Field Experience in a US School 2
BEHAVIORAL ENCOURAGEMENT
After
having expressed my point of view about the observations related to a public
school of the North American educational system and the importance of trying to
copy all the good that this has, today I will focus on an area that I call my
attention, It is the management of behavior in the classroom and how the
educator I was with all week and also the different classes that I attended,
they carry out.
First, the
students with whom I had contact, behave in a totally different way to the
Panamanian students, the J.O. Kelly Middle School has an exceptional behavior
and follows the rules and directions of all teachers at the school.
The teacher
motivates her students to behave well by saying them motivating words, at every
moment she says: "good job, you are amazing, amazing, you are doing well,
give me a high five", often she Hughes them and congratulates them for the positive
actions they do ... during my stay I never heard her say any negative
expression towards any student ... and this ... we have to put it into practice
...
I think the most crucial question that you (and other Ts) need to ask is this: Do we believe we can be agents of change?
ResponderBorrarAlthough cultures in each country are different, it is also true that kids are kids. Kids everywhere begin with the same orientation toward authority, behavior, etc. Ultimately those around them shape how students behave. They do this by both modelling behavior (good and bad) and by allowing behavior to persist. As long as Ts throw up their hands and say, "There's nothing we can do," there really will never be change.
So, the question is this: Will you be part of the solution?