The ASPnet
students are encouraged to develop the problem solving behaviours in
their daily life situations. The problem solving can involve so many
techniques which students need to apply in order to solve crucial
problems surrounding them in their life cycle. The techniques used in
solving problems involve the observation, hypothesis formulation,
experimentation and so forth. However the Formal education which is
acquired from the classroom is not enough to prepare the students to
face their surrounding problems and challenges facing their
societies, simply because the education which they acquire in the
formal education is based on the experience of other people which
sometimes happen not to be theirs. Therefore it is important to get
the education which is relevant to the problems which surrounds the
learners. The learning from the experience of the respective society
which normal happen outside the classroom is what we refer to as
Informal education. This education is basing on facing the real life
situations with real problems.
Informal
teachings are community based learning which focus on problems and
challenges facing the community. The community based learning
nurtures creativity and innovation to people, simply because it is
more practically and tends to find answers for crucial problems. For
example the outdoor activities such as projects, community outreach
programs help to provide the leadership and management skills to the
participants.
Therefore we
should not depend solely on Formal education but rather learning from
the Informal learning because formal education is more theoretical
and hence does not promote creativity and innovation to people. The
really learning happens when Formal and informal based learning are
combined, that is to say when the classroom activities are related to
the problems happening in the societies and that the students are
allowed to do outdoor activities and applying their classroom
knowledge to solve problems which face their surroundings.
UNESCO
National Commission of the united republic of Tanzania is happy for
the ASP net students of Shinyanga Regions for realizing this fact.
These students have conducted outdoor activities which promote
skills. They have been able to present different ideas which surround
their community through drawings of various pictures. Among ideas
presented include Abolition of bad traditional practices such as
Gender discrimination and violence against women, Street children,
effects of corruption, and peer to peer counseling.
Photos
from ASPnet students in Shinyanga
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