Education: the key to your child's success
Wed, Sep 21 2011 11:02
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Here at Altrincham Martial Arts Club we believe that every child is special. Honestly we do. More to the point we believe that every child can benefit from what we do – we know because we’ve seen it.
The aim of our kids’ classes is to do more than show techniques and ask children to repeat them back to us. We use a range of ideas and approaches to offer our students more than that.
As I’ve just started on my PGCE course (trainee teacher) I’ve been reappraising how to educate people. Looking at how learning styles, needs and objectives all have a massive impact on students from infants to the elderly – we all have basic characteristics which as a teacher I need to accept and cater for.
My experience working with SEN (special educational needs) children has convinced me of the fact that every child can benefit from our classes. The reality being that as a teacher, a student (and as a parent in this case) we must have realistic aims and goals. To provide a safe and enjoyable environment and framework is essential to letting everyone succeed.
While it’s not possible for every child in a school to receive the highest grade, it is possible for them to fulfil their potential. That’s why at AMAC we focus on where a student is at when they walk through the door for the first time, and what they can do when they walk back through it. After an hour; a month, a year or longer it matters not to me. What I want to do is ensure that when they leave us they are better than when they started.
At AMAC you won’t see our kids lined up in silence – they move, they shout, they interact! But there is discipline and respect for themselves, for us, for their parents. We instil that through rules, rewards and positive correction.
The latest theories and established practices in education, psychology and the martial arts themselves are at the heart of what we do. I believe this makes us very much unique in delivering effective teaching and getting more from and for our students.
If you’d like more information on what we do, how we do it or you want to see it in action for yourself then get in touch!
The aim of our kids’ classes is to do more than show techniques and ask children to repeat them back to us. We use a range of ideas and approaches to offer our students more than that.
As I’ve just started on my PGCE course (trainee teacher) I’ve been reappraising how to educate people. Looking at how learning styles, needs and objectives all have a massive impact on students from infants to the elderly – we all have basic characteristics which as a teacher I need to accept and cater for.
My experience working with SEN (special educational needs) children has convinced me of the fact that every child can benefit from our classes. The reality being that as a teacher, a student (and as a parent in this case) we must have realistic aims and goals. To provide a safe and enjoyable environment and framework is essential to letting everyone succeed.
While it’s not possible for every child in a school to receive the highest grade, it is possible for them to fulfil their potential. That’s why at AMAC we focus on where a student is at when they walk through the door for the first time, and what they can do when they walk back through it. After an hour; a month, a year or longer it matters not to me. What I want to do is ensure that when they leave us they are better than when they started.
At AMAC you won’t see our kids lined up in silence – they move, they shout, they interact! But there is discipline and respect for themselves, for us, for their parents. We instil that through rules, rewards and positive correction.
The latest theories and established practices in education, psychology and the martial arts themselves are at the heart of what we do. I believe this makes us very much unique in delivering effective teaching and getting more from and for our students.
If you’d like more information on what we do, how we do it or you want to see it in action for yourself then get in touch!