Friday, January 25, 2013
Ch. 13 PLE
It is important to allow your students the time to interact within the learning process. Through my education classes and experiences I have already have, I have been able to see the benefits of having an interactive classroom. I enjoy the thought of allowing students the opportunity to learn from each other as well as their teacher. Going along with the theme of interaction, I also think it is important to establish positive relationships. Whether these relationships are between the teacher and student or between student and student. I want to be engaged with my students and help them to feel that they are in a safe environment to express their thoughts and/or concerns.
I really liked the classrooms that I have been in that displayed the student's work. I feel that it showstheir hard work pays off and is of true importance. I am a very visual person, and although not everyone is, I think that it is beneficial to have visual aids around the classroom. Whether it is for directions or for vocabulary words. Our excitement as teachers when bringing in new and various topics/concepts goes a long way with our students. All and all I want the environment of my classroom to be of excitement/challenges and not stress.
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Based on the Elementary Education Case Study, I found a few responses to deal with this misbehavior. This is not a behavior that should just be ignored. I like how the groups and responsibilities are changed because this gives the students an opportunity to work with different people. When doing group projects I find that is important to account for both group and individual accountability. Lisa should be aware of the importance of her accountability in both parts, and I feel that explaining to her why you need cooperation in groups would be beneficial. You could also talk to her one on one to see why she does not like to do certain jobs and what makes her angry. There may be underlying problems causing this behavior like she does not feel that she can perform other tasks. Regular communication and encouraging Lisa of her abilities may help. You could also incorporate the if/then statement with the roles of the groups. If she does this one role now and completes the task then she can do the other role next time.
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I love your idea of displaying the student’s work within the classroom. That will give the student great self-efficacy when having their work displayed for the rest of the class to see. I also agree with the visual aids. A classroom needs to be fun and inviting for students to create a better learning atmosphere. On the case study I said the same thing about that Lisa needs to know that she is accountable. It is not only her grade that will be affected, but also her group’s grade.
ReplyDeleteI really love how you mentioned interaction between students and teachers and displaying their work on the walls for your productive learning environment. Kids need to see that you're proud of their work and they should be too. I also think it's extremely important to learn to cooperate with one another as well as teachers.
ReplyDeleteI thought your responses to the Lisa case study were really good too. She really needs to understand that she won't always get her way and she needs to learn to work with others.
I love the idea of displaying students' work. I saw this on Pinterest and thought it would be a cute way to display kids' artwork and awesome papers! They suggest putting a clear slip on front so you can reuse them.
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I also like the idea of displaying the children's work, but I think your major point was the interactive classroom. I have also seen the benefits of cooperative learning groups and a supportive teacher-student relationship and I really feel that is the key to making any progress in the classroom. I think if you're going to use the cooperative learning groups, it needs to be used from the very beginning so the students do not have time to get used to working alone or relying solely on you as the teacher. The interactions between the students can serve as a relationship-building tool as well as extra help on work or concepts. To be able to offer this much help with one concept is too good not to try it!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to address the case study, Brittney! How would you address it if the situation continued? What would your next steps be beyond what you mentioned?
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