From time immemorial it has been believed that learning is a little controlled or completely uncontrolled process. Many teaching methods and schools were based on the principle of carrot and stick, which is not welcome today, because it is considered outdated and ineffective. And in many cases in modern pedagogy, correction is perhaps the only way to achieve the desired result.
Psychology and Pedagogy in Russia
With regard to the market of Western psychological services, we can say that the standardization and licensing of the activities of psychologists have put things in order. In the US, psychological correction is a fairly developed structure, where psychoanalysts, Gest alt psychologists and coaches know their job responsibilities and the rights and obligations of their clients. In Russia, a psychologist is considered a “friend with an hourly wage”, who may or may not help…
"Adult" psychology: are we wrong when choosing a psychologist?
Conditionally, psychologists can be divided into many profiles. However, for a better perception of the material in this article, it is better to accept a simple classification and proceed from the fact that there are “adult” and “children” specialists. By dividing them into two groups, it is easiertalk about working with two categories of people. These are, respectively, independent and responsible for their actions (adults), and non-independent (children) individuals. To understand what a psychologist should do for a particular category of clients, and what he should not do, consider the most common reason for contacting.
Many life leads to a situation where a person begins to believe that he himself can no longer cope with his problems, be it stress, unrequited love or even financial difficulties. That is why many people think that psychological correction is a kind of cure for failure. Adults who seek help from a psychologist expect to receive, so to speak, a visual "guide" demonstrating how to achieve success in life. However, the system of market relations predetermines failures in trips to such specialists. The fact is that we are already accustomed to the state of affairs, which can be characterized by the phrase: "You pay money - you get the goods." The product in this case is psychological balance, which leads to stress relief, the solution of any problems. Many people think that this is the same medicine, a “product for the soul”, for which one should turn to a specialist. If many see it as a means to achieve their goals, then they are right!
Correction is… a commodity?
"A he althy mind in a he althy body!" Psychologists interpret the motto of athletes as follows: “If there was a he althy mind, the body would also get better.” And physiologists will give out a universal one at all: “Everything is interconnected.” And, surprisingly,among these specialists of various kinds of activity there are no wrongs. But if everything is so extremely simple and understandable, then why are there so many people today who are dissatisfied - and quite justifiably - with their figure? Or having psychological problems?
The answer is simple: buying these two things is not so easy. For example, having come to the gym, most expect rapid progress and, having not received it, go home. The situation is the same with the market of psychological services: we expect too much from our psychologist, while forgetting to rely on ourselves, to overcome laziness, the pain of truth and a sense of pride. So figure correction, like developmental correction, is a twofold process. Here you need a return from both the specialist and the client.
And it often happens like this: when a psychologist confronts a person with the fact that he will have to solve problems himself, many conclude that the specialist is incompetent. But in reality, it turns out that he has no right to interfere in our personal lives, and the responsibility for solving problems remains with the applicant.
If the customer is not responsible
Things are quite different for psychologists working with preschool and school contingents. Pedagogical correction is a kind of interaction process, where there are no longer two (adult-psychologist), but three whole links (parent-child-psychologist). Corrective education is considered to be a progressive method in the process of mastering new material by the child. The essence of the technique lies not in the correction of only one material, as is the case with tutoring classes, butin its analysis, taking into account the cognitive characteristics and abilities of the child. And then the submission follows in a convenient form for the student. Moreover, this paradigm is applicable both to the natural sciences / humanities, and to information transmitted through education in general.
Competition among children
Demand for pedagogical services is due to many factors. But the main one is to help the child catch up or overtake peers in development. As harsh as it may sound, competition among children is more intense than among adults. And if an adult, having failed, can use the protective mechanisms developed over many years, the child, due to the absence of these mechanisms, is left alone with his problems. Often this leads to disastrous consequences: the individual becomes isolated, stressed, depressed, which can affect he alth in the future. But the worst thing is that these conditions can become fixed and stay with him for life. All psychological teachings agree that it is much easier to change for better or worse in childhood than in adulthood. Correction is a complex system, and in the case of a child, it also requires acting skills and a well-formed paternal approach.
How to "move" the child forward?
The task of the teacher and the parent, first of all, is to identify the crisis conditions of the baby. There can be many of them, and depending on this number, a further correction program is determined. Andit is not necessary to devote your child to the trials that lie ahead of him. Classes and trainings are best served in a playful and relaxed way so that the child does not perceive this as another trip to school. Take, for example, such a common course as speech correction. It can be both a boring activity and a fun lesson with elements of arts and crafts. We are talking about one of the methods of art therapy, which consists in the image and further description of the picture or in the description of a finished drawing. Based on the “difficult” sounds for the child heard by the speech therapist, a program for drawing and pronunciation is compiled, followed by fixing the results.
Common problems in children, or what desk does your child sit on?
The study of various models of teacher-child relationship has made a breakthrough in the pedagogical process. Now it is believed that the assimilation of the material is influenced not only by the ability of the student, but also by the experience of the teacher. Now negligent teachers cannot justify their failures by the low intellectual level of the student, his character and some other external reasons.
Take, for example, children who need vision correction. This is an example of a rather old and still unfinished "war" between teachers and parents. And it begins with a rather harmless moment: the first seating of children in the classroom. Children are invited to sit at a desk in any convenient place. It would seem that there is nothing to worry about … However, later it turns out that some students, sitting far from the blackboard,learn the material worse, because they can't see well. The problem could be eradicated “in the bud” if the teacher looked in advance at the he alth cards of his wards and seated the children, taking into account their visual acuity. But only a few private schools have reached such progress, in the rest, things are, as usual, left to chance.
What pushes us forward
It is known that the requirements for the child will not be simplified in the foreseeable future. Children - future adults - are faced with new and more complex tasks associated with scientific and technological progress. Those schools that provide training according to the old programs will be out of competition due to the irrelevance of the knowledge transmitted to children. They are screened out by Russian certification commissions, so everyone strives for a single standard. Often there are scandals associated with pressure on the child: take, for example, physical education in high school, which includes a set of classes “body shaping”. This is a generally accepted standard, which, however, not everyone is able to master due to subjective reasons. Pressure on the teacher from the school management and from the parents aggravates the situation even more, and the way out in this case is the complete refusal of the child from sports and recreational activities (release).
However, no one has the right to drive children into such a framework. Each child is unique and prone to abilities in a particular field of activity or science. It is known that Pushkin and Einstein at one time received triples in subjects of little interest to them. But due to confluencecircumstances, they reached great heights, and their names became common nouns. And at present, many psychologists and educators are working on how to recreate these circumstances and activate a child's creative approach to a particular field of knowledge.
What is the market of educational services full of
Currently, centers are gaining popularity, the priority aspect of which is social correction. This is a set of psycho-corrective techniques that help in the educational activities of a schoolchild and a preschooler. This direction is an integral part of the development of each of us, fixed in evolution. If our ancestors had not been able to learn, they would not have survived in the wild. Therefore, an inexperienced teacher who claims that the child is unteachable is simply justifying his failure. Yes, many children of preschool and school age often need pedagogical correction. But to say that a child is incapable of learning is a kind of crime.
School needs to meet halfway
One more link can be conditionally added to the "child-parent-psychologist" scheme described earlier: the school. Psychological and pedagogical correction is a process in which teachers should be included in the future, with whom the student interacts. Taking into account the individual characteristics of the student and presenting the material in accordance with them is the key to success in shaping a successful personality. There are no disabled children on planet Earth! There are only children whose abilities have not yet been revealed, because we have not yetlearned to do it. Two centuries ago, such things as flying or transmitting sound through wires seemed like a fantasy for mankind … Who knows what heights we will reach in the foreseeable future?..
Correction is the way to success
The flow of knowledge of a young student is like a fresh spring breaking through the rock. It is necessary to show the new “spring” the way to the river of knowledge, teach it to pave its own way: sharpen the granite of science and bypass the obstacles that stand in the way of learning!
