The main problem faced by today's teacher is that they feel
students are losing interest in studies. If we look from the student's
perspective then students feel that whatever is taught to them in schools is
boring. Being a teacher, I faced these problems and tried to solve them. Based
on my experiences, some of the solutions to increase interest and curiosity in
students towards studies are:
1. In a class of 30-40 students there may be more than 20-25
hobbies now the teacher's job is to correlate these hobbies with their studies.
Suppose a student has a hobby of collecting stamps. The History teacher can ask
the students to bring all stamps with Famous personalities printed on it and
with the help of these stamps, the lesson can be made interesting. Other
student may like something else that can make our classroom teaching well.
2. What would happen if ..... For example a science teacher
while teaching about sun and universe can ask what would happen if these will
be no nights/days. Let student give different answers and write all of them
point wise on the Board. This will develop imagination and creativity among
students and they will learn importance of the rotation of earth and the
functioning of solar system.
3. Generally a few students leads group discussion and
others remain quite. This tendency create inferiority complex among those who
did not participated in discussion. We know that all students are not equally
skilled. Therefore it is better to make 4-5 groups in the class have almost
same level of communication skill. This division is good only not for slow
learners but also effective for the high achievers.
4. Boring theory classes make student dull and inactive.
Suppose a teaching about germination of seeds and reproduction in plants. The
best way to teach this concept is to assign students some task such as they may
be instructed to put same grains in a wet cotton cloth and observe after 8-12
hours. The student will learn more effectively while doing this.
5. The teacher should not expect correct response from the
student, every time. In case, the student unable to give correct response, the
teacher must not scold his/her rather than doing this the student must be given
some clues/hint and encourage to reach the correct answer.
I have successfully implemented these techniques to make
learning a pleasure for my students. The results were encouraging and they
inspired me to think more about making the process of learning a joy for
students.