In this weeks class, the chapters went over punishing/rewarding our students, discussing classroom conditioning and creating a learning environment. The video we watched also showed us different way of handling punishment in the classroom, even though it is a bit outdated.
I think the way we handle our students by punishing them or rewarding them can go a long way into them succeeding in the classroom. As stated in the article, rewarding the student can have just as much as an effect as punishing them. The reason is because they lost interest in the topic. As teachers, we must know that we have to keep our students engaged at all times so that we can avoid them losing interest in topics that may not stand out as much. Creating a learning environment that is exciting can benefit us. If the student comes in with a negative outlook on the class, or if the classroom doesn't keep them interactive, we must change what we're doing.
My goal in my classroom is have my class under control by keeping them moving consistently, which will be easy in PE. As for punishment, I would like to say hold that individual out from further activities until they thought about what they did wrong, or to discuss with them after class one on one to let them know what they did wrong and how to improve their behavior, but to remain positive with them.
An idle mind is the devil's workplace so keeping them busy is for sure key, I agree! lol
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, Dan. Putting myself in students' shoes, when I'm engaged and interested in the presentation of the material being taught, I'm much more likely to the pay attention to and retain the content.
ReplyDeleteIt can be a challenge at time to come up with ways to make some lessons engaging, but I think getting to know one's students can go a long way in understanding what will get their attention.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to think about how these chapters apply to the P.E. setting. I believe that your ideas will work,and that you can use the same tools that Woolfolk offers. It will be a challenge to us as teachers to be able to keep students engaged. If a student enters the class with a negative outlook, it is up to us to try to get their thoughts and opinions to change. However, I also believe that the student has to have an open mind abut welcoming new lessons that they usually fear or dislike. It will be challenging nonetheless. These chapters offered many helpful tools that will assist us.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this chapter's section on reward and punishment I was only focusing on a traditional classroom. Now after reading your post I thought of a PE setting right away. In my previous experience I saw PE teachers punish students that were acting up by saying "take a lap" "do a few suicides" "do some pushups" etc. In a classroom a teacher really doesn't have this option so PE teachers may have used it to their advantages in the past. I support your decision that the punishment shouldn't be cardio related but to have the child sit out/talking to the student 1 on 1 after the class is over. Having the child do physical work can anger them even more and your strategy seems to avoid this from happening.