Family Life Education

Family life education may be a new concept in our education system. It is essential to be acquainted with some definitions of family life education so as to clarify its basic concepts. There are many definitions of family life education. Some people take it as the use of different tools and techniques so that the youth could be trained to be effective and successful parents and good family members. This has been defined and explained in different terms. There are many people who state that family life education refers to the process of establishing ethical bases so as to protect, preserve, extend, and develop monogamy family. As a matter of fact, the family life education can be defined as the mode of imparting education so as to help people of younger generation bring changes and adapt themselves for adulthood, marriage, parenthood, ageing. It also encompasses social relationships in the socio-cultural of the family and society.

Family life education includes all educational measures which in any way help young people to prepare to meet the problems of life that have their centre in the sex instinct, and inevitably come in some forms in to the experience of every normal human being.

Now based on aforesaid definitions, we can come up with conclusion that family life education refers to the broad programme in home and family living designed to impart knowledge regarding practices, values and attitudes affecting family relationships.

The importance of family life education is related with the issues of providing assistance to youth in learning how to-

• adjust with the physical, emotional and social changes .
• have better understanding on sex maturity and cultivate good sex attitude and behaviour.
• be responsible and dedicated towards family and play one’s effective role for the well being and betterment of the family.
• develop and establish good relationship among members in family, friends and other people of the society.
• be knowledgeable and skilful for worthy adult life, marriage and parenthood.
• make oneself wise in able to take right decisions at right time.

In short, family life education is the need of the present busy and competitive world. People along with their jobs are to be responsible to their family members. They need to know the importance of family. They should have good knowledge on their role and responsibilities in establishing a happy family life that can be even an example for others. All these can be possible through family life education.

Role of Parents in Educating Children

Education should be gentle and stern but sometime high-quality input does not result in high-quality output. Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn. The difficulties in learning are the serious results of different factors, different problems which can kill the curiosity and enthusiasm of the children. Children need love especially when they do not deserve it. All children have their own qualities and they are best in some way or the other. They are in search of those who will make them feel important; who believes them, who cares, inspires and encourages them understanding their feelings, emotions and necessities. Today there are still stories of humiliation, hate and fear in the learning life of children. The dispute and argument that sometimes arise between father and mother at home and the fear of child from parents may adversely affect the learning behaviour and capacity in a child. The main problem that kids face today is learning good manners. Too strict and critical parents make them irritate, angry, depressed, guilty, emotionally and spiritually exhausted increasing and self esteem. So, the children are not performing well at school.

On the other hand, children take the hurtful and destructive criticism of parents and teachers personally and feel attacked, leading them towards willful disobedience and academic problem. A wise parent hears one word of children and understands two. It is the sensitivity and intellectual challenge that makes difference and in children’s life by the intensity of their beliefs and action connected with sense of value that is within the child. Some children however elaborate power struggle, argue for their views, values, identities and commitments, and define a journey of hope based upon a set of ideas. It is all because they are in the presence of someone (parent) whose devotion delights the emotion and cognition from the perspective of emotional intelligence, one father is more than 100 school teachers. So, the entire job of parent is to make children capable of being honest which is the first and the foremost education that children must be provided. The moral behaviours and the words of love and respect is learnt from the parents. So parents are equal role in motivating children to the right path. Parents should manage time for their children and get timely report on their behaviours and progress on study and so on. They should give great care and attention towards their children and show a great love and affection.

Learning Autonomy

The learners must be self directed and self motivated in their own learning strategies. This phase or stage can be referred to as learner autonomy. It is a situation in which a learner is totally responsible for all the decisions concerned with his/her learning and the implementation of those decisions. A good learner must have good understanding on what they are learning. They must have keen interest in reading and understand the matters so as to become autonomous learner. The practice of being self directed towards learning promotes learner autonomy and will certainly enable learners to achieve better learning achievements. So, learner autonomy is more concerned with learner strategies, responsibilities and willingness than with teacher resources, notes and explanations. This does not refer to reduce role of teacher; it rather makes the learner better active themselves so that they can get better resources from the teacher for their learning.

Autonomous learners are:

·         Motivated and enthusiastic

·         Confident in his/her ability to learn

·         Aware of why he/she wants to learn

·         Self-reliant

·         Unafraid of making mistakes

·         Good risk taker

·         Willing to assume certain responsibility of his/her own learning

Role of teacher for developing autonomy in Learner:

The present condition of Nepal clearly shows that most of the teaching learning classrooms are learner friendly as in the name. The teachers are still present following ‘Jug to Mug’ theory in classroom. Existing teaching learning process still is beyond learners’ psychology, interest, capacity, talent, etc. If we teachers really want out learners to learn something for their real development, we must encourage the learners towards automaticity. There is no any alternative: for this a teacher can-

·         Drive the attention of learner towards learning

·         Identify the learner’s difference

·         Use technologies and multimedia to develop and promote learning

·         Encourage learners to explore something new themselves

·         Access the learners to different resource materials

·         Play the role of facilitator

Role of School:

To explore students inner or hidden capacity it is needed to make learner autonomous. Providing books, large classroom, comfortable furniture is not sufficient for learners but making available following things the school can co-operate the autonomous learner.

·         Comfortable library

·         Self learning centre

·         Science lab

·         Practical classes and required tools for practical, etc.

Role of parents:

To develop self-determination and self-monitoring capacities in learner is the state of learner autonomy. To be an autonomous learner, the learner alone can’t do anything if the necessary things are not provided to him/her. Providing favourable atmosphere for learning is the responsibility of teacher, school and parents. Parents can help:

·         Creating learning environment at home

·         Trying to solve his/her problems

·         Providing necessary things for his/her study

·         Consulting with teachers time to time

Learning is life long process. It starts from cradle and ends in grave. Anything which we learn ends within short time or becomes life-long depends upon the learning process. If the learner is self-motivated, enthusiastic, aware to learn, the learner doesn’t forget easily, he doesn’t irritate from learning and doesn’t take learning as a burden instead if it is provided forcefully against learners interest as teacher’s method or strategy, unwilling the learner can’t easily, it may be forgotten easily then the whole teaching learning will be failure.

So, every school should create favourable environment to promote learning autonomy.

Strategies of Good Learning

Students go to school to learn something. They take guidelines from teachers; learn something from their course books, friends and even from the environment in which they are learning. Students learn from every action they are involved in. Students learn new ideas and build new thoughts from different extra-curricular activities organized in the school. But the learning do not last for long if these things are not applied in their practical life. And all the things students learn cannot be applied in the practical life. So what can be done so that the learning can last for long? This is a major problem that students are facing and sometimes they get frustrated. They devote a lot of time but forget every point what they learn. They read for whole day and night during exam period but do not show expected result in the examination. So here are some of the strategies that students ought to adopt to make learning better and improve their performance:

Attentive in Classroom

The first and the foremost strategy that a student should adopt to make his/her learning better is being attentive in classroom. Student must be 100% attentive while they are undergoing on some learning in class hours. They should understand the objectives and the subject matters whatever being taught in the classroom.  

Interactive
The students should be interactive and raise questions to teachers immediately when they have any queries or difficulties in understanding the subject matter. Students must not hesitate to ask and learn.

Practical-Oriented
The practical application of the subject matters must be clearly understood and studied. Some subject matters can even be practically applied in their lives. That should be studied and understood clearly.

Doing Assessments

The assessments given to be done at home must be regularly done and submitted. Students must be sincere while doing assessments. They must note down any difficulties found while doing assessments and should deal with respective teachers the next day in school.

Recalling Past Activities

Students must recall the subject matters that were taught during the day in school  before they go to bed. And early in the morning when they woke up, they once again should recall the subjects matters. This will increase the memory power of students.

Reference Books

The reference Books related to the subject matters as prescribed in the curriculum can be helpful to gain and add more knowledge to the existing knowledge.

Role of Teachers in Education

Civilization, a state of human society that is developed and culturally organized, begins with different religions and stoicism in different landscape of the world. A civilized society can be referred to as one that is characterized by - truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace. The present day world of science and technology is laid through adventure of education and the process of innovative learning.

Education, often described as the third eye of human, is simply a process of learning to learn how to navigate in a forest of facts, ideas, theories, knowledge innovations and research as well, to ignore the harmful emotional limitations for the development of self-confidence. Education enlightens one’s mind and leads to a new horizon of thoughts, ideas and feelings. It is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing temper or self-confidence. The conscious heart delighted by the education is the source of genuine wisdom, intellectual talent and idle knowledge. Education ensures a better solution for the problems to be faced during course of life. For this, a wise and an understanding heart, a passionate professionally intellectual personnel is required which is given the name as “teacher”.

Teachers are the people who are engaged in imparting knowledge to pupil. They are dedicated, enthusiastic and intellectually, and emotionally energetic people who are always devoted in providing quality education. Teachers have the potential for enhancing the quality of education by bringing life to curriculum and inspiring students to curiosity and self-directed learning. They are constantly searching for more effective ways to reach their children, to master the content and to encourage the students working cooperatively. Good teachers invest large amount of their valuable time and moment in pursuing their work with students, listening to what students say, being closer rather than being distant, encouraging students to learn in many different ways. Teachers also relate learning to experience, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning being knowledgeable about their subject, creating learning environment in the classroom and stimulate in them an excitement to learning. The work is complex as well as emotionally and intellectually challenging. It requires teaching skills using different tools and techniques, knowledge on the related subject and classroom management. They should provide initiative guidelines to children and motivate towards a good behavior and action. They should have a pleasing personality and should reward children on their achievements. Teachers should also show some characteristics of a counselor. The need of counselling to students and inspiring students to do better and praise-worthy work is to be accelerated by Teachers.

To put in short, teachers are respectful persons of the society and they educate the society, nation and world. Thanks to all the teachers.

Female Education

Education is said to be an index of civilization. Education is a kind of tool or equipment with which we can perform many tasks of our life. It is also a kind of light which can lead us through the path of darkness; into the world of knowledge and information. Education prepares us to confront the challenges and complexities of our life more boldly and confidently. When we talk about any society, we are talking about two sections of people-male and female. Any human society can better function only when there is a good co-operation and understanding between these two sexes. When we look at the situation of female education, we can find women to have been mostly neglected and ignored particularly in the traditional oriental countries.  Women are thought to be less important in the course of development and they are usually supposed to be confined within the barriers of their houses. In such societies, women are said to be the people who have to go to others’ houses and they do not need much education for their primary task is to bear and rear children. They are thought to be weaker both physically and mentally. Discriminations are largely made between sons and daughters. So, we find a very dark picture of female education in the underdeveloped countries.

            Female education is also affected by the feeling of male chauvinism and because there is an age-long domination made by males over the females, female education or its importance has not been yet fully realised. If we look back the ancient Hindu Civilization, women were much respected and we can find many examples of women acquiring a high degree of knowledge and education. However, with the changing structure of the society which became more patriarchal, women began to lose their power in different fields of life. This had an adverse effect also in the female education. Education was not thought to be necessary for women or even if it was necessary, they were not given any opportunity for acquiring knowledge and education.

            In the present time, however, people are gradually becoming more serious about female education and they have come to realize that any society can achieve development only with the collective effort of both men and women. Different feminist movements are being launched and voices are being raised for the empowerment of women. They are being given equal opportunities in various fields of life. In this was the picture of female education is changing and gradually improving. To be practical, both men and women are something like the two sides of a coin and society can properly function only with the correct balance and understanding between these two sexes. We can find many examples in the history of human race where women have proved their excellence in the fields they were involved. A good many number of women-living or dead-have established their name and in some cases they have proved themselves to be even better than their male counter parts. Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, Madam Curie, Florence Nightingale, Helen Keller, Saint Joan, and many others-were all women who are still remembered and celebrated for the contribution they made to the whole of humanity.

            Women are in fact the source of both creation and power who possess endless courage and fathomless love and they also have an exceptional degree of patience and tolerance. They are our mothers, sisters and wives who always guide and inspire their male fellow beings. So, we should not make any discrimination between males and females under any name and pretext. We should create such grounds where male and female can stand erect with equal dignity and faith.

Discipline in Education

Discipline is usually defined as the set of rules and regulations to be followed. It has a great value and significance in one’s life. Discipline is something without which one cannot successfully mould his life and career. It is also a mark of human civilization. If we turn the pages of human history, we can see that all the people were able to achieve greatness and success only by observing a strict sense of discipline. Discipline is said to be of paramount significance in every area of our life. Discipline is a kind of torch or spot light which directs us to penetrate the dark and difficult course of life. We can reach our destination only by realising the value of our life. We can reach our destination only by realising the value of discipline and acting accordingly.

           

 While discipline is significant in every walk of our life, it is even more important in the life of a student. Student life is said to be the most important stage of human life. It is in this stage of life we acquire different skills, tools and equipments so that we can confront any challenges of the complex modern human existence. Student life is very rigorous phase of our life which has to be properly utilized so as to make it really meaningful and fruitful. A student can acquire better skills and knowledge only by following discipline. Discipline enables a student to concentrate himself on his studies and also to cultivate faith and respect to his process of learning. Though learning is said to be a life-long process, student life is primarily meant for acquiring the best possible skills and knowledge. A disciplined student can embrace the highest degree of success and he can lead his nation and the world itself with a novel reason, vision and fore-sight.

            Discipline can mean different things to different people. There are given and specific rules and regulations in various fields of our life. A student is said to be disciplined if he believes in the fact that his only aim of life is to learn more and more and enhance his store of knowledge in the best possible manner. The first and foremost requirement for a disciplined student, therefore, is to cultivate his interest and desire for learning. Only acquiring theoretical or bookish knowledge is not self-sufficient. A good disciplined student has to be equally aware about his life and universe and about his place and role as a human being. He should be able to analyse the things happening around him and he should be very broad minded and open hearted about his vision and outlook. He should also learn to respect his parents, teachers and seniors and at the same time he should love and care his juniors. He should be regular and punctual in his school or class. He should love his books and he should deal with any matter without any ill prejudice. His motto of life is to acquire as much learning as possible so as to grab a tremendous success in his immediate and distant future.

            A man without discipline is more like a wild beast or he is like a boat without an anchor. Discipline is perhaps the most important factor to reach the milestones in the journey of our life. No man in the human history has become great and successful without following discipline. Discipline is a kind of an acid test which is difficult to pass, but once we observe it or pass it, it gives us a very rich reward and pleasure. Discipline is equally important for a sportsman, a warrior, a farmer and also a statesman. Much can be written about the value of discipline, but we have to very serious about this matter. Discipline is indubitably a decisive factor for achieving success.