Children education

Goal Setting
Setting goals for children is a tricky task. In his book, Drive, Daniel H.Pink explain to us how setting performance goal, reaching a certain mark, (opposite to learning goal) can actually have negative impacts on the learning of children. They will learn how to answer the test but not necessarily how to use the knowledge. Meaning that in a new situation, where they are asked to use this knowledge, they will perform worst that children who learnt for the sake of learning. Learning goals have the added benefit of not alienating children who struggle, as they are here to learn not to perform. They stay and try for longer and hence learn more.