Bernadette Guirguis

Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

When rewards become more important than learning

Prizes can motivate students, but they can also change the reason children want to learn

Students need feedback, and achievement deserves recognition. But we should be careful when grades, prizes and rankings become the main reason to learn.

Stop asking children what they want to be

Give them the freedom to discover what excites them instead

Not every childhood interest will become a profession, nor should it. Children will change their minds, discover new abilities and sometimes abandon things they once loved.

Are we teaching children to learn or just to remember?

The challenge for education is not helping children recall information, but understand it

When repetition becomes the dominant pathway to learning, understanding often becomes secondary and creativity is pushed to the margins.

Are we teaching children to think or simply to comply?

Children learn best when they question, collaborate and actively engage with ideas

Children make sense of ideas when they discuss them, challenge them, apply them, and connect them to their own experiences.

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