Private Lessons, is Good For Children?

Private lessons easy choice for most parents to raise their children learn mastery of the material. However, if the teacher brings to the home method is good for development.

Demands of the times are different. First, the housewife becomes a companion study of children when at home. However, now the mother works outside the home to meet the needs of family life education at home so often overlooked.

As a shortcut, most parents use the services of private tutors to teach their children at home.

Psychologists Retno A. Riani said private lessons can indeed be an option to increase the child's mastery of the subject matter they have not understood. However, he suggested that private tutoring is not done continuously.

According to him, privately at home can make a child feel depressed because of her own dealing with the teacher. Children will be reluctant to teachers. Private pattern also makes the delivery of one-way from teacher to student. "Children will consider what the teacher was right. Private create learning atmosphere so tense, "he said.

Graduates of this master UGM suggested that additional study should be conducted in groups of children. Children and some friends to learn together with a teacher who was brought into the house. Better methods of study groups and could be more favored child.

By studying the group, said Retno, the child has a friend to ask. Children can ask another friend who already understand. Only in the learning process of sharing and communication in groups is the case.

According to Retno, lessons are learned after your child's school. In addition, the atmosphere is not as serious as a child learning to learn in school. This additional learning should take place in fun. "Children are learning at school too seriously, then do not be a serious additional tutoring as well," said Retno.

UNS is a graduate psychologist flicked the current education system is very burdensome to the child. Children are required to master all the lessons in school and get high scores. If the child has less value in some subjects, the parents will try to give lessons to children as much as possible. Finally, the right of children to play and have fun was taken away.

"Children need to learn and play balance. When the lesson was too overwhelmed can cause anxiety, low self-esteem, and anxiety are not able to achieve a high score, "he said.