Joy and a Moral Compass Are Imperative to Learning

Social distancing restrictions highlight the importance of relationships for children

Silliness encourages curiosity, developing learners instead of grade-fixated students, and that changes the entire student-teacher relationship. Ashton Bingham/Unsplash

Months of distance learning, online schooling, ad-hoc homeschooling, and hybrid methods that began in the recent school year have shown that course material is far from the only thing that matters when it comes to learning.

Structure, consistency, character, and perhaps unsurprisingly, play, are also deeply necessary in creating a good environment for learning, as many experienced teachers know.