Variety is not to be trusted — this is the assumption that many teachers make. Education is to be formed of careful rules and regimens, a reliance on structure. Children (especially those still in grammar school, trying to gain the basics of knowledge) must be offered routines. There can be no deviations. There can be no distractions. All days are to be the same. And all learning methods therefore are to be traditional, using what has been proven in the past to prepare pupils for the future. This is the belief.
It is — unfortunately — quite wrong.
Education can’t sustain itself when trapped to dull days. Its lessons will become ineffective. Its facts will be forgotten. Students require more than simple lectures to gain knowledge. They instead need variety.
Instructors must offer their pupils a wide range of teaching methods and techniques — from group sessions to presentations, films to outdoor activities. Children must be immersed in different forms of learning. This is to ensure that all types of fact absorptions can be addressed (since some individuals master information through reading while others require visuals, and some may instead need to touch their assignments). Utilize computers, debates, the arts, Kinesthetic practices and more to allow all students to understand the material. Provide variety to ensure success.
Stimulating the mind doesn’t have to be a difficult thing. It instead merely requires hours that can be distinguished from each other. Create a classroom experience that is diverse and dynamic — this will allow facts to be remembered, simply because they’re not all shaded the same. Identical principles do not work. Seek instead to educate through innovation. The effort may be greater but so will the rewards.