The Parents Daily is your source for advice and information for rasing your kids.
Author: Kerry Beck.. Article source: http://www.articledeshboard.com/. Used with author's permission.
Leadership education is a method of bringing up your kids to become respected future leaders, successful businessmen, revered church leaders and righteous statesmen in the community. These are leaders who seek change in our community. It's a parent's hope that your children will become excellent future leaders.
You may wonder why one child gets an education to become a leader and someone else receives training to follow. The best way that I can summarize the reason why is that a child who learns "how to think" will become the leader of tomorrow. When a young man or woman can think outside the box, when they can think on their own, and apply their knowledge to real life situations, then he or she will become the leaders of tomorrow, rising to do what is right thing.
How is do you train children to think? How can you do this in your curriculum. . . for free?
Andrew Kern, of Circe Institute, says the quality of questions you ask determines the quality of your life. Leaders have been brought up learning to ask the right questions. They do not simply think on literal terms; they think beyond the literal, evaluating and analyzing issues.
Asking questions of your students is free and easy, as well as extremely effective. Questions should allow your children time to think and ponder. Your responsibility is deciding which question are the best ones to ask and leading a discussion with your students.
When a question is brought forth, then a decision must be made. As your kids answer the question, they are being trained to make good decisions. At times, these decisions are offered through a mentor. It's best to give your students a lot of time to practice answering questions with you near them. A nice topic to start questioning is from the classic book you are reading together.
Get a classic book which is geared at your child's level. Let them read and jot down their thoughts. After a week or two, get them together and have a Socratic discussion. Start with simple questions to get them to participate.
After the simple questions, ask questions that use comparison. This might be simply comparing two people in the story or settings. Put the ideas on the whiteboard or blackboard to bring forth more communication. The main thing here is that you ,the mentor, must not answer your own question. When there is no answer for your question, rephrase your question and wait for your students to respond. Silence is great at allowing our children to think on their own.
Leadership training is absolutely necessary in today's curriculum for your students. Questions and discussions are the beginning point of educating our children to be leaders who can think on their own.
Kerry Beck shows you how to train your children to think for themselves. She wants to offer you a Free Report & Online Workshop that you can use for Leadership Education Homeschool Curriculum and also find out What is Leadership Education?
|
Print this page