Social Cognitive Theory Blog 2

This relates to classroom instruction because as a teacher you have to be a good model. If you display poor characteristics, your students will think it is okay. They will observe you doing “bad” things and in response do the same. What makes a model most affective is who the model is and what they are doing. In the video the person was older, which might make the children think they are of higher status. Since this person was older and exhibiting a violent behavior children would think it is okay to act in this way. Other students can act as models in the classroom. If a teacher lets one student act out in class, other students will observe this and think that it is acceptable for them to act this way.

Society can influence learning because our society does many things that are not acceptable. Kids see things on tv and from their peers, or even a brother and they might want to do this in the classroom. If a kid is acting badly in the classroom on tv, talking back to their teacher and not following the rules a student might try to do this because they have seen that someone else was able to do it. A person who is considered a minority may see that many other people with the same race may not try hard in school because they do not think they can make good grades like another student of a more dominant race. This could affect how self-efficiency the student has and affect their academics. One factor that would be a component in my classroom is that my students would not talk while I am. They are not to interrupt. This would be visible in my classroom because the first time a student does they will be punished and the other students will see them being punished and not want to act in this way.