How can we apply this project to a public Chilean School?
To be honest, I find it is extremely hard to achive a goal like this, because first of all, Chilean public schools do not count with the materials that "Tinkering Schools" requiere. Actually, there are some schools thta do not even have the resources needed to have regular classes, so it is almost impossible to think of having extra materials.
Secondly, I feel that before starting working on new huge projects like "Tinkering School", we, as future teachers, do have to solve the enormous problems education qulity has and children difficulties too.
These problems have been hidden for a long time and now, it is time to fix them if we really want to improve the whole country educational conditions.
One of the most serious problems to resole is the great distance thta exists between the established Curricuum and the real teachers practice at schools. We need to make students get closer to what is being asked for them to know and together with thta, we ought to relate those contents with their daily live and experiences.
Having that and other problem solved, we could start thinking of creating a project like "Tinkering School", where chidren would use their imagination and creativity, together with the development of some skills thta are kind of "forgotten" during regular classes, like kinesthetic and artistic skills.
Besides, by doing projects like thta, children woul be also learning how to solve problems in a funny and good way and that knowledge woul help them to acquiere a more tolerant and optimistic presonaity.
However, everything should be done little by little in order to not commit any mistake thta affects children development, instead of making them feel better. As a last advice, I think thta if we want a real improvment, we do need to be together. That is, to include al schools around the country and encourage all of them to start thinking about there is always a solution to make a better place to live in.
Bye!
Dear friend:
ReplyDeleteYes. All of us know this is hard task, but -as I was telling Vania- is not necessary to build a rollercoaster or the greeeat thing to teach our students something meaningful. For example, at my school we've been working with such a limited resources that have made activities more fun and unforgettable for these children. :)
You just have to know how to develop it, I think.
Hugs!
Ale.
How can we apply this project to a public Chilean School?
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I find it is extremely hard to achieve a goal like this because, first of all, Chilean public schools do not have the materials that "Tinkering Schools" require. Actually, there are some schools that do not even have the resources needed to have regular classes, so it is almost impossible to think of having extra materials.
Secondly, I feel that before starting working on new huge projects like "Tinkering School", we, as future teachers, do have to solve the enormous problems the quality of education has and children's difficulties too.
These problems have been hidden for a long time and now, it is time to fix them if we really want to improve the whole country's educational conditions.
One of the most serious problems to resolve is the great distance that exists between the established Curriculum and real teachers' practice at schools. We need to make students get closer to what is being asked of them to know (what?) and, along with that, we ought to relate those contents with their daily lives and experiences.
Having that and other problems solved, we could start thinking of creating a project like "Tinkering School", where children would use their imagination and creativity, together with the development of some skills that are kind of "forgotten" during regular classes, like kinesthetic and artistic skills.
Besides, by doing projects like that, children would be also learning how to solve problems in a funny and good way and that knowledge would help them to acquire a more tolerant and optimistic personality.
However, everything should be done little by little in order to not make any mistake that affects children's development, instead of making them feel better. As a last advice, I think that if we want a real improvement, we do need to be together. That is, to include all schools around the country and encourage all of them to start thinking that there is always a solution to make a better place to live in.
Bye!