1. Many students feel society rewards other pursuits better than education.
2. Many do not want to drop out of school for social prestige and just in case the certificate would add something to them.
3. So many end up wanting the certificate but not necessarily the education and are as such not ready to put in the efforts needed to get sound education.
4. They prefer to do little or nothing and get rewarded academically for it.
5. Even cheating, money for grades etc are regarded as legitimate para academic strategies.
Most of these students are not qualified to get admission in the first place, but unfortunately, they are on campus through exam malpractice with the support of their parents.
Until we checkmate this menace at Primary and Secondary level, we cannot have headway.
I think our mode of teaching and learning generally need re-visiting. I observed that several other sectors have moved on in various ways of doing things especially embracing the present technology but teaching and learning remain the same. There is the need to make teaching and learning interesting to students at various levels. I have seen how knowledge is being impacted in the western world which is quite different from what obtains here.
Correct, we need to revamp, re-tool methodologies and technologise. I hope those measures addresses the issues for some and we may then search for other strategies for others.
I always tell them what my Dad always told me and my other siblings: Shortcut is always dangerous or has a price to pay. Then, he recounts many of his colleagues who took off life's journey without education and ended up regretting bitterly. Lasting success is with education even if one is to enter into a vocational trade.
I motivate my students with this same words.
Education is when you allow the school to pass through you and not you just briskly walking through it just for certificates or to please society. The latter is no education, but a waste of resources in a jungle!
My students know for a fact that I am a believer in total or holistic education and anything apart from that is wasted years in a confined jungle! It will be equal to no education. Best regards
Dickson Adom
In the words of Robert Mugabe, he said and I quote, 'how do you convince the upcoming generations that education is the key to success when we are surrounded by poor graduates and rich criminals', end of quote. These words captures what is happening in our society, particularly in Africa. Most students cannot connect education to success, so their coming to school maybe to satisfy the yearnings of their parents.
Also, the drive for the certificate rather than knowledge, has turned many students to studying to pass than studying to know and this they do at all cost.
All these been said, I think the teacher has a lot to do to inspire his/her students to learn and understand. The following tips can help
1. Build the students trust and confidence on you as their teacher and the subject.
2. Make the class very interesting and interactive
3. Create some minutes for motivational speaking during the class to lift the spirit of the students so that they can believe in themselves
4. Demystify the wrong conceptions about the subject particularly if they are linked to maths
5. Be accessible and have a listening ear.
I believe these few tips will be of help
Jide thanks, practical and viable suggestions; these would make even the least motivated students give regard to the hours and lectures of anyone that adopts these measures.
Good Question. My view about the question could be summarized as
Whao! Chief Oguntimehin: Nuggets, really valuable...Thank you, I would look at turning them into pedagogical strategies. All hope is not lost.
As a teacher too, I share your thoughts on this issue. The answers to your question are so important. Your views can only be surmised by the wanton quest for fame and wealth by teenagers nowadays. They do not want to read, study nor have anything to do with anything called "book", yet, they want to build a house overnight.
However, there is always hope. One thing I always do is to encourage a Do-It-Yourself approach. By this, every student can beat his/her chest that I worked for his/her degree. I also try to use every opportunity to challenge my students to put in extra effort in their studies. It is the 'extra' that makes ordinary "extra-ordinary".
Also, I try to make them see the benefits of hard work. Hard work does not kill, only hard life does. With hard work, they can develop themselves in any field of endeavor to become whoever they want to.
Many more can be done in your own little way.
Trying to Inspire people is a multiple way street. Most times it's better to give people a sense of value. Create means at which this student's can finding meaning to working towards achieving educational goals. Better to see yourself as a facilitator in pushing them to the right path
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