The model in the experiment was a female and she made the bobo doll fly around the room from her aggression displaying her competence in aggression. Also since the model was an older woman she was of higher status than the children who were the imitators. Since the model was exhibiting the behavior the children assumed the behavior was acceptable and proceeded to produce the behavior when left to their own devices. In a classroom setting not only is the teacher a model, but the students are models as well. The oldest kids and the popular kids will usually have the highest status and the other students will want to be like the popular kids and so they will imitate their behavior.
The culture in my classroom will be a respectful one. Children will raise their hand if they want to speak and be paid attention to; this will be learned when I ignore children who speak out of turn and pay attention to children who raise their hands. Children will also not call each other names; I will make sure this is learned by reprimanding students who call others names in front of the class so they all learn that calling names is not an acceptable behavior.
You have a lot of emphasis on age (being older) and that communicating that someone is a good model. Is that true? Do high school teachers admire and want to imitate their elderly science teachers? This may be more true for younger children....
ReplyDeleteI like how, in discussing your culture, you have some ways you'll implicitly communicate what's accepted within your classroom. If students want to be considered members of that group, they'd have to behave in particular ways to be accepted and 'count' as a member.