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On November 3, the Faculty of Primary Education hosted Eduard Ghazaryan, Professor of the Chair of Physics and its Teaching Methods, founder of nanophysics in Armenia, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
The distinguished physicist delivered a special lecture for the BA and MA students of the Faculty. It was more like a class because the professor conducted the meeting as a class teacher in the format of a math class.
He presented the principle and logic of multiplication of one-digit, two-digit, three-digit numbers, based on logic and regularity, thereby arousing interest among the participants and teaching them the skill of quick counting. He also spoke about other topics included in the mathematics course in elementary schools, presented interesting facts and patterns about them.
Eduard Ghazaryan believes that only class teachers have inexhaustible dedication and advised future class teachers to present ‘dry’ mathematical equations, formulas and hard-to-learn content to young schoolchildren in a more interesting and affordable way, making them discover new patterns. He also advised the future teachers to instill in pupils the skills to see the unusual in ordinary phenomena.
"The ability to be surprised is a gift by God, and the teacher has a great role in this context; he will either destroy or develop that ability," the academician said and remembered how he used to explain the laws of physics with the example of a chicken walking straight up like a human and a duck with an unusual gait.
Though Eduard Ghazaryan has been carrying out scientific activity for about six decades, he is well acquainted with the problems in education due to the various positions he has held. He has been against four-year primary education. Though he has never worked at school, he has taught nine children and managed to cover [with them] the program in one and a half years. Three of them were his children and the other six - his grandchildren.
As an experienced educator, he imparts to future educators the golden rule of teaching: " To succeed as an educator you must arouse interest in children."
