Breaking news: high school students bored in class
Filed under: Teachers, High school, Public school, Private school
A recent survey conducted by Indiana University finds that high school students are bored in class. This is not shocking. I was bored in high school. Chances are, you were born in high school. Every movie, book, TV show, stage play, comic strip, magazine article and blog post about high school usually, in some way, references the fact that kids are rarely, if ever, excited about learning between the ages of 14 and 18.
However, the study also finds that many have considered dropping out -- news which could be more alarming. In fact 75% of the 81,000 students who participated said the material wasn't interesting, with an additional 21% saying that they'd considered dropping out.
The solution, according to Ethan Yazzie-Mintz, project director of the Indiana University's Center for Evaluation Policy, is to focus on a new teaching style -- including more discussion and debate groups in the classroom -- along with a shift in the way schools discipline students who skip class. Instead of suspending students after the fact, Yazzie-Mintz thinks school leaders should talk to students to find out why they cut class in the first place.
What do you think? Is your child's high school effective in keeping him or her engaged in the learning process?
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