Children’s characteristics session 1

Children’s characteristics session 1

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  Getting to knowour students
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  Do you observeyour students? When? Do you think it’s important for a teacher to know certain things about his/ her students? Why? How does knowing your students better may affect your teaching?
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  Read the articleentitled: Children: How They Grow, Elementary School Children – Ages 9 to 12. Highlight the characteristics that are common to your students Write a summery of it on a piece of writing paper. State how knowing this may affect your teaching. (Give Examples)
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  Try a notebookof incidents Try adding important information about the group in your lesson plan You may use a checklist of observable behavior
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  Positive feedback Praiseyour students Give emotional support Care about their weaknesses and problems Pygmalion effect
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  Refers to thephenomenon in which the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform.
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  Robert Rosenthal andLenore Jacobson (1968/1992) report and discuss the Pygmalion effect at length. In their study, they showed that if teachers were led to expect enhanced performance from some children, then the children indeed show that enhancement.
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  The purpose ofthe experiment was to support the hypothesis that reality can be influenced by the expectations of others.
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  Do you remembera case in which you had a labeled student? What was your attitude towards this student? Do you think applying the Pygmalion effect with difficult students may help reach your goals? How can you do that? Share your experience with other colleagues.
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