Some kids do not see positive modeling, but yet they do not
act in the same negative way. Why is that? For example, a child’s older sister
and mother could fight like crazy yelling and hitting each other. The child
sees this constantly but never acts in this crazy manner.
According to Social cognitive theory, learning is when you can
watch someone else’s behaviors and be able to do what they did. A teacher
should give positive feedback when it has been earned, not just to be nice.
When teachers do this, the students can have more self-efficacy and might try
to keep the pattern up.
Parents can affect the way we learn because if they do not
provide a good environment for the child to live in, this can cause problems.
They may be watching their parents not care about their school work and
academics and think that it is okay to make bad grades because their parents do
not care. They might affect what counts as learning because if they are not
modeling a behavior to which a child should learn, the child may not learn
anything that has to do with academics.
You could try to answer your question based on Social Cognitive Theory. What would it say? Also, try to be more specific in listing behaviors that are or are not modeled. What does 'positive modeling' mean? You're very general here.
ReplyDeleteIs it required that a person imitate the behavior to have it count as learning?
How does caring tie into modeling? What might that particular group of people value if they are not valuing academics as true intelligence?