Beyond Academics
Human Touch Features for Students That Extend Beyond Academics
Academics. Most of our current school system revolves around academics and yet, this approach actually falls short of what our kids need to be prepared for as they progress in school and in life. Most current school content is simply memorized, spewed out for an exam and then quickly forgotten. But beyond that, there’s often only one right answer, which frequently cultivates in our students a fear of failure. An excessive amount of kids pass through too many years of their young years feeling like they do not measure up, or do not see the value of why they are in school, except to be with friends. This disconnect alters a student’s trajectory into adulthood. This approach of controlled learning suggests that all that matters in school is good grades, rather than actual learning and a multitude of accomplishments.
Furthermore, kids come to realize that being “academic” doesn’t tell you much about who they are. It doesn’t indicate whether or not they’ll be successful in life or what learning interests them or in which areas they excel. Students have many talents; often they just don’t fit in the current prescribed curriculum because their talents are likely not considered “real knowledge.” Human Touch is offering each student a personalized opportunity to master core standards in language and math, but also understand important facts of life and how those facts relate to his/her life.
1. Creative and Critical Thinking
- Provides a broad base of knowledge within hundreds of subject areas.
- Proves comprehension, not memorization.
- Offers the ability to formulate new understandings.
- Provides the ability for the student to analyze and draw conclusions.
- Offers the ability to make judgments and draw conclusions in many scenarios.
- Cultivates Idea generation, Imagination, Elaboration, Complex thinking, Risk taking and Humor.
- Fluid Intelligence/Reasoning
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Visual Intelligence Processing
- Auditory Intelligence/Processing
- Decision Reaction Time
- Thinking Abilities
- Short Term Memory
- Students will be able to think and react to scenarios and know they are learning and can be proud of their accomplishments.
- Students will be able to judge themselves and discover areas in which they can excel.
- Students will be able to feel the satisfaction and value that working hard brings
- Students will begin to understand their place in the community and the world
- Issues of wisdom including skill, curiosity, creativity, love of learning
- Response to issues in courage vitality, honor, challenge, change and risk
- A personal look at humanity in love, kindness, social responsibility, fun
- Person look at fairness, loyalty, teamwork, and leadership
- Attitudes toward forgiveness, humility, honesty
- See the importance of gratitude, hope, happiness and reliability
- Appreciation and understanding of what people from previous generations have brought to each student and America
- An understanding that change is a way of life in America and they will be an important part of a changing world as they grow older.
- Inspire students to understand that they need to work in order to have a better life.
- Have an understanding of how to earn, save and spend money.
- Take pride in work and never give up but keep on trying.
Science understanding is perhaps the most useful skill in early education for students. AYM learning activities begins to establish the curiosity and the understanding of the world that can be applied every day.
- Focus on subjects that are all around the student to stimulate curiosity and understanding of the world around them.
- Focus on activities that provide understanding on subjects a student can see, hear, touch, taste and smell.
- Experience on how things work and are assembled
- Self –learning; helping kids to make connections in their minds
