Why humiliation will not teach a child to learn
An opinion piece discusses the pedagogical impact of shaming students in the classroom, sparked by a recent incident involving a minister in Tamil Nadu. The author argues that public humiliation is an ineffective and harmful tool that discourages learning rather than motivating students.
A video from a government school in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, that shows a minister remarking that children on the “last bench” are weak in English, after a child failed to answer her question has created a political storm. But the actual pedagogical question — does shaming a child ever make her/him want to speak? — has not been raised.
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