Extracurricular Activities: Raising Most Interesting Questions
Extracurricular Activities: Raising Most Interesting Questions
Coming up to the students' expectations
As a rule, the traditional teaching-learning process is limited with time and space parameters. It means that teachers have to follow instructions of educational programs depriving them of opportunities to realize their creative potential. Making classes interesting may be a real challenge for educators. Allotting class time to raising some interesting questions is almost impossible. Students have to acquire at least basic part of the material and develop the most important skills. Developers of educational programs often make courses monotonous and boring for both students and educators.
If a student wants to raise one's awareness of certain issues, he/she has to rely on self-education or extracurricular activities. Debate clubs provide opportunities for discussion the most interesting moments of college courses. Teachers often complain that students are lazy and passive. Still, leaders of the clubs manage to create atmosphere for realizing students' potential and deepening their knowledge.
The main advantages of extracurricular activities
Extracurricular activities allow students to relax after an exhausting working day. At the same time it may be helpful for developing one's professional skills. Maintaining one's stand at a debate club a student has to collect a lot of data in order to choose the weightiest arguments. At the same time a person can consider the views of one's peer students. Other learners might pay attention to some details or factors, which were overlooked by the learner. Viewing the issues from different perspectives enhances effectiveness of the research process.
In extracurricular clubs students may choose the sphere for their future specialization. Choosing a club a student has to consider
style of the club (debate or research);
duration of meetings;
effectiveness for development f one's professional skills;