There has been growing momentum in recent years towards movements for children starting school after the life of 7. In my opinion, although going to educational institution from a young youth will help with social development, children should be allowed to grow outside institution until the age of 7.
Proponents of early schooling often point out the clinical research on the impact of school on social skills. At home, children are exposed to a variety of different circumstances. They may or may not have siblings, their parents might take them out often or neglect them at home, hampering their social skills. Once children start school, they are all in more or less an equal environment where they must communicate with older and younger children, compromise when playing, learn to listen to their teachers, and start forming stable bonds based on empathy and shared interests with others.
Despite the social advantages, children can develop more uniquely if they are allowed to delay their entrance to formal schooling. A good example of this is in Finland, where students do not begin school until after the age of 7. Finland is renowned for its top-performing students, but this can be traced to a number of factors besides simply youth. However, the impact on individual development is apparent. According to research in child psychology, children form the basis of their personality between the ages of 4 and 7. Therefore it is paramount to delay the age when they begin school in order to give them room to breath and ultimately produce a greater variety of voices in society at large as has been the case in Finland.
In my opinion, the social benefits of faculty do not outweigh the individual positives of delayed schooling to both the individual and society. Schools should continue to research this area so that they can better advise policymakers.
There has been growing momentum in recent years towards movements for
children
starting
school
after the life of 7. In my opinion, although going to educational institution from a young youth will
help
with
social
development,
children
should be
allowed
to grow outside institution until the
age
of 7.
Proponents of early schooling
often
point out the clinical research on the impact of
school
on
social
skills
. At home,
children
are exposed
to a variety of
different
circumstances. They may or may not have siblings, their parents might take them out
often
or neglect them at home, hampering their
social
skills
. Once
children
start
school
, they are all in more or less an equal environment where they
must
communicate with older and younger
children
, compromise when playing, learn to listen to their teachers, and
start
forming stable bonds based on empathy and shared interests with others.
Despite the
social
advantages,
children
can develop more
uniquely
if they are
allowed
to delay their entrance to formal schooling. A
good
example of this is in Finland, where students do not
begin
school
until after the
age
of 7. Finland
is renowned
for its top-performing students,
but
this can
be traced
to a number of factors
besides
simply
youth.
However
, the impact on individual development is apparent. According to research in child psychology,
children
form the basis of their personality between the
ages
of 4 and 7.
Therefore
it is paramount to delay the
age
when they
begin
school
in order to give them room to breath and
ultimately
produce a greater variety of voices in society at large as has been the case in Finland.
In my opinion, the
social
benefits of faculty do not outweigh the individual positives of delayed schooling to both the individual and society.
Schools
should continue to research this area
so
that they can better advise policymakers.