and view in not only different cultures but also religion and the society. It will help the students to respect one another’s individuality and distinctiveness. School is not just a place for teaching subjects like math and science but rather a place where it provides environment for moral and value maturity for children. |
More than anything, teachers themselves need to work for better curriculum planning, self-development and daily observation and interaction. The successful developmental maturity for their age is reached when the kindergarteners are carefully observed and motivated according to their interests and talents by their teacher. Thus, the kindergarten teacher play a critical character in shaping and providing their students with the most effective ways to achieve social, emotional and academic competencies.
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