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苏明进 - 「大人做得太多,孩子反而學得少!」

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July 13,2013


「大人做得太多,孩子反而學得少!」


「大人做得太多,孩子反而學得少!」這是我當老師多年,心裡很深刻的感受。

例如:當老師善意的幫孩子影印這學期功課表時,下學期孩子可能會反問老師:「為什麼這學期的功課表沒有印給我們?」但是若我們把它變成好玩的「功課表設計比賽」時,反而能看見許多絢爛的創意併發出來。

也因此,在指導孩子的過程中,我們總要去釐清:哪些事情是孩子本來就應該做、應該學的?或是他們自己做了後,能激發出更多的潛能出來?而哪些又是我們大人非幫他們不可的事情?

這不是一種推諉的心態,判斷點全是圍繞在「孩子是學習的主導者,而我們只是持續維持他們高度學習興趣的協助者」上頭。

在家中也是如此,爸爸媽媽們可千萬別做得太多,讓孩子失去了學習的機會:

別幫孩子洗學校餐具,這會剥奪他們養成自律、愛乾淨的生活習慣。
別幫孩子整理書包,這過程是在訓練孩子生活更有條理化。
別幫忙孩子寫功課,也別每天催促孩子去寫功課。這樣孩子永遠也不會也明白寫功課的目的到底是為什麼,當然也學不會有效率的分配讀書時間。

「大人做得太多,孩子反而學得少!」話雖如此,大人們要為孩子做得可多了,但要做的是大人們應該去做的部份:去思考怎樣去引導出孩子的做事能力,與尊重他人、尊重自己的態度。

不出手代替他做事,但要教孩子怎麼做;以及在一旁陪著他們一起做。訓練他們把事情做仔細,教他們如何做事更有效率,也培養出他們對生活的責任感來!

"When adults do too much, children will learn little". This principle is one that I have learnt during my stint as a teacher.

For instance, if the teacher prepared and photocopied the term's time table for the students, the students would expect the same the following term. Whereas if the teacher turned the whole exercise into a competition of creative time-table planning, there could be a whole new world of creativity unearthed.

Thus, when we journey with our children, we as parents need to differentiate which activities should be learnt and done by the children themselves and allow them to master the skills. This is not relegation of parental duties but to instead to play a supporting role in the developmental skills of our children.

In our homes, if parents undertake to do everything, we will deprive our children of some great learning opportunities.Parents need to be able to trust and respect the capabilities of their children to be independent. We need to guide them and come alongside them to train them to be more effective in performing their daily tasks.This will foster greater sense of responsibility. 

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