★ 7.6 COMMON PROBLEMS IN CLASSROOM AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH - 1 :-
Children may face various problems in school, classroom, playground or at home. These problems may be behavioural, academic or emotional. As a teacher you can solve these problems by conducting classroom research. Some of the common problems and their implications are as follows:
♦ Physical and Sexual Maturation
Adolescents face many kinds of problems related to their studies, their bodily and physical changes and, developmental stages which they are going through. Sexual maturation is another development faced by the adolescents. During this age attraction towards opposite sex becomes a strange experience which they feel difficult to discuss.
♦ Implication: Children should be made aware of changes and problems of adolescence. The school should conduct adolescence education programmes. Parents should discuss sex and problems related to sexual maturity with their children. Parents should provide them awareness that sex is not a sin, but it should be in accordance with social norms and social acceptance.
♦ Lack of career guidance
Lack of career guidance is another problem faced by children. Choice of subjects and related career is not easy to decide at secondary and senior secondary levels. They experience huge confusion as they have little knowledge of the career opportunities and the world of work.
♦ Implication: The teachers, parents and school counsellor should work in cohesion and provide opportunities for children to acquire knowledge about various careers, requirements of those careers and the world of work. These adolescents need to be counselled about their interests, abilities and aptitudes and, helped to make a foolproof plan for their future.
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★ 7.6 COMMON PROBLEMS IN CLASSROOM AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH - 2 :-
♦ Adolescence Confusion
Adolescents usually feel confused about their situations – be it in school, at home or among peers. If the individual is not able to score well in spite of working hard, s/he gets confused whether it is because s/he did not study properly or whether it was because s/he did not present the answers properly in the answer books. Consequently, they feel scared while communicating to their parents about their academic results and grades. They start doubting their self-worth.
♦ Implication: The adolescents need to be guided by their teachers. The teachers should build up confidence in their children. S/he should communicate strategies of learning and develop skill of presenting their knowledge on paper accurately and effectively. The teacher should also develop strategies of coping with stress so that children can learn and live in a stress-free environment.
♦ Problems related to learning level
Many children seem to have problems with working for an extended period of time on a particular task. They may have poor academic performance in one or more academic or subject areas. They are not concerned about better performance in learning and these students usually lack proper span of attention and concentration.
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★ 7.6 COMMON PROBLEMS IN CLASSROOM AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH - 3 :-
♦ Implication: The teacher should try to involve all children in all types of learning. S/ he should provide guidance to children whenever they need. S/he should recognize the cause of child’s low achievement. After knowing the problem that a child is facing, the teacher should deal with her/him accordingly.
♦ Problems with peers
Some children may hit, kick, get into fights or verbally threaten or insult others and are often unnaturally aggressive towards their peers. Some children with behavioural problems are inclined to physically or verbally assault others. They may take risks in the classroom, behaving against the rules to show their peers that their performance is outstanding and thereby seeking to be the center of attraction in the classroom.
♦ Implication: You should initiate group activities in the classroom and focus on collaborative and interactive learning with peers. You should act as a facilitator of not only learning but also encourage cooperation among students.
Check Your Progress 5
Notes: (a) Write your answer in the space given below.
(b) Compare your answer with the one given at the end of the unit.
i) Write down any two common problems that you have observed in your classroom. How do you handle these problems?
By- Prof. Rakesh Giri
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