To 15-17 years of age, a son or daughter consciously chose a professional path, they already from the first class should understand what they are studying for. And our business is to help them in this. How to make a child learn well and what should be done for this?
Teaching with enthusiasm
- 6-7 years. Tell me more about the school: how, what and for how many years they teach there; than the older classes differ from the younger; that such a certificate of maturity. Show the heir his school notebooks, diaries, letters, certificates. Here you will see what interest this information will cause in children!
- 8-9 years. The child is still dominated by thinking, based on the visual image. Do you want to teach him a lesson? Arrange an excursion to the confectionery factory, to the post office, to the fire department, even to the research laboratory - there will be no limit to the delight.
- 10-11 years old. I want, of course, that the child chooses a profession in which he will be expected to succeed, and for this it is necessary to correctly determine his inclination. In their formation a great contribution is made by heredity. Draw together the professional tree of your family. It can be traced family traditions and unexpected twists of fate. For example, on the part of the mother - already 4 generations of teachers. Another great-grandfather taught in a real school. A great-grandfather on his father dreamed of becoming an architect, but the war prevented. Analysis of family prof. preferences will help to see what talents are more frequent in the family, which the child can inherit. But the blind adherence to the tradition ("there will be no shopkeepers in our family", "only higher education") is dangerous!
- 12-13 years old. The teenager is given the idea of what it means to be successful. So, it's time to explain what is the profession, position, qualifications, career growth (for many, for example, the surprise that the president is a post, and not a profession). Orient it to professionalism, not careerism. The desire to become a good doctor or a top-level worker is psychologically more healthy than the desire of everyone to bypass and assert itself through a career.
Talents and fans
Abilities are not always obvious. Of course, musical endeavor is often revealed already in kindergarten, and the propensity for languages and mathematics is easy to notice during schooling. But how to determine the ability to administer, what will show its gifted future broker, accountant, pharmacist? In order for your son or daughter to show hidden talents, they need to leave "a piece of freedom." Try to make a schedule of the second half of the day so that after school the child's hours are not occupied. Observe what he does "for the soul." But do not forget: for self-realization, we need both physical and mental forces. If all the free time the child is sitting in front of the TV or playing on the computer, perhaps this is a manifestation of fatigue. Congestion with classes, repressed by excessive education often prevent modern children from expressing their abilities. In addition, everyone has a different reserve of strength and temperament. One child easily combines the school and the sports section with the favorite activities in the tourist club. Another is so tired already at school that the strength is enough to just walk and do the lessons. Someone will fiercely defend the opportunity to do what he wants. And someone will go on about their parents and will suffer in silence ...
Become a tutor
How to find hidden abilities? Parents, following the customary and convenient scheme "profile school + music + sports section + language", often underestimate the role of children's creativity centers in preparing children for further education and choice of profession. But it is in the circles of interest, where there are no standard programs and assessments, creates a special atmosphere that reveals the child's abilities. In addition, in 11-12 years, children are more oriented toward peer opinion, the authority of adults is noticeably decreasing. In the circles, the guys light up with interest from each other, reaching for those who get better. It is also important that there are many circles, you can choose. The center of children's creativity, as it were, presents the world of professions in miniature - sewing and ornithology, linguistics and astronomy, aeromodelling and photography ... And let it not bother you that after having completed several years in one circle, the teenager suddenly turns into another. These are attempts to find oneself. About frivolity can be said in the event that this happens 2-3 times a year.
In Europe and America for hundreds of years there is a profession of a tutor. The tutor in the English university is a person who helps the student to determine the goals of education (for example, to become a practitioner or to engage in basic science), to lay the right educational route and, what is very important, if necessary, to adjust it. So you have to become tutors for your children. It means to know yourself and help to recognize the child's individual characteristics: physical and mental abilities, working capacity, the predominant type of memory, special talents: musical, acting, artistic ... Being a tutor for your child also means working with social resources. For example, a child reads books about animals with interest, looks at them about programs, looks at each beetle on the road. Ask where there are suitable mugs, go "on scouting" yourself, and then invite him to attend another session of young naturalists. It is you who should tell the 13-14-year-old child who is beginning to wonder what to become, what is the science of prof. orentology, and the psychologist-professional counselor can help with the choice of the profession and the educational institution in which she is taught. Find where you can get tested and get advice from a specialist, go to her with a child, if he is comfortable with you. And, of course, listen to the impressions and discuss the information received. Only your help should remain a help, and not become a directive.