When we talk about children it is important to realise that each child is unique. Each child is born with some special ability. Each of them are born gifted, the problem is to let them remain gifted as they grow up. We as adults are so scared of making mistakes; we pass on that fear in our children. Hence, depriving them of their capacity to innovate & create.
Our traditional system of education does exactly the same – rob our children of their giftedness. Each child has different capacities and abilities, how can they be generalised in terms of curriculum. There exists so many multiple intelligences, and every child has them in different levels.
A traditional system of education stigmatises a child who makes more mistakes. But doesn’t try to find out where is the problem, or whether it really a problem or not. Maybe the child is highly creative and wants to try out new things from the work given to him/her. Most of the times that creativity is squandered quite ruthlessly resulting in loss of creativity and the capacity to think out-of-the-box. Today, we need individuals who can think out-of-the-box to achieve success in this increasingly complex setup.
A DAP doesn’t look very different from a traditional setup. But the crucial difference between a traditional setup and a DAP is that a DAP setup is child-centered and a traditional setup – is teacher specific; where the teacher is more dictatorial than being a guide. For example, in a developmental kindergarten, a child who is ready to read and enjoys reading is taught advanced skills for reading and those who are not are put into pre-reading activities, which enhances their auditory and visual skills and help them learn their letters better. Opposed to that, a traditional schooling – a child is compelled to perform irrespective of his readiness to grasp a concept.
Its upon the parents to decide whether they would like to generalise their child or take advantage of his/her unique abilities.
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