LET YOUR STUDENTS PUT ON THEIR LEARNING CAP

Creators creating Creators

‘LET YOUR STUDENTS PUT ON THEIR LEARNING CAP’

‘We are the Teachers, We are the Creators.’

We, the Mentoring Minds, inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instil love for learning…Let’s give something unique to our students, something special, something that they will value forever. Let them put on their learning CAP. You might be wondering which ‘CAP’ I am talking about.

Let’s all work upon three main domains:
Cognitive (Knowledge)
Affective (Emotional)
Psychomotor (Kinesthetic)

Our foremost objective of teaching is to provide knowledge to the students but in today’s world where information is just a click away, and Smartphones, Tabs, Notepads, Laptops, Desktops etc. are easily accessible to the students.
Let’s ponder over…Why do they need teachers?

We shall work upon their cognitive skills as a whole and not only the knowledge part.

We have to help them in comprehending the knowledge available to them and to enable them to apply the knowledge in their daily lives. Let them analyze and distinguish between facts and inferences, and then let them justify, evaluate and criticize.

Finally, let them be the Creators…
How creative it would be…
Creators creating another creator like a chain reaction.
Society will be best served when teachers will not only teach but also create.

Along with knowledge, ‘Values’ are also vital. Values are significant because they channel our ABCD of life i.e. Attitude, Beliefs, Conduct and Deeds… Yeah, you guessed it right! We shall direct them to develop their Affective domain.

It’s precisely cited that
"If wealth is lost nothing is lost."
"If health is lost something is lost."
"If the character is lost everything is lost."
“Best of all things is character.”
Help them be the embodiment of values. Make them share with each other and care for each other. A person with values will expect and accept all phases of life cheerfully. 

It’s well said that ‘Practice Makes Us Perfect.’
Here comes the Psychomotor Domain. This is specific to prudent bodily functions, reflex actions and development of gross and fine muscles.

It includes the following skills:
• Imitation: imitating the actions
• Manipulation: acting by instructions
• Precision: perfection in the action
• Articulation: performing various skills together
• Naturalization: performing naturally without thinking.

Let’s teach them beyond the four walls of the classroom. Give them the freedom to learn but guide them to apply and analyze, and create their own concepts.
How nice it would be if the philosopher’s stone changes the base metal, not into gold but another philosopher’s stone. Creator to Creator.

Meenakshi Narula
M.A. (Eng) M.Sc. (IT) B.Ed.
Activity Coordinator
Suncity School 37D, Gurugram