Discussion on Children, Anxiety and Learning

      Learning and development are one of the most important things for children to progress in their lives. The children need to enhance their process of learning so that they can have a better personality and better performance in the academic field. These elements are crucial for their success in the journey of life. However, there are so many factors, which may affect the learning process of children such as anxiety, as well as, dependence. It is a proven fact that the potential and abilities of children are limited when they are dealing with anxiety. When they are confident to perform well in any terms, they become earful and nervous due to anxiety. (Nottinghamshire County Council, 2020)

This fear due to anxiety does not allow children to grow and progress in their life, because their learning process is somewhat stopped. They are fearful to take any kind of initiative, which also limits their capability and creativity. To deal with the anxiety of children, the social theory developed by Albert Bandura can be extremely helpful for such children, as this theory helps to fight with anxiety (Do, 2004)

            Moreover, according to Albert Bandura it is important to mention here that anxiety is not the only thing to stop the learning process of children, but they also stop learning when they are dependent on others. The children’s dependency on other elders is not a problem; rather overdependence is actually a problem, which brings troubles in their lives. It is observed that few children are more dependent on their parents for everything, which means that they stop learning on their own, rather they depend on others. The role of parents in increasing or decreasing the level of anxiety and dependence is critical in so many ways as they are the first one, who helps their children in the process of learning. Furthermore, author also suggested that if they can deal with the anxiety and dependence of their children more effectively, then such children will start learning more as they will try to learn on their own, which is great for their creative and innovative capabilities (Devine, David, & Menter, 2010)

References

Devine, D., David, M. E., & Menter, I. (2010). Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(6), 813-826.

Do, C. (2004). Applying the Social Learning Theory to Children with Dental Anxiety. The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 5(1).

Nottinghamshire County Council. (2020). ANXIETY AND ITS IMPACT ON LEARNING – GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS. Educational Psychology Service .