Kungani Kufanele Ube yingxenye Yezinguquko Zasesikoleni Somphakathi

"Wonke Umuntu Ukhuluma Ngesimo Sezulu, Kepha Akekho Owenzayo Ngaso" - UCharles Dudley Warner (umngani kaMark Twain)

Ukukhathazeka ngemfundo yomphakathi kufana kakhulu nesimo sezulu, kuhlolisiswa njalo, kuyaqabukela kuxazululwe. Njengoba siphila ezikhathini ezingakaze zibonwe, okusobala ukuthi asikwazi ukuthembela eqinisweni lezenhlalo, lezepolitiki ebelisenzeka ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane. Isidingo ukudala izindlela ezintsha ezifanele ezizuzisa izingane zethu kanye nathi ngokwethu.

Ukuhlangabezana nezinselelo zanamuhla, kubalulekile ukuthi siphinde sihlaziye izikhungo zethu zamasiko. Lokhu kufaka phakathi kokunye, izinguquko ohlelweni lwethu lwezikole zomphakathi. Ukuqala, kunokungezwani okuvamile mayelana nokuphathwa kwezikole zomphakathi. Izifunda zesikole azilawulwa endaweni njengoba iningi likholelwa ukuthi kunjalo. Amabhodi ezifunda ezifunda zamalungu ezemfundo angakhethwa noma aqokwe kepha angabameli bezwe lawo ngenxa yokuthi umthetho-sisekelo wesifundazwe ushiya izibopho zemfundo yomphakathi ezifundazweni. Ukuhlelwa kwezinqubomgomo nezimiso kungumsebenzi wabashayimthetho bezwe. E-New Jersey, ngokwesibonelo, umbuso udinga ukuthi umfundi ngamunye athole "imfundo ephelele futhi esebenza kahle," okubalulekile ngoba igunyaza ukuphendula okusemthethweni kubo bonke abafundi. Lokhu, njengakuzo zonke izifundazwe, kuyinjongo yezomthetho yokweseka ukukhula ngokomzwelo nangokwengqondo kwazo zonke izingane ukuze zibe yizakhamizi ezinolwazi ezikhuthele emphakathini wentando yeningi.

Lo myalelo awuzange uthele ngokugcwele kulabo abanemibala ngenxa yokwabiwa kwemali ngokungalingani kanye nezinkinga ezingaxazululiwe zokubandlululwa ngokobuhlanga eziphikisana nalezi zimiso. Noma kunesikhathi eside sikhona ngaphambi kokufeza lokhu, mkhulu umsebenzi okusamele wenziwe. Kodwa-ke, idala umzamo wokulwa nemizamo efana namazwi kamongameli wakamuva wokufaka ezombusazwe ezemfundo ngokukhuthaza ikharikhulamu yephiko langakwesokudla le- “Pro America” ukuhlanekezela umlando (New Yorker, 9/17/20).

Kusho ukuthini lokhu futhi kanjani / kungani kufanele abazali namalungu omphakathi babandakanyeke?

Ubungcweti boMbuso kanye nokusebenza kwawo kuncike ekwenziweni nasekusebenzisaneni okuvela kubazali namalungu omphakathi asebenza nothisha nabasebenzi besikole. Izifundazwe eziningi zinikezela ngemininingwane ebhalwe ngokusobala mayelana nomthetho wesikole ukwenza lula le nqubo, noma kunjalo, manje kuyaphuthuma ukudlula ekuthengiseni nasekubhidlizeni imali, okuthile akusebenzi. Kuyakhathaza futhi kuyindida, uma kubhekwa lokho okusengcupheni, ukuthi kungani ukhetho lwamabhodi endawo ngokwesiko lunabantu abaningi kakhulu abavotayo. Izinguquko sezihambe ngemijikelezo kodwa ngokomlando zihambisana nezidingo zanamuhla zentando yeningi.

Ukunyakaza okuqhubekayo okuqhutshwa nguJohn Dewey noLawrence Cremin kanye nezinqubo ze-Effective School Improvement ezikhuthazwe nguRon Edmonds noTheodore Sizer zaphakamisa imiphumela elinganayo, ngokwanda kwesikole kanye nokusebenzisana nomphakathi. Isisekelo namandla ashukumisayo ayo yonke le mizamo bekuwukugwema nokufaka esikhundleni somqondo wokusika amakhukhi ochaze ukufundwa kwekhulu leminyaka lama-20, obekuzama ukuthi bonke abafundi benze into efanayo ngasikhathi sinye ebangeni ngalinye ezweni lonke .

Le mizamo yokuguqula ingxenye enkulu ayisabonakali, ukuhungwa yisikhungo sokusebenza kwengqondo semfundo yomphakathi ukuvumela izidingo zokuphatha ngaphezu kwalezi zabafundi ezisaqhubeka kuze kube namuhla. Imiphumela yalokhu iholele ekubhaleni okulimazayo, ekulandeleleni, ekuhlolweni okulinganiselwe, ekungazwelini ngokobuhlanga, ngokobuhlanga nokwehlukahlukana, ingasaphathwa eyokuphoqa othisha ukuthi bavimbe ubuhlakani babo. Njengoba kunikezwe ubhadane nokwanda kokuqhamuka kulolu hlaka "lwebhizinisi njengokujwayelekile", kungani siqhubeka nendlela esaziyo ukuthi iphikisana nendlela abantu abafunda ngayo? Uma sikhathazeke kakhulu ngezingozi ezingokomzwelo nezingokomzimba zokubuyela esikoleni, kuthiwani ngezingcindezi zokuncintisana kanye nokuntuleka kokuzwela ezitayeleni zokufunda ngazinye ezazikhona ngaphambi kwe-COVID.

Lokhu akusho ukuthi ukunyakaza kwezinguquko akwenzeki. Amadolobha amaningi adale izikole ezincane, izindlela ezingcono zokubandakanyeka kwezakhamizi, kanye nokulingana. Lokhu kubeka izibonelo ezinhle zenguquko (izibonelo zezikole ezisebenza emphakathini eziphumelelayo). Singafunda futhi kufanele sifunde kubo. Imibuzo enjengokuthi kungani zonke izikole zikahulumeni zingenziwa njenge-charter futhi zifakwe emiphakathini ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo zezingane zethu nemindeni yazo, ukuthi zingakhiwa kanjani ukusebenzisana kwabazali / nomphakathi okungcono, njll. ukufiphala emoyeni.

Lokhu kungenxa yokuthembela okubanzi ekuhlolweni okujwayelekile lapho izikole ziphoqeleka ukuthi zincike kokuqukethwe ngokwesimo sakha izibopho eziphindwe kabili ezifana nesilinganiso esichazwe ngenhla sesimo sezulu; "yebo konke lokhu kuzwakala kukuhle, kepha imithetho nemigomo ngeke izivumele lezi zinguquko yize zisuselwa enzalweni yabafundi nezwe lethu lonke."

Yini okufanele uyenze njengomzali nelungu lomphakathi elikhathazekile?

• Okokuqala, sebenzisa umbono wesistimu / wemvelo ukumela izinguquko ezidingekayo ezisiza ukugwema ukubanjiswa inqubo ebucayi yezokuphatha okuyisici semfundo evamile yomphakathi. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba ukufunda kubandakanya ukuhlangabezana nezimo ezethembayo zomphakathi wethu kanye nemvelo uqobo lwayo engakhiwa ngezihloko ezihlukanisiwe ezihlukanisiwe.
• Yiba yingxenye futhi usekele amakharikhulamu agxile kubafundi ngokuya ngenani lokufunda ngokuhlanganyela. Lokhu akuyona neze indlela yokuphikisa ukubeka igunya. Iqinisa izinzuzo zokucabanga okunzulu ezisebenzisa izinsiza zomphakathi ukudala izakhamizi ezinolwazi olungcono ezizibuzayo.
• Yazi inqubomgomo yomphakathi namalungelo akho ukuthola izimo ezihamba phambili zokufunda zezingane zakho nokuphonsela inselelo noma yimaphi amaphethini obandlululo; abazali namalungu omphakathi kufanele babe nezindima ezichazwe kahle ekusebenzeni kwezinqubo zezemfundo nokulingana ezingeni lendawo.
• Joyina, hlela, bese ubamba iqhaza nezinhlangano zezikole zomphakathi eziphumelele ekuvuseleleni imfundo yomphakathi ukuze zimelele abafundi nemindeni yabo. Lokhu kuzokusiza ukuthi ungaphinde uvakashele umthetho wesikole nemfundiso yokufunda kuphela kepha nokuthi ungcono kanjani ukwaziswa ngenhlalakahle yezingane zakho ngokomzwelo nangokomzimba. Futhi, sebenzisa izinkundla ezifana nenqubo yeWarm Data eyenziwe yi-International Bateson Institute ukwaba imininingwane nokuthuthukisa imibono emisha.

Lokhu okungenhla kunomthelela omkhulu. Kungaba yindlela yokudicilela phansi lokho umphakathi wethu osube yikho futhi sisekele izindlela zokulwa nobandlululo / zokubandlulula esezihluphe isikhathi eside kakhulu. Izinguquko ezidingekayo zingaphakathi futhi ziphakathi kwethu sonke.Lokhu kufaka zonke izikhungo ezifundisayo, ezincika kanyekanye futhi ezakha imvelo yethu. Ngamafuphi, zwa imivuzo yokufunda ngokuhlanganyela nabanye abazali, othisha, namalungu omphakathi ukubambisana nezwe elingcono.