Education of Adolescent Youths: What Teachers Can Think and Do ? M K Mishra
Education of Adolescent Youths: What Teachers Can Think and Do ? M K Mishra
Education of Adolescent Youths: What Teachers Can Think and Do ? M K Mishra
M K Mishra
Issues
Pass out syndrome in single curriculum no scope for multiple curriculum based on students innate capabilities- but fit in system Rote memory examination and grading. No dream for multiple talents If failed, no hope for future If passed, unemployment No youth policy to channelize the talents
Result
Utter neglect of youth resource Abuse,, neglect ,poor result, uncertain future Youths join in crime, terrorism and unsocial act Threatened democracy and loss of social capital
Pedagogy to andragogy
Child Learner/Pedagogy Concrete Unknown to known Dependent Inexperienced Less social role and identity Subject centred learning Externally motivated Adult learner/Andragogy Abstract Known to exploring Independent Experienced Identity, personality, self name Problem centred learning Internally motivated
Changes or transformation?
Body Childhood to puberty and maturity Changes in boys Changes in girls Parents care / neglect / Mind Fear ,ignorance crisis,shame,secretness hate,anxities, cultural moors, mothers hate and control, fathers restriction, socialisation in case of girls, sacred and profane- purity of body
Adolescent Youths
Their physical development affect their personality , individuality, identity , naming Intellectual development takes place hero worship, Adventure, friendship,courage,freedoom from parents and teachers and taking self decision, Ability to draw conclusion at 14 Dreaming big to be some one film hero/cricket hero as ideal model
Bonded Youths
Parents Disbelieve Control Dominant Impose self decision Fix goal of life for them Ignorance of what they think and want to be Teachers Believe/disbelieve Control Authoritative Disallow discussion/ questioning Dont explore the inner potentialities, Ignore what youths know and impose subjects to domesticate
Who is their role model? In what major activities they engage every day?
Film hero /cricket hero/musician/DADA
Multicultural World
Heterogeneity of race, language and religion, Experiencing diversities, change in thinking and high order of logical concepts, Higher psychological functions, problem solving and critical thinking
Do we know ??
we represent a time which is mismatched without future generation we wish our children to be like us which is wrong We fail to guide them based on their own talent We are dogmatic, not updated with the change that comes around us and back ward May be we are good subject experts- but we lack the adolescentric psychology We also are trapped to a system of rotten educational system where we lost our countrys knowledge we also did not explore the best of the world in education We divided math and science as marker of progress and literature and social science as subordinate to it. This came from the US/Eurocentric market economy conspiracy.
Our subjects
Our subjects are entry point to youth development we must find such topics that will help us in safeguarding their interest, talent, curiosity, character building( not strictly), self image, recognition, praise, and responsible, Parents may not help the youths in shaping their life , except funding , but we teachers gie them a dream to grow up.
Endless dream
We open our heart for the youths we become the authority of knowledge than authority on students We explore our heritage and culture to rebuild our youths moral and ethics. We expand our heart to capture the hearts of the youths through respecting them as our own progeny of knowledge.
Thank you