19May
Teaching Children Basic Arithmetic as Early as Possible
There is a massive range in the results we see education can achieve, on both a national and international basis. One of the factors contributing to this wildly varying quality is assumed to be the quality of early education children receive. No matter what the subject is, maths, reading, writing, science, whatever, this seems to be a significant factor in the results education will achieve, even when you look at the results of students at the end of their compulsory education. The responsibility for teaching children such skills as basic arithmetic’s (adding and subtracting) mainly falls down to parents, as this education can begin while…Read more
12May
Preparing for University Courses
Starting university courses can be a massive break away from what most people are used to doing in life, whether they took a break from education to work or not, and preparing for it can be difficult. In addition to ensuring you have met all of the requirements needed to attend university and take the course you want, you also need to learn how to live by yourself; managing your own finances, accommodation, education and more. Most schools offer some degree of an education on what to expect when going to university, a necessity for many people who have no idea what to expect. This…Read more
28Apr
When to Start Getting Worried About Reading and Writing Skills
Early child development can be a stressful experience for parents, because everyone knows how important getting a great start to your education is. For children nothing is more important with this issue than reading, writing and basic math skills, and as parents this is entirely your responsibility for the first few years of your child’s life, before you start getting help from school. It can be very worrying interacting with other parents and drawing a comparison of skills in these subjects, but it is worth remembering that every child is different and that they all develop at different rates and in different ways. You may…Read more
21Apr
Open University Courses
Open university courses go by a lot of different names, such as MOOC’s and distance university courses, and this is all due to them being a relatively new phenomenon. They are in effect the inheritor of distance learning, which has been the option for many families living in rural areas for generations, but what sets this reiteration of the older model apart is that instead of a reliance upon radio communication, it is now operated by using the internet as the platform. These new open university courses are offered by some of the highest ranking universities, as means through which anybody in any situation can…Read more
17Apr
The Advantages of Private Schooling
The money for private schooling can be expensive, too expensive for many middle class and working class families to be able to afford easily, but time and again, regardless of the country you call home, private education has outperformed public schooling in the vast majority of cases. There are a lot of reasons for this, such as improvements in the environment, higher quality teachers, generally more engaged parents, and more support for students. Taking children to and from school can be difficult to incorporate into a busy working life for people who have little to no control over their working hours. In this area, private…Read more
13Apr
Giving Your Kids a Running Start
The goal for all parents, everywhere, is to ensure that their children have a great life ahead of them. There are lots of things they can do to increase the chances of this happening, but a big part of how it can be done is providing them with a great education as early in their lives as possible. An education is valuable to young children in ways besides what value they gain from learning new facts and skills, primarily in the structure that is required of students. Structure is required of everyone, and to be able to put it into practice yourself as an adult,…Read more