Plus classes for children in primary education who are not challenged enough have been around for some time. But hands-on classes for kids with more practical talents are a fairly new trend.
The emergence of these practical classes is a development that causes a great deal of excitement among the students who use them and their parents. But also with teachers and masters who see the children flourish.
For example, coordinator of a group of practical classes in Westerkwartier Theresia Jager says: “I have been teaching for twenty years. At one point a girl from group 8 said to me: ‘Miss, I’m stupid, aren’t I?’. I could cry and say, ‘No, we are stupid. We never let you do what you do best.’”
What do you think? Do you learn what is really important, especially in practice and by doing? Or is it unwise to take children out of the classroom too much at a young age and do they miss very important basic knowledge as a result? Comment below on the statement of the day.