While starting this topic the first thing instantly came to my mind is my concern about my daughter's education. She is seven years old, just recieved her medal being at the top three of her class in Grade 1 level. But don't judge me that I'm just posting this only to show off. Please let me finish my script.
We have been in the country for a year now. We stayed in Japan for almost four years to support and cheer my husband while taking his Ph.D. degree in Iwate University at north of Japan. At the same time my daughter also took up her preschool for three years.
In Japan, I served as a preschool teacher of my daughter following my teachers in Kindergarten of instruction. \preschool activities in Japan are mostly art related such as dancing, theatre and music. Far more different in the way of teaching in our country. In short, for my daughter not to be far behind of her class to be here i taught her basic math, reading and writing. As far as I remembered, this are the subjects only taken for preschool during my time.
In Math, I taught her how to count and write from 1 -100, where I feel sorry for my daughter when she got confuse in recognizing the difference between number 6 and 9 (but we are so surprised when she represented her school in Math Quiz Bee last January and qualified for the final round). In reading, I taught her phonetic sound before introducing the word, (thanks to my teacher in Teaching Strategies where I appreciate the importance of using the Visual Aids in teaching specially for kids). And in writing, I taught her to write in proper, meaning heating the first line to start and touch the line by her pencil in ending upon writing the alphabet. I want her to follow religiously the same way I followed the rule of my teacher in Kindergarten. While teaching her, I realized I am not only teaching her to write but also I am teaching her to discipline by following simple rule which I guessed very important to be practiced at a very young age.
However, I know that those introductory learning I shared to my daughter will not make my daughter competitive enough when she will be in Grade 1 because in preschool here in the country they are also now teaching basic Science and Mathematical Operations.
June of last year, we entered her in a Montessori school where her cousins are also enrolled and her Uncle works. We believe, that school will be a good place to acclimatize her on first year of her formal education because of familiar faces that surrounds her. But unfortunately, I have noticed some shortcomings from the part of teachers. I taught if I am concern with the little things to be followed in writing (like not forgetting to put period in writing the letter i). I was surprised that the disciplines I learned when I was in Kindergarten are now not given due importance. I remembered when I had a short conversation with the Directress of the said that "the school are following the latest trends and strategies in teaching to adopt in our world which is getting high-tech".
In closing I would like to leave a question which I hope everyone of us will think of.
Today's advances in technology is pioneered by most personalities not attended a schools influenced by technology. What matter most? Our education be based in gadgets that surrounds us or our education be based with the principles in formulating those gadgets, what do you think?
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