Pek
The
Concept
Positively Empowering kids is a methodology to teach through building positive relationships with them. PEK will lay its core on Respect, Love and Empathy. PEK is seeking to boost the academic performance of the students by helping them to be happier kids with more self-esteem, willing to take risks and more open to accepting failure as well as improvement as part of the learning process. This is important because learning often happens out of our comfort zone; trial and error are among the best strategies to figure out what works and what does not work. In life, not only while learning, we will fail many times, we can even say that we will fail way more times than we succeed, and that’s ok, that’s part of life. PEK wants to teach students that making mistakes is ok, that failing is part of the learning process, and what is important here is not giving up. Helping a student become resilient is necessary for that student to succeed overall in their daily life and future.
Positively
Empowering
Kids
Students who can excel academically but will give up as soon as they come across any difficulty will be less likely to succeed in life. There are not many achievements you can get without any effort. But resilience is only one skill PEK develops in students. We want our kids to feel valued and respected. We want them to feel they have a voice. Only this way kids will be able to make decisions and change situations. If they realise their opinions are valuable and their self worth is high, this behaviour is more likely to be repeated in future.
Positively
Empowering
Kids
PEK wants the students to feel loved, cared for and respected. PEK wants them to feel important and unique, no matter what strength or weakness they have, as every skill is important in our current world. We want our students to find their own identities and feel comfortable with themselves. It is vital they feel respected and valued no matter how and who they are. PEK wants the students to be happy, empowered, comfortable and safe in class. This way, the students can focus on their learning and are more likely to put in higher effort into their work, and be more motivated in class, which will boost their academic performance.
PEK is a methodology that looks for an increase in students’ academic performance without focusing directly on the academics, the curriculum or the content. PEK focuses mainly on the well-being of the kids and their emotional intelligence. This way, we will be raising happier and more balanced children who will be in a better situation to perform academically.
