Understanding children: responsibility of teachers.
When I started teaching as a Science and Mathematics teacher, I always carried a simple thought, teaching is not only the transfer of knowledge; it is the transfer of curiosity. But this thought became reality when I taught Class 4 for the first time. Their young age, innocent questions, and natural curiosity gave me a new direction of teaching. I understood that if children can see, touch and experience a concept, they learn it deeply. So in science class we didn’t just read about leaves, students held real leaves in their hands, felt the veins, matched shapes, and discussed the patterns. When we studied flowers, I guided them to do flower dissection, they opened the petals, observed sepals and stamens, and connected it to what their book explained. Many questions that confused them initially were solved not by simply answering, but through experiments, demonstrations, activities and open discussions, which made learning real and joyful....
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