Each child dreams of quickly becoming an adult, because the adult life, according to the child, is more intense and bright. School is the first step in this most adult life. And in our time the school has long ceased to be just a place where children are stuffed with knowledge, like pills. The school should prepare for the future, for what awaits the child outside the school.
The best way to prepare a child for adulthood is school self-government. Student self-government in a modern school can be a model of what the child expects in the future, and, accordingly, this game will be able to teach him a lot.
The validity of this method is not to be doubted, but let us nevertheless elaborate on the structure of school self-management in order to better understand what kind of animal this is and how it can help children.
The main provisions of student self-government in school
In adult life there are certain divisions into chiefs and subordinates, who fulfill a certain range of their duties. Student self-government in school, in fact, is a game model of this adult life. That is, all students have their duties, which they must perform.
It helps children feel independent, find a job that they like to occupy, perhaps, to reveal new sides of themselves. One of the children will understand that he has the skills and qualities of a leader , someone can open a creative vein, and someone will know that he is a responsible and hardworking performer who can perform tasks well. This game in adulthood will be like a step into an adult society that will help to better understand the adult world and prepare for it.
Teachers, who, of course, will follow the children's self-government in the school, not letting it go on their own, will be able to guide the children in the right direction, giving them not only the necessary knowledge of mathematics and grammar, but also the necessary skills for survival in society.
Issues of Age
Age, so to speak, does not matter. Self-management can occur even in primary school, since for pupils of lower grades it will simply be an interesting and fascinating game. For general assemblies of classes of kids can not be given, since for senior self-government it will already be a more serious game, but at the same time they need to be included in the general life of the school.
Structure of student self-government in school
Of course, it is necessary to divide the self-government bodies in the school, each of which will be engaged in a certain profile of studies.
For example, maybe there is such a list of bodies:
- a body that maintains order in the school and the discipline of students ;
- body, engaged in design, that is, with all sorts of posters, wall newspapers, decorations for school productions;
- The body that cares about the greening of the school, watching plants;
- the body responsible for holding various competitions and organizing school holidays;
- a body that monitors school news, something like school journalists who could write articles for a school newspaper.
In general, there are a lot of options - it all depends on the desires of the children and the range of their possibilities. If there are guys involved in sports, then you can set up an organ that monitors a healthy lifestyle, if there are musicians, then some kind of musical organ, etc. Here everything depends on the imagination of the teachers and the children themselves. Of course, at the general meeting, a president is elected, who will coordinate the work of all bodies.
And, of course, apart from duties, each body should receive its original name.
The choice of student self-government in school
The elections of school self-government should be conducted by the children themselves, but at the same time under the strict guidance of the teacher. Every child should get into the body, the work in which he is interested, and the leaders of school self-government should be those guys who are all respected and loved, because in childhood to teach children hate for the boss is still superfluous.
In principle, we understood all the functions of school self-government. The conclusion suggests itself - school self-management, definitely a very useful game in adulthood, which can awaken in the child a sense of responsibility and, possibly, some hidden abilities and talents.