Why is time management
for students important? How does healthy time management enrich students’
lives? What type of distractions affect students from managing their priorities?
Fostering
positive attitudes towards sustainable and healthy independent time management
will enrich students during their primary and middle years and ultimately
support them in becoming responsible for their own learning. The International
Baccalaureate program is fashioned in this way to ensure the development of
global citizens. This is a primary
reason why I chose to join and teach its’ curriculum because it is a tool which
I only learned later in life - in university - when I was juggling a variety of
different “essential” priorities.
There
are many different ways to review and monitor time whether by a school diary,
calendar, or a watch. The students are required to actively use their diaries
though usually other methods and practices must be developed to monitor chores
and responsibilities. With the advent of technology people can choose between great
numbers of ways to manage time but there are even more to distract and deflect
it. Thanks to our blessed life, students
are able to have first hand access to the internet, Ipads, Ipods, smart phones,
personal laptops, PS3, DS, and other mind-shaping devices and integrate them
into the learning process while also having a selected – and monitored – time
to play. It becomes a large duty to ensure that these “priorities” are met i.e.
being sure they are used.
In
comparison, there are the even more time consuming extra-curricular courses
which have seemingly taken over students’ ability to acquire proper and
respectful social personas and recognize all of their individual
responsibilities. This creates a chaotic situation because the students are
unable to prioritize their responsibilities with a clear and mature mind or
reflect on why they are in fact required to perform and adhere to these
day-to-day activities which most importantly include their religious duties and
the Al Jabr academic program.
As the
students continue through the program, they will spend more time outside the
classroom and become even more familiar with the environment around them while
at the same time, their academics will only become more rigorous. It is crucial
that the students – right now – develop their own successful and
self-sufficient time management routine before their learned unhealthy
practices meet them at a point in which they are unable to cope or simply have
time to learn new. Both teachers and
parents must foster the development of these skills with the students in order
to demonstrate a mutual respect and consideration for all involved. There is a
vested interest in the students succeeding in all areas of the integrated
program. The studying which is assigned to do at home is not meant to be a
burden but rather a determined prerequisite for further learning the next day
but the required three-way conference between parents, students, and teachers
is an excellent time to further discuss each individual student’s goals and the
ways that time is being managed at school and at home to ensure that those
goals are being met.
For further research investigate other blog posts. Learn
more about the International Baccalaureate program as well.
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