How sons & daughters learn – dads advice you can watch
Posted by Chris on April 2, 2010
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In this video school kids tell us how they use technology and that when it comes to learning, they want to:
- think
- create
- analyse
- evaluate and
- apply.
They want to create, remix, consume, share information, text,blog and text. Yet 76% teachers don’t use web, blogs or podcasts. Teachers need to change!
And us dads need to be part of this change too!
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Be sure your kids learn these skills through both their teacher and you:
emotional intelligence, critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, engagement, self directed leadership and creativity.
Have a perspective on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. Kids are usually taught in written / verbal, yet there are other ways kids can learn e.g spacial, kinesetics, musical interpersonal, intra-personal etc..I’d be drilling your kids’ teachers on how they incorporate these intelligences.
kIDS ALSO LEARN FROM YOU, THE DAD>>…John Lee, At My Fathers Wedding, describes 4 types of defective father figures…
1) The man who would be king: the one who works hard all day and comes home and expects to be treated like a king. AKA the “wait till your father fest home dad”
2)The critical father: Full of put-downs, driven by his own frustrations
3) The passive father: the one who gives up all duties, responsibilities and power to his wife, the mother
4) The absent father. He might have been capable , even powerful man, but not in the family arena. He was off having a career, returning late at night.
Are there any more stereotypes dads need to avoid?
Another sterotype to avoid is ‘The I know everything Dad’. The one who has answers for everything and doesn’t encourage free or critical thinking.
I agree that children should not only be just be ‘taught’ this in an educational institution but at home role modelled by the parents. School isn’t the only place where learning takes place!!!