For an institution that compels us to spend long years of our lives, giving us a lot of information to learn without teaching us how to actually learn, it is very ironic. There are many benefits to understanding how to learn, such as intrinsic motivation, deeper understanding, and enhanced problem-solving skills—things that help us outside of school as well.
Instead, what they do is lower the bar, which is not good in the long term for anyone. One example is the subject of mathematics, which many students struggle with. I came across research that said the major reason students fail in math is that they don’t believe in themselves. Imagine if all we had to do to improve students' math performance was work on their beliefs, but instead, the opposite is often the case. Many students are criticized for low performance.
I know of a case where a boy was insulted and beaten by his father for bringing home poor results. When he grew up, he couldn’t finish his education, hated school, and didn’t know why he was doing it. Can you blame such a person? It’s like trying to train someone to become a professional athlete by criticizing every mistake and punishing them. What do you expect them to become? Nothing will show growth, motivation, and a positive attitude in an environment of negative reinforcement.
Learning isn’t even hard, and if done correctly, it can be very healthy and beneficial. We can tap into people’s curiosity and their natural desire to learn and understand. Things like asking the right questions, exploring the topics being discussed, connecting them to real-world examples and applications, and providing encouragement can go a long way.
In learning how to learn, there are two main things: first, beliefs, which can be easily addressed depending on what a person has come to believe about themselves; second, strategies. To condense it, one needs to understand how the mind stores information, unlike a computer. A computer stores information linearly—garbage in, garbage out—directly taking in and retrieving data as it is, similar to memorizing. The mind, on the other hand, takes in information and connects it with other information it has stored. This makes the information in memory highly interconnected, creating associations between different pieces of information and forming a complex network of ideas, experiences, and concepts—in essence, understanding. This is why we have things like flexible thinking, creativity, and the ability to draw connections between seemingly unrelated topics, things that a computer cannot do. So, if one wants to learn new material, the best way is to form connections between the new material and what they already know.
For example, think of photosynthesis as solar panels for plants, but instead of generating electricity, they produce food; the water cycle as Earth’s recycling system; electrical circuits as a road or highway, but for electricity. If you understand this, then you can understand the difficulty children face when you give them facts to memorize without trying to actually understand them, and how understanding makes learning much easier.
The core of learning is understanding, and using this as a basis, we can perform more effective strategies to learn, such as active learning, chunking, elaboration, and creating analogies.
I would like to know what you guys think about this, parents, students, is this something you find helpful? Would you like it for yourself or another? Share your thoughts.

Na dis ya long grammar make your children hate school. Ordinary to tell us in few short sentences what you want to pass across, you wrote a novellet. Come and force me to read naa.

Education has changed a long time ago, since when phones and gadject became known to children

Hmmm !, with this your long grammar even an adult go hate school

Ebigwei007:
Education has changed a long time ago, since when phones and gadject became known to children

It's true about the gadget, but I think it's more of them being addicted than educated.

Emceecee:

It's true about the gadget, but I think it's more of them being addicted than educated.

that is where you dont get it.

ohabiam:
Hmmm !, with this your long grammar even an adult go hate school