There can be a lot of changes in a student's life because they have to deal with decisions. Starting by the choice where and at what kind of school you want to go, going on with choices about who will be your friend and which courses you will join (language- or science direction).
The transition from primary school to secondary school is also an important experience in a student's life. Young people are moving from a small classroom to a large and more heterogeneous school (Hanewald 2013, p.64).
Sometimes these changes can be stressful or also helpful. Data analysis revealed some aspects for a successful transition (Evangelou 2008, p.2). On the one hand, there are the relationships between the students. If students get help at the new school and find new friends, they get the chance to improve their self-esteem and they get used to their new routines inside and outside of school (Evangelou 2008, p.2).
Another aspect is their dealings with the organization at school: Are they interested in school work and get used to the school organization?
Bad experiences like bullying at secondary school or problems with new teachers can make it more difficult to have a trouble-free transition (Evangelou 2008, p.2).
Going more into the choices of which way you want to go, for example, a scientific way or a linguistic way. Most of us had the choice of these ways in the middle of secondary school.
Once decided to go this kind of a way we had to join the courses for this subject and it was not possible to change our mind some weeks later.
We had the impression that we got not enough information to make a decision like this. It would have been used to try out some courses in the different subjects to get an impression.
If the students are interested and improve in a subject, it can help them in their following studies and their decision of choosing a job. In another case, it can be also the opposite. If a student is interested in the subject but had a teacher that, for example, did not create the lesson interesting, then the student will not like it and maybe will not like the subject for the next years of his/her life. We think that the decisions and the changes who are coming with them, leave marks in each student's life.
In our opinion the school system is trying to get the students as far as it is possible into a “way”, to have them faster in the world of work. But it is more important to try yourself out and to see whether you like this or that way more to know where to go in your life.
Resources:
- Evangelou, Maria. (2008). What makes a successful transition from primary to secondary school?
- Hanewald, Ria. (2013). Transition between primary and secondary school: Why it is important and how it can be supported.
The transition from primary school to secondary school is also an important experience in a student's life. Young people are moving from a small classroom to a large and more heterogeneous school (Hanewald 2013, p.64).
Sometimes these changes can be stressful or also helpful. Data analysis revealed some aspects for a successful transition (Evangelou 2008, p.2). On the one hand, there are the relationships between the students. If students get help at the new school and find new friends, they get the chance to improve their self-esteem and they get used to their new routines inside and outside of school (Evangelou 2008, p.2).
Another aspect is their dealings with the organization at school: Are they interested in school work and get used to the school organization?
Bad experiences like bullying at secondary school or problems with new teachers can make it more difficult to have a trouble-free transition (Evangelou 2008, p.2).
Going more into the choices of which way you want to go, for example, a scientific way or a linguistic way. Most of us had the choice of these ways in the middle of secondary school.
Once decided to go this kind of a way we had to join the courses for this subject and it was not possible to change our mind some weeks later.
We had the impression that we got not enough information to make a decision like this. It would have been used to try out some courses in the different subjects to get an impression.
If the students are interested and improve in a subject, it can help them in their following studies and their decision of choosing a job. In another case, it can be also the opposite. If a student is interested in the subject but had a teacher that, for example, did not create the lesson interesting, then the student will not like it and maybe will not like the subject for the next years of his/her life. We think that the decisions and the changes who are coming with them, leave marks in each student's life.
In our opinion the school system is trying to get the students as far as it is possible into a “way”, to have them faster in the world of work. But it is more important to try yourself out and to see whether you like this or that way more to know where to go in your life.
Resources:
- Evangelou, Maria. (2008). What makes a successful transition from primary to secondary school?
- Hanewald, Ria. (2013). Transition between primary and secondary school: Why it is important and how it can be supported.
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