#Nature
#Nurture
#student
#constructivism
#21stcentury
#Education
#Giftedness
#Aptitude
The 21st century education places student on the center. It happens as constructivism took over the world of the academe. Started by John Dewey and his contemporaries, they began changing the view of the educational process by starting to view the learners in a whole new perspective. Here in this article, I will try to discuss the reason why teachers tend to ask questions such as these; who among you have seen a computer before? How does it look like? Do you know what is being portrayed in this picture? The raison d’etre of this process is simple. ‘Learning should start from the known to the unknown’. In this sense, we cannot jump into a conclusion that a grade 1 pupil does not know anything. Again, every learner has already his/her own learning that is innate on him/her. It was part of his/her genetic make-up. In this article, I will explain everything I know about the role of ‘Nature’ and ‘Nurture’ in the learning process.
Not just the giftedness and the aptitude, how about Tom Cruise and the story of his dyslexia? Those who are suffering from the bipolar syndrome? Those who were born with a relatively low level of IQ being referred to as morons? Those who have born with weak sense of smell, sight and touch? These inborn impairments can do a great deal of effect in the learning process; that if not given special care and attention, would end to a disaster. Imagine if Einstein’s parent gave up early on him because his development of speech is slow. There are people who are born different for a reason. That was God-given gift for them. In that we must treat every learner as special. That’s why we should seek for each and everyone’s innate talents. Surely, Tom Cruise cannot read but look where his acting put him. We should unearth what is innate to our student because, as the constructivists all we should do as educators is to light the candle in them.
What we learn in the classroom, are examples of the Nurture principle as teacher first introduced A for apple, B for ball, C for condom, D for Dildo(Disclaimer don’t take seriously the C and D). Then after we learn how to read, things become worse and worse. Other than that, when our parents, spank us, we learn that telling lies and stealing coins is not a good idea. If we hit a wall with such a force with our fist as any man with the right reason do (I am using sarcasm to those who can’t get what I want to imply), we could learn that it will break our knuckles. Our environment teaches us many things. Everything we see, hear, feel, and do is a learning experience. I want to mention Jose Rizal. A hero that was loved by historians and hated by ordinary college students. He admitted that he has no natural ear in music but he has learned it anyways. Though he did not play the violin as Mozart does he still learned it. Just like as everyone we learn new sets of skills through our environment. Again as I said earlier on my previous article and I will say again in this series of articles about student-centered approach in education, it is the duty of a teacher to light candles.
Nature provides us with traits innate to us through heredity. Nurture gives us things nature failed to give, furthermore, it is through the environment that we sharpen what is innate to us. Nature and Nurture are two important factors, that when understood, could make the teaching more bearable for the part of the students. I’m not saying that the ‘bearable’ thing applies on teachers. Anyways, students is the centerpiece of the 21st century education paradigm. Teachers can make the future of this world different. Who knows? Maybe when can delay the end of the world.
#Nurture
#student
#constructivism
#21stcentury
#Education
#Giftedness
#Aptitude
The 21st century education places student on the center. It happens as constructivism took over the world of the academe. Started by John Dewey and his contemporaries, they began changing the view of the educational process by starting to view the learners in a whole new perspective. Here in this article, I will try to discuss the reason why teachers tend to ask questions such as these; who among you have seen a computer before? How does it look like? Do you know what is being portrayed in this picture? The raison d’etre of this process is simple. ‘Learning should start from the known to the unknown’. In this sense, we cannot jump into a conclusion that a grade 1 pupil does not know anything. Again, every learner has already his/her own learning that is innate on him/her. It was part of his/her genetic make-up. In this article, I will explain everything I know about the role of ‘Nature’ and ‘Nurture’ in the learning process.
Not just the giftedness and the aptitude, how about Tom Cruise and the story of his dyslexia? Those who are suffering from the bipolar syndrome? Those who were born with a relatively low level of IQ being referred to as morons? Those who have born with weak sense of smell, sight and touch? These inborn impairments can do a great deal of effect in the learning process; that if not given special care and attention, would end to a disaster. Imagine if Einstein’s parent gave up early on him because his development of speech is slow. There are people who are born different for a reason. That was God-given gift for them. In that we must treat every learner as special. That’s why we should seek for each and everyone’s innate talents. Surely, Tom Cruise cannot read but look where his acting put him. We should unearth what is innate to our student because, as the constructivists all we should do as educators is to light the candle in them.
What we learn in the classroom, are examples of the Nurture principle as teacher first introduced A for apple, B for ball, C for condom, D for Dildo(Disclaimer don’t take seriously the C and D). Then after we learn how to read, things become worse and worse. Other than that, when our parents, spank us, we learn that telling lies and stealing coins is not a good idea. If we hit a wall with such a force with our fist as any man with the right reason do (I am using sarcasm to those who can’t get what I want to imply), we could learn that it will break our knuckles. Our environment teaches us many things. Everything we see, hear, feel, and do is a learning experience. I want to mention Jose Rizal. A hero that was loved by historians and hated by ordinary college students. He admitted that he has no natural ear in music but he has learned it anyways. Though he did not play the violin as Mozart does he still learned it. Just like as everyone we learn new sets of skills through our environment. Again as I said earlier on my previous article and I will say again in this series of articles about student-centered approach in education, it is the duty of a teacher to light candles.
Nature provides us with traits innate to us through heredity. Nurture gives us things nature failed to give, furthermore, it is through the environment that we sharpen what is innate to us. Nature and Nurture are two important factors, that when understood, could make the teaching more bearable for the part of the students. I’m not saying that the ‘bearable’ thing applies on teachers. Anyways, students is the centerpiece of the 21st century education paradigm. Teachers can make the future of this world different. Who knows? Maybe when can delay the end of the world.
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