Consultation (1st grade) on the topic: Why is it difficult for a child to study? Reasons for school failure. Do you think it’s difficult to study at school now?

Over the past hundred years, we have observed a rapid breakthrough of humanity in the field of science, technology, medicine and, of course, in the field information technologies. Such a sharp jump led to the accumulation of a large amount of new knowledge, and consequently to the restructuring of the education system. Discussions regarding changes and reforms in the entire sphere of education - from school to higher professional education - do not stop for a long time. But it is surprising that all the changes made during this time concerned, first of all, the organization of educational institutions and the training program, while teaching methods still remain unchanged.

If we talk about the methods and form of presenting new knowledge in educational institutions, then we must talk primarily about primary and secondary school education, since universities still have some success in this regard.

We all once went to school, and everyone remembers with what impatience he sometimes waited for the saving sound of the bell, announcing the end of the lesson. What a torment it was sometimes to wake up in the morning and go to the first, hated language or literature lesson. And the only pleasant moment that somehow smoothed out such a sad picture was the desire to meet and communicate with friends. What is the reason for such hostility to the learning process?

The answer to this question suggests itself - the relationships and orders that reign in the school. Those who had to study at higher educational institutions after school could notice a huge difference in the attitude of teachers towards students and school teachers to your wards. The first thing that surprises you at a university is the communication of teachers (albeit not all) with you on equal terms. The opportunity to freely express your opinion and discuss both with your fellow students and with teachers, the right to decide for yourself whether to attend this or that class or to leave the material for self-study- all these are undoubted advantages of higher school.

Let us now remember our school teachers and their teaching methods. A school is an institution with strict procedures and rules. Here in class you have to sit quietly and calmly, answer when asked, and even then preferably only according to given topic. There are textbooks, there are paragraphs, please stick to them curriculum, complete on time homework and everything will be fine with you. With such arrangements, how can you interest a child and not cause him to dislike the learning process? So it turns out that today in a typical school, teaching methods are chosen that make life easier for teachers rather than contribute to better learning of the material by students.

Yes, naturally, not all educational institutions in our country are like this; there are good paid lyceums and new experimental schools. But so far all these are only exceptions to the rules and this moment There are only a few such places, and getting there is very difficult.

Today, our Ministry of Education is increasingly looking to the West, looking for salvation there. But our country also has considerable experience in this area, and it has its own reformers. Back in the 19th century, Count L.N. Tolstoy seriously dealt with the problem of education in Russia. In addition to the fact that he created an experimental school in Yasnaya Polyana, he also prepared his own training program and developed special literature, which he called “New ABC”.

Vitalie CEBANU, public figure:

Difficult at times! The school curriculum today is much more complex than it was in our time. This is done so that each subsequent generation progresses - and that's okay! Is this good or bad for parents? On the one hand it’s good, on the other hand it’s not so good. Because it disappears middle class. What I mean is that children have to do very well to get into university, otherwise they will end up at the bottom. There is no middle ground! This is not only psychologically difficult for children, but morally! Parents either force their children to study well, or the role of corruption increases.

Maria ANDRIUTSE, Director of Marketing and PR at Geta Burlacu’s Event Agency:

I think it’s always “difficult” to study at school, but there are factors that help you be excellent students in the 90s, in the 2000s, and in the 10s. I’ll list it point by point: 1) a charismatic teacher who interests you so much that it’s a shame not to know, 2) competent classroom teacher who knows how to motivate and 3) - wise parents who know how to turn studying into a game. The main thing is to explain what exactly your studies will help you with - who you can become. In general, detailed motivation is everything, and studying is a cool party.

Olga POGODAEVA, philologist:

I don't think it's any more difficult now than it was before. Of course, the amount of information they have to learn has grown. On the other hand, there are more opportunities to obtain data. Today you no longer need to sit in the library for hours just to write an essay; everything has been replaced by the Internet.

Vyacheslav VALKO, head of the consumer community sodrujestvo:

Does anyone study there? Children now at school are simply serving time.

Alina RYBAK, light industry technologist:

My mother-in-law is a school teacher. I listen to her stories and understand that studying at school now is both difficult and useless! Sometimes completely unnecessary topics and subjects are included in the program. This is a complete waste of time and effort; children have no interest in knowledge.

Nikita TSURKAN, head of the online portal:

I don't think it's any harder than it was before. With the development of information technology, it is probably even easier. I remember how I used to go to the library with my classmates, looking for information in order to write essays. Now everything you need is on Google. So there's no point in complaining. The main desire...

Ilona BATAL, marketing specialist:

It seems to me that it has become more difficult. But the point is not in the amount of workload, but in the fact that children do not understand why they need it all. So they have no desire to learn. Moreover, when the body is young, you want to frolic, run, do something, sitting at a desk seems like real torture.

Why? They are very shy and timid. They are sure that they consist entirely of shortcomings, but positive qualities They dont have. These children are afraid of looking funny in the eyes of their teachers and classmates. They are afraid to answer at the blackboard, because there they need to say something smart, but they don’t know something and can’t do it. And even if they do know, then something will still go wrong - someone will think that they are not properly combed or dressed...

Timid and shy children rarely take initiative and often doubt their abilities. They find it difficult to make decisions and protect themselves. Therefore, they are usually simply not noticed, and they do not realize their capabilities and talents.

Tips for parents:

• Celebrate any victories and achievements of your child - this increases his self-confidence and self-esteem.
• Surround him with friendly people - invite people you know with children to visit, relax in family camps, help your child find friends on playgrounds. The wider his social circle, the easier it will be for him to cope with shyness.
• Do not patronize him and gradually “let him go” - ask, for example, that he buy something in the store himself. Create more often without dangerous situations, in which he could communicate with other people.
• Rehearse “dangerous” situations at home. Let him, for example, imagine that he is answering at the board.
• Keep a calendar of achievements. Together with your child, celebrate any of his victories - today he was not afraid and made a report, tomorrow he read a poem at a school matinee.
• Choose the appropriate circle. There is a theory according to which a child over 6 years old must have three social roles - in the yard, within the walls of the school, in the section.
• Contact a psychologist and undergo group training to develop communication skills.

Lefties

Why? If in right-handed people the left hemisphere of the brain dominates, then in left-handed people the functions between the hemispheres are distributed in a more complex way. This explains differences in cognitive performance.

Left-handed people are more likely than right-handed people to be unable to count, write and read - all that is based on visual-spatial perception. They often confuse an oval with a circle, a rectangle with a rhombus, and often “mirror” letters. It is more difficult for them to remember complex combinations of letters, and therefore they, as a rule, read more slowly and write with errors.

Tips for parents:

• Do not retrain your child to be right-handed. Just teach how to hold a pen in your left hand correctly - you can buy special copybooks for left-handed people.
• Perform exercises to coordinate the actions of both hands - neuropsychologists can recommend them. Ball games, weaving, modeling, and embroidery are good options.
• Send your child to swimming, figure skating, fencing, tennis. Choose a sport where coordination of movements is especially important.

Anxious children

Why? Everything related to school makes them afraid. They are afraid independent work, public speaking, "threes" and "twos". At the same time, they are very diligent and responsible, and often feel guilty. Due to constant internal tension their performance decreases, they find it difficult to switch from one activity to another.

Children who are sent to school too early often suffer from anxiety. They are constantly upset and react very emotionally to the teacher’s comments. This age-related anxiety will gradually pass. But if a child has become anxious in grades 5-11, it makes sense to visit a psychotherapist.

Tips for parents:

• Do not scold your child or make excessive demands on him. So that he does not worry about grades, you can even advise him to get a “D” at least once every quarter. Will it work to run such an experiment?
• Talk to him about your worries and fears more often. Ask your child to draw his fear, to compose a fairy tale about it: turned into drawings and words, fear loses its power.
• Tell your child that everyone makes mistakes and there is no need to be afraid of them. After all, in fact, any mistake is a valuable experience. You learn from mistakes; without them, no achievement is possible.
• Help him find something he loves. For anxious children, a support point is extremely important.
• Choose a mascot. Give magical power a toy, pen, bracelet, pendant - let this thing help in class, during independent work, during exams.
• Teach your son or daughter self-regulation techniques: visualization, “thoughts on paper,” relaxing breathing.
• Don't laugh at his fears. If your child is afraid of the dark, let him sleep with a night light.

Aggressive children

Why? They have a hard time fitting in children's group, constantly interfere with everyone - they can do some dirty tricks during breaks or lessons, provoke fights, and organize bullying. They are terribly annoying, careless with other people's things, and often break or dirty them.

It is interesting that “aggressive” boys fight “like girls” - scratching, biting, attacking and retreating, spitting. They try to offend or humiliate the offender. These kids are trying to manipulate everyone. Peers do not like “aggressors”; they try not to communicate with them, and they often end up turning into outcasts.

Tips for parents:

• Understand the reason for the aggressiveness. Maybe the child is just used to being the center of the universe? This happens to long-awaited, only children in the family. Or maybe, on the contrary, he lacks attention and care. Often “aggressors” grow up with tough, authoritarian parents. Or they become like this after traumatic events. In these cases, family psychotherapy is indicated.
• Talk through every unpleasant incident with your child. Explain to him what is happening, how other people are reacting, why it is necessary to negotiate and not “wave your fists.” Offer other ways to solve the problem: “We could have done this and that, and then everything would have been different.” The child needs to know that there are alternative behaviors that are less traumatic and ultimately more beneficial.
• Eliminate aggressive cartoons, crime programs, action films and horror films. Do not allow your child to play war games on a computer or tablet. Talk through what is happening on the screen, evaluate whether it is good or bad, switch your son or daughter to other activities.
• Do not humiliate your child, do not physically punish, or discuss his behavior in front of others. Hug him more often, use positive reinforcement - praise him for the fact that today he never got into a fight, and in conflict situation behaved with dignity.
• Make sure he walks for at least two hours a day. Physical activity is very important. A good option - Sport section. It will be better if classes are held at fresh air. Teach your child techniques that relieve tension and give vent to emotions (“crumple up the paper”, “beat the bag”, “scribble on the canvas”, etc.)

Frequently ill children

Why? Due to the fact that they often miss classes, they constantly have to “catch up” with their classmates. And they miss not only lessons, but also school holidays, excursions, and over time become “excluded” from the life of the class. Sick children get tired faster than others and are often prone to emotional outbursts. As a rule, they have low self-esteem.

Tips for parents:

• Choose the optimal load level for them. Don’t try to enroll in the strongest school, with the strongest teacher, to “load” extra classes- the child will only suffer from this.
• Think through your daily routine down to the smallest detail. Let him get up, have lunch, and study “by the hour.” The more predictable the day, the easier it will be for the child to switch from one activity to another. Get outdoors as often as possible.
• Create situations in which the child will communicate with other children, preferably on the street.
• Make sure that illness does not become a “secondary benefit” for the child.

You can study perfectly well and not constantly sit behind textbooks, forgetting about everything else. There is always room to grow, there is always something that can be improved. Studying hard will make you happy and content. If you get good grades, you will probably be able to get into a prestigious university educational institution, after which you can find Good work. Great, isn't it? All you have to do is learn how to get good grades! Keep reading and you will learn how to succeed in school.

Don't limit yourself to general information. There is no need to learn bare facts. This doesn’t make people smarter, and they don’t learn to analyze. Therefore, if you really want to start studying with only A's, you need to constantly ask the question “why”. Why the process goes this way and not otherwise, why this or that condition is necessary - understanding this will help you apply your knowledge in practice, including in situations that have not yet been discussed in class.

Use other people's knowledge. Not in the “write it off” sense, no! Ask for advice and tips from friends, adults, teachers, study how others solved this or that problem. Broaden your horizons, and studying will be much easier for you.

Do your best. It is important not only to memorize the material, but also to periodically return to what you have learned. This is necessary to refresh the knowledge in your head, otherwise some of the material will simply be forgotten. This way you can easily pass any test and pass any exam. If during an exam or test you come across a difficult question that you don't remember the answer to, don't worry. Write the question down on a separate sheet of paper and concentrate. After some time, you will definitely remember the answer to the question.

Work hard in class

1. Be careful . You'll be surprised how many new things you can remember if you just listen carefully. Be smarter: try to understand the subject, and not just mechanically write down the teacher’s words, and studying will be much easier.

   • If you are often distracted or have difficulty maintaining concentration, take vitamins, eat right and, if necessary, take medications. And most importantly, come to lessons with a thirst for knowledge!

2. Ask questions. More precisely, ask the teacher relevant questions. Analyze what exactly you do not understand in the material, think about what exactly you need to clarify for yourself, and ask the appropriate question. But first analyze everything you've learned before thinking that you didn't understand something. In order not to forget, write down the question on a piece of paper, go to the teacher and ask when he can help you figure out what you don’t understand.

   • Feel free to ask questions! No one can know everything in the world, and there is nothing wrong with not understanding something. We all have to learn something. Your teacher, for example, knows this very well and will be happy to help.

3. Review the course outline. In Russian realities, all you have to do is look through a textbook. By the way, this will be useful just like that, as part of general development.

   • This is especially clearly noticeable in the example of history textbooks, where after the analysis of one era and/or event there is an analysis next era, which is associated with the period studied. Analyze this connection and learn to work better with information.

4. Take notes. There is no need to mindlessly write down everything under the dictation of the teacher. Take notes, write down the most important things schematically, and then supplement the diagram with details and examples. At the end, you can briefly summarize everything you learned in the lesson - this will be useful to you in the future.

   • If you are proactive school curriculum, then write down what you don’t understand and then ask the teacher the appropriate question.

5. Don't miss classes. If you were sick, ask your teacher or classmates what went on without you and study the topic.

   Discuss your grades with your teachers. Ask what the teacher thinks about the quality of your work and why he gave you a particular grade. Work on topics that need improvement, and be prepared to take on extra assignments if they can improve your grade in a subject.

Work hard at home

Do your homework. This is a mandatory and important point. Sometimes teachers don't check your homework, but even then you should motivate yourself to complete it. The deeper you dive into the subject, the better. Homework is designed to help you consolidate what you have learned. If you haven’t been assigned anything at home, then read the textbook.

• Ratings for homework have the same impact on academic performance as on class work.

1. Exercise a little every day. This way, the material you have covered will be better remembered, and no unexpected test or test will take you by surprise.

   Read the textbook, looking ahead (except in those rare cases when the teacher specifically asks not to do this). This will help you figure out in advance which topics may be difficult.

   Don't put it off until later. Don't put off your homework until late at night: Of course, if you have an assignment due urgently, you should work on it until late, but let this be an extreme case and not the usual state of affairs. Typically, try to do the following. If the assignment is due in two weeks, make a plan and write down the main points in the first week. Over the weekend, compile your notes into a coherent whole to get a finished draft, and in the second week just refine it if necessary, edit it and print it out. Don't forget to submit your work on time; if you are given time before some date, turn it in a day early to show your effort and give the teacher more time to check.

   • Starting a project or other large assignment early will give you time to ask your teacher questions, clarification, or advice. If you follow the teacher's advice in those moments that caused you difficulties or doubts, your grade will probably be higher.

2. Try explaining the material to someone. Find a quiet, peaceful place (this could very well be your room) and imagine that you are a teacher explaining a subject to a student. This good way determine how well you understand the material, and also better understand what you understand. If a classmate asks you to help him understand a topic, or it is generally accepted that strong students “pull up” those who are lagging behind, take advantage of this.

   Do your homework in a designated area. You need a desk, minimal distractions, and an understanding that studying is a habit. Accordingly, it is quite possible to train your brain to give it its all right here and at this particular time. All this will help you succeed in your studies.

   If you have time, read the additional material. It doesn’t matter on the Internet or in the library - read books about what you are learning. The more you learn, the better your grades will be.

   Consider hiring a tutor. If possible, why not? Remember, there is nothing wrong with asking for help and it can have a positive impact on your grades.