An effective model is relevant, efficient,
with competence and status, that grabs the attention of the imitator so that
they can not only retain the information but be able to produce and repeat the
action exposed.
A model in my classroom would be both
parents, and student volunteers that come in and help in small groups with the
children. Their behavior is being observed and imitated just as much as mine.
It is important to have positive performance from those helping to have a
positive influence on the kids.
I think society and culture has impacted
childrens learning by the use of cell phone use. Younger children with the
resource of a cell phone to the wide open web is quite scary. It is definitely
changing the way the generation operates and thinks on a daily basis. In the
classroom, a teacher would either disapprove phones, or use them in an
educational way. With all the new Apps available on smartphones, technology
could really improve and be relevant to how a child learns.
At third grade lunch, when the whistle
blows to go back to classrooms, each teacher has their class lined up in a
while line to go through the school back to their classroom. Miss. Picks class
is the first one in a straight line not shouting through the hallway, which is
different than the rest of the third grade. Miss Pick expects her kids to be
more well behaved than the others from the rules she established on the first
day. The principle often comes by after lunch and graciously gives compliments
to the class and the teacher.
I think it's interesting how you chose to talk about technology as a model in the classroom. Technology is such a big part of the education system now a days. It's important for the teacher to model use of technology in ways that will aid students in the classroom. The example of Miss Pick's class modeling good behavior in the hallway and receiving positive reinforcement from the principal might give other classes a good example to model off of so that their class can walk quietly through the hall way.
ReplyDeleteUsing technology as a model is a huge point that I didn't think about. I think technology and the access technology provides allows kids to grow up a lot faster than we did when we were in elementary school, and this affects the way they act in the classroom.
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