Different kinds of instincts shape children's behavior. Understanding these different kinds of instincts may will give you an edge in the classroom.
Children manifest their instinct of curiosity by asking endless questions. They have a great desire to know about themselves and their environment. Instead of rebuffing, discouraging or giving incorrect and insufficient answers, they should be given sufficient opportunity for the satisfaction of their instinct of curiosity. Proper exploitation of this instinct can make them able to discover, to invent, and to evolve theories to the test of practice. In this way the children can be made to learn and
acquire knowledge of so many things by exploiting their instinct of curiosity. Behavior modification focusing on this instinct can produce learning dividends for years to come.
Children manifest this instinct through making and breaking little things. This innate tendency can be utilized for developing artistic, engineering and other mechanical as well as creative skills. Through some of the modern approaches of teaching, activity centered approach, craft centered approach etc, this instinct can be properly utilized for wide educational purpose.
By exploiting the instinct of acquisition, behavior modification becomes simple. Children manifest this instinct by engaging themselves in collecting or hoarding so many things around them. This tendency can be utilized for the following purposes:
Children manifest this instinct through their desire for companionship. The formation of gangs during childhood and peer-groups in adolescence is the results of this powerful urge. This inner tendency can be utilized for the following purposes:
The instinct can be utilized for the following purposes:
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