EDUCATION OF ADOLESCENT YOUTHS

What Teachers can Think and Do ?

M K Mishra

We And They :History of Time

Do our history of time is similar to the history of time of our future generation ? In what respect our time was different from these youths ? Do we know that they know much better of our weaknesses than our strengths? Why this happened? Where did we lost our beloved youths ? What did we wish to make them like us ? Why did not we allow them to be what they wanted to be ?

Issues
Pass out syndrome in single curriculum no scope for multiple curriculum based on students innate capabilities- but fit in system Rote memory examination and grading. No dream for multiple talents If failed, no hope for future If passed, unemployment No youth policy to channelize the talents

Result
Utter neglect of youth resource Abuse,, neglect ,poor result, uncertain future Youths join in crime, terrorism and unsocial act Threatened democracy and loss of social capital

How our students spend their time

Consider if youth engage their most of the time in 1. Cinema - 12 hours in a week 2. Cricket most of the time 6 hours in a day 3. Mobile - 3 hours in a day 4. Market - 1 2 hours in a day 5. Group entertainment 25 hours in a week 6. Students from this back ground comes to school and we teach them With all these in mind how do they engage their mind with learning ?

Why this happened

Indian market is dependent on children and adolescents and youth Most of the fashion is adopted by the youths Market economy of India in collaboration with other country has decided to engage the youths in cinema, cricket, mobile , computers, internet and such other techs. global market want to capture the purchase capacity of youths. Why there is match fixing in cricket ?? What the youths gain out of it? Why all these are so attractive to youths? And why not the school subjects ?

Kill the morals and create the market

Values and morals have been replaced by market price Children and youths have been trapped by technology Parents are also proud of their childrens use of technology Past values has been forgotten We are unable to understand our future generation western world want our youths to become slave than master Instrumentalism and information makes a man machine educational values build humanity We are rapidly loosing our social and moral values It is not only youths , we have also partially lost our values

Pedagogy to andragogy
Child Learner/Pedagogy Concrete Unknown to known Dependent Inexperienced Less social role and identity Subject centred learning Externally motivated Adult learner/Andragogy Abstract Known to exploring Independent Experienced Identity, personality, self name Problem centred learning Internally motivated

Changes or transformation?
Body Childhood to puberty and maturity Changes in boys Changes in girls Parents care / neglect / Mind Fear ,ignorance crisis,shame,secretness hate,anxities, cultural moors, mothers hate and control, fathers restriction, socialisation in case of girls, sacred and profane- purity of body

Adolescent Youths
Their physical development affect their personality , individuality, identity , naming Intellectual development takes place hero worship, Adventure, friendship,courage,freedoom from parents and teachers and taking self decision, Ability to draw conclusion at 14 Dreaming big to be some one film hero/cricket hero as ideal model

Bonded Youths
Parents Disbelieve Control Dominant Impose self decision Fix goal of life for them Ignorance of what they think and want to be Teachers Believe/disbelieve Control Authoritative Disallow discussion/ questioning Dont explore the inner potentialities, Ignore what youths know and impose subjects to domesticate

Culture And Youth

Traditional Fixed social rule for boys and girls Obedient Sincere Silent Very good Tolerant Use traditional devices Respect the old Modern Group for a cause Games, music, play Cinema/TV/Video Computers Mobile/tablets using hi tech. and reject the recent tech. get always new- discard the old

21st Century Youths

How they are identified ?
Beauty- dress- fashion or good book reader, painter, musician, player ,actor, social worker

Who is their role model? In what major activities they engage every day?
Film hero /cricket hero/musician/DADA

What are their common activities ?

Games, feasting , travelling ,adventure

What do they like more and dislike more ?

Likes: Freedom, independence, Dislikes: Interference, dominance, Reject parents persuasion and ignores teachers advise.

Multicultural World
Heterogeneity of race, language and religion, Experiencing diversities, change in thinking and high order of logical concepts, Higher psychological functions, problem solving and critical thinking

Do we know ??
we represent a time which is mismatched without future generation we wish our children to be like us which is wrong We fail to guide them based on their own talent We are dogmatic, not updated with the change that comes around us and back ward May be we are good subject experts- but we lack the adolescentric psychology We also are trapped to a system of rotten educational system where we lost our countrys knowledge we also did not explore the best of the world in education We divided math and science as marker of progress and literature and social science as subordinate to it. This came from the US/Eurocentric market economy conspiracy.

Two mega strategies to fight this

Understand that we will not teach unless we understand to whom we are to teach and why teaching is necessary to the youths The subjects we teach must be useful to the youths - heart at first and then mind ( possibly hand ?) Pedagogy of Love and not authority Authority over subjects Ability to deliver creatively to create curiosity and thinking in the youths Learning from the youths and self actualise Mutual learning no teaching without learning and no learning with out teaching

Love and Freedom with responsibilities

Youths love freedom, recognition, self respect, group work, Want space to show their talent Given chance they will show their heroism They respect us if we recognise them Love the youths and get responsible youths with love and knowledge

Can the youths get a responsive classroom?

Why not ? We will rethink on young generation we will give them dream We will work together with the youths in/out side classroom to shape them according to their own talent Our past knowledge will help us to do this

Our subjects
Our subjects are entry point to youth development we must find such topics that will help us in safeguarding their interest, talent, curiosity, character building( not strictly), self image, recognition, praise, and responsible, Parents may not help the youths in shaping their life , except funding , but we teachers gie them a dream to grow up.

Our subjects for youths

Language and literature can transform the heart of the youths to become imaginary, emotionally healthy,creative,beautiful mind and aesthetic sense Mathematics can give our youths sense of logic, truth and reason and problem solving Science can give them experimentation, application , exploration of ones own environment to see meaning fully and connected ness Social science can give them social harmony, tolerance, cultural democracy,living in diversity, and social integration. History can inspire youths to become a part of history making ( not history reading)

Fill up the list

Ecology Art and craft Yoga Sports music,drama. . .

Endless dream
We open our heart for the youths we become the authority of knowledge than authority on students We explore our heritage and culture to rebuild our youths moral and ethics. We expand our heart to capture the hearts of the youths through respecting them as our own progeny of knowledge.

Thank you