Short Term: Engage more early childhood students in STEM education.
The is no doubt that a best practice in education is to break away from passive instruction and allow students/kids for time more play and investigation. We have a good start going at our school, but I would we need to continue to push this practice down to K-3. It goes without saying that if we can provide more opportunities at an earlier age that our students will builds the skills and interests that will serve them throughout their school years, and later in life.
Long Term: Provide more avenues to develop students intellectual curiosity.
I personally have never seen a student that was not curious about something. Yet, I have seen, and been a part of, suppressing student curiosity to such an extent as to be nearly undetectable. Because all students can learn, much of educational reform has been dedicated to bolstering numbers in the high-stakes testing game of student assessment. We have lost sight of an important clue in helping our students succeed—that curiosity is an essential ingredient in wanting to learn. I realize this is debatable, but the focus of this writing is on looking forward. So, I would like to create more of a balance. Fostering curiosity is the key to learning, it's difficult to achieve in the classroom, but something I would like to strive for.
The is no doubt that a best practice in education is to break away from passive instruction and allow students/kids for time more play and investigation. We have a good start going at our school, but I would we need to continue to push this practice down to K-3. It goes without saying that if we can provide more opportunities at an earlier age that our students will builds the skills and interests that will serve them throughout their school years, and later in life.
Long Term: Provide more avenues to develop students intellectual curiosity.
I personally have never seen a student that was not curious about something. Yet, I have seen, and been a part of, suppressing student curiosity to such an extent as to be nearly undetectable. Because all students can learn, much of educational reform has been dedicated to bolstering numbers in the high-stakes testing game of student assessment. We have lost sight of an important clue in helping our students succeed—that curiosity is an essential ingredient in wanting to learn. I realize this is debatable, but the focus of this writing is on looking forward. So, I would like to create more of a balance. Fostering curiosity is the key to learning, it's difficult to achieve in the classroom, but something I would like to strive for.
