Matters of classroom instructions
Friday, May 03, 2024 | 30 Views |
If a school desires to achieve an upward academic movement, it should start with getting things right in the halls of instruction. Getting into the right gear of best classroom instructional practices is not necessarily a gift from God, rather success in the classroom is a phenomenon that can be sculpted and crafted over time through careful planning and execution, learning and growing from experience. Planning and execution, if well done, will have a gestation period of two to three years.
This is the more reason why every school should assume the character of a learning community where not only students are expected to learn but where teachers are also obliged to embrace a continuing culture of professional development anchored on their practical experiences in the field. No training should come in a vacuum. All training should be informed by performance gaps. Pedagogy must be a living organism that cannot afford the luxury of remaining static. To assume relevance and potency and fulfil and keep pace with the needs of a diversified student clientele, pedagogic experiences should always show signs of dynamism and evolution.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...