Kumon Feature
Resilience:
bouncing back and emerging stronger
Resilience is the capacity to bounce back quickly from difficulties or setbacks. Kumon believes resilience to be an essential attribute for children to develop and possess. With resilience, students can emerge from challenging experiences with a positive perception of themselves and their future. Resilience was important prior to the emergence of COVID-19. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, 65% of students who entered primary school in 2016 will be in new jobs that have not been invented . Students who grow into resilient adults are better able to acquire the new knowledge and skills necessary for them to succeed in the newly invented jobs. COVID-19 has reinforced the importance of resilience in students. Measures to suppress or eliminate the COVID-19 have brought about disruptions to daily life in Australia and New Zealand, as well as potentially lasting societal change. In Australia and New Zealand, students experienced the temporary closure of schools for onsite learning. Kumon centres were also temporarily closed for in-centre study of worksheets. For several months, learning in school and Kumon was all conducted at home. Students – as well as their parents, teachers and Kumon Instructors – showed resilience by adapting to the challenges of learning from home. This included learning to use new technologies, adopting new routines and time-management techniques, and adjusting to a home-based learning environment.
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