Six highly effective Ways to boost your Child’s Learning
Online Home schooling gives pupils the opportunity to have an enduring learning and concrete understanding of the concepts with the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and interactive learning alongside traditional methods of teaching in the safety and comfort of home setting. The inbuilt progress tracking and revision aids with such platforms, help students achieve better grades. Technological advancements have equipped teachers with the innovative pedagogical tools and resources while helping students to engage in resourceful computer-based learning, paving way to self motivation to excel.
Online Home schooling is a model of school where we bring in best of teachers’ expertise, and use of proven learning techniques for a heterogeneous community and provide them the experience of a regular school despite the time and place difference. Now, the question arises as to how do we do it in an online setup!
- Better Understanding through VR (Virtual Reality)
Learning through virtual reality provides children with the first hand experience of the processes and phenomenon. The curriculum plan is aligned to provide the best teaching learning experience even in a virtual setup. This approach enables the student to analyze, discuss, contemplate and debate in a non judgmental manner in a fearless and unbiased setting leading to a better and clearer understanding of the concept.
- Improvement in focus through Interactive learning
It is often seen that in a diverse class setting, few students excel, most perform in moderation while another handful remain aloof and completely disinterested. The simple reason for this gap is that the pedagogy used in class doesn’t cater to diverse needs of its pupil. To foster self-learning it is necessary that the teacher effectively engages all the students in class room transaction. The balanced mix of different pedagogical tools is what a doctor recommends to bring in such engagement.
A one-to-one pupil teacher interaction with the right dose of encouragement and appreciation from her goes a long way in motivating children for such self directed learning. Eventually, the child develops an interest in the concept taught. Such learning approach is ingrained and aligned in an online schooling format better than in the traditional setups where elements of disturbance are more and varied and often difficult to manage or minimize . Interactive and personalized learning through quizzes and contests, book/novel reading and discussion brings in different perspective and helps develop greater and wider understanding in the learner. Appreciation of language and art happens automatically without forcing it on students since activities of this kind stir in them the natural inquisitive, analytical and critical mindset that pushes them to self guided learning. Acknowledgement and acceptance of diverse opinion fills them with a sense of belongingness and thus learners become motivated to take responsibility and accountability of their own learning.
- Dashboard tracking
The progress of the student is monitored through Dashboards where it becomes extremely easy for the teachers as well as for the parents to track the performance of the student in a more effective, transparent and accurate manner. Personalized learning experience than can be imparted effectively helping thereby in educating individual students as per their needs and support them in a manner that their learning is not only fetching them marks in their exams but also help them gain insightful knowledge and develop relevant skills.
4. Revision through Lesson recordings
It is often said that ‘Practice makes a man perfect,’ Learning through lesson recordings sanguine better revision for students and repeated learning makes the student familiar and comfortable with the concepts. There is very little chance of the pupil forgetting what is taught to him.
At Himalayan School, we provide lesson recordings as a comprehensive resource to pupils to help them revise the topics as many times as possible to ensure better learning. - Flexibility supports student wellbeing
Anxiety during examination is one of the most crucial situations to address during a student’s life. Hence, we always focus on a flexible approach towards learning as we firmly believe that “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way!” (Courtesy: George Evans)
We lend pastoral support and one-to-one counseling sessions as and when required to better prepare students and to get done with any ill effect of exam pressure or any mental feebleness in learners. Flexible timetables and the inclusion of sports activities and learning through activities are emphasized more rather than conventional reading and writing activity. - Vibrant Community exchanges vibrant ideas
In an online home school vibrant communities can come under one virtual roof at any given time thereby promoting the exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives. According to a survey it is found that interaction and exchange of ideas among diverse groups ensures better delivery and adoption and appreciation of cultural and ethnic values. The exposure to varied ideas leaves a lasting impact on pupil’s personal growth and development. The pupil develops tolerance, understanding, and acceptance of cultural, ethical and traditional values, beliefs and practices thereby making them sensible global citizens.
Such exposure helps students develop a Global perspective on social, emotional, religious and political issues. Well meant exposure of such kind helps students take informed decisions in the face of challenges and adversity in any field, be it academics, sports or others and perform better. It also builds in university readiness among students. Such extensive and seasoned grooming helps pupils demonstrate their acquired knowledge in competitive exams in a commendable way.
In conclusion, we are a set of educational professionals who strive to bring out the best in a student with our online home schooling program and prepare them for life and its challenges. We bring out the best in them and foster in them the courage, confidence and conviction to come out winner in any situation in life. We help them become the best version of themselves and empower them so that they may confidently knock open the doors of desired success in life.
