Is modular and online class effective?

And just like that, the first quarter of the academic year 2021-2022 is done. It’s been 8 weeks of everyday online classes, answering printed modules every week too, and lastly a series of summative tests. The question is, does module learning still worth it? Or do the students really learned from it?

As a parent of two, I’ve been hands on with my kids learning ever since they have started going to school. I didn’t have a hard time since I love teaching my kids. They actually learned how to read and write from me. I guess working as a teacher aide during my last year in college helped me a lot in handling children. Also, I adapted some of teaching techniques the teachers used in order for the students to learned in school that time. Since it was a preschool, a progressive one too, the kids aren’t force to learned unlike traditional school does.

There’s really a big different between a progressive learning and traditional learning. Both aim to teach children but in a very different way. But if I have to choose between the two I would choose the progressive learning than the traditional one. Only that it’s quite expensive enrolling kids in a progressive schools. I think OB Montessori offers the kind of learning for their students.

Progressive learning focus more on the students and how they can learn. There isn’t much competition in this kind of learning because the teachers taught their students base on their ability. And at the end of each quarter they don’t give grades to their students, instead they give assessments to them which they tackle to every parent.

But since we aren’t rich I would stick with the traditional learning. Obviously traditional learning focus on teacher and what they teach. Competition is very much present in this kind of learning, that’s why there is always ranking in every classroom. I guess most of us are very familiar with these kind of learning.

So going back to my main topic, for the past academic year and this year all adapted online class learning and modular learning. With all honesty I can say everyone struggled with these kind of set up. The parents or guardians, the teachers and most specially the learners or the students. In all fairness, every teachers were doing their best in order for their students can finished the school year without giving up or stopped in the middle of the school year.

Online classes is applicable only for those students who have stable internet connections, while for those who doesn’t have an access to internet, they can choose modular set up. Fortunately the Department of Education has acquired a free channel on tv, where they can watch the topics on the module for every grade level. This can help those students who can’t joined any online classes.

But is it worth it? Is it effective to kids nowadays?Base on my observation it isn’t. Mostly kids got tired easily with the loads of activities needed to be done every week. The interactions between teachers and the students is very limited too. And in every topic they only meet once a week so the interactions is not enough for the kids to learn. Thanks to the parents and guardians who are always there to the rescue.

I guess these kind of set up will only benefited those students who can afford to have a stable internet connection. I feel sorry for those who can’t because they have to self study in order to passed the grade level. Recently the news of face to face classes within the next school year is very much possible. They began vaccinating students ages 12 and above in preparation for the face to face classes. I am excited but a little scared at the same time. Will the vaccination really helps? I wish it will.

Two years is enough for online classes. The students deserve a better learning in order to be educated. And learning in school is very much effective than learning at home. They can focus more with their studies and without any distractions. And I guess teachers are more knowledgeable when it comes to teaching than parents or guardians who can only rely with mr. google and other search engines.

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