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EPSE 311: Cultivating supportive school and classroom environments

EPSE 311: Cultivating supportive school and classroom environments . Unit 1: Classroom Environments Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going . What’s in a Name?. Morning Meetings. http:// www.edutopia.org/stw-louisville-sel-morning-meetings-video. Creating Community.

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EPSE 311: Cultivating supportive school and classroom environments

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  1. EPSE 311: Cultivating supportive school and classroom environments Unit 1: Classroom Environments Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going.

  2. What’s in a Name?

  3. Morning Meetings • http://www.edutopia.org/stw-louisville-sel-morning-meetings-video

  4. Creating Community • What do you think about this video? • Can you discuss in the context of the reading for today? • Do you think these agree/disagree? • What are the lessons from both?

  5. Linsin, 2009 Conditions for building camaraderie: • Common Goal. • Every member is needed. • Possibility of failure.

  6. Creating Community “Based on a decade of research, I have observed that 80 percent or more of classroom management is problem prevention rather than intervention” (Jerome Freiberg). “I rarely got the chance to see these teachers work their magic with misbehaving children because it seemed as though the children in their classes almost never misbehaved” (Alfie Kohn).

  7. One Minute Student Managers • Manager 1: Start the class. • Manager 2: Declare start/end of break. • Manager 3: Reminder 5 minutes before end of class. • Manager 4: Technology Problems.

  8. What are your memories of… • The strategies that teachers used to run the class when you were in school? • What strategies did you observe during your practicum?

  9. Organizing the Strategies • Look at your list and separate into similar groups and label these • For example: • Proactive or preventative strategies • Punishment • Etc.

  10. Behaviour Modification—writing lines

  11. Punishment • “Punishment generally works only for as long as the punisher is around”. • “Punishment can only change someone’s behavior. It can’t possibly have a positive effect on that person’s motives and values” (Alfie Kohn).

  12. Punishment MOTIVE Behavior Punishment Rewards

  13. An Example The Good Deed Cheque • What do you think about this program? • What are the advantages/disadvantages? • How does this example illustrate the limitations of behaviourism as a strategy for promoting discipline and classroom management?

  14. Shifting paradigms From this:

  15. Shifting paradigms To:

  16. Shifting paradigms The number one ingredient in creating a safe and well organized classroom is your RELATIONSHIP with your students.

  17. Wrap-up Pretend you are talking to your SA and explain why you are taking a course in Classroom Environments rather than a course on Classroom Management.

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