How to Become a Successful Learner? “Be a Child” Principle
Education as a system has two naturally dependent sides: supply and demand, represented by teachers and students (or learners), respectively. It is when the stakeholders from these sides work in a solid integration that the ultimate goal of education be met.
In this article, we will explore how to become a successful student by taking lessons from the behavior of children, which are in general framed as the “be a child” principle.
Why we should be like children?
Children are in a permanent state of absorbing and internalizing information. Therefore, they master the skills needed in the learning process. Some of the valuable lessons that can be adapted from that mindset are:
Curiosity
The most interesting, sometimes noisy, behavior of children is their burning desire to know new things that they have never known or seen before. They unreservedly ask dozens of questions about things surrounding them. This makes them inquisitive creatures. They learn almost everything by asking and sustaining their curiosity. Students, if they have a spirit of inquiry, at any time, whether they are studying on their own or in the classroom, can follow the same principle, thus being successful in their academic performance.
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Sustained excitement
Children are also excited about new things. Getting enthusiastic for a student means nothing but an engine that helps to convert his/her internal potential into a tangible outcome over time. Excitement, when coalesced with hot motivation, is a driving force that pushes forward to a success point.
Adaptability
When exposed to new environments, children are capable of easily adapting. They try to manage every new setting as if nothing new has happened to them. This character of children really is fundamental in that students can take lessons when they are faced with new teaching-learning environmental settings. In the journey of studentship, myriad types of socioeconomic problems may happen to a student. They only least cost strategy to come up with such unprecedented challenges is to systematically adapt to the new problem and maintain success at the end. In the 21st century, the teaching and learning facilities are changing on a daily basis and for a successful achievement they must be ready to cope up with the new learning environment.
Perfect Lovers
Children love without fear and hesitation, and feel rewarded with attention. They manage to live the present day fearlessly with a big hope and bright future for greatness. They seem to understand the best philosophy of life: “remember yesterday; live for today and think for tomorrow; the only thing is not to stop thinking.”
It is apparent and very natural that we humans learn from what we love most. And the learning process requires a happy and loving mind set up to easily understand concepts in subjects. Thus, students had better to have positive feeling to the learning environments with which they have direct and common contact including teachers, friends and even their families. Love your course fearlessly so that you will easily capture the concept and message of it.
The behaviors of children are not only limited to these qualities. They, of course, have habit of staying long with games and fun, forming company of friends, need attention and monitoring in their feeding and daily activities. As a university student you must pay attention to these variables that have direct as well as indirect influence on your performance.
Curiosity, excitement, adaptability and love are crucial characters of children that students are encouraged to apply at every stage of their education to meet their future goals and have good track record in their journey, not only in academia, but also in other walks of their lives.
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- August 20, 2020

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