The Ron Clark Story Reflection

These conditions lead to several roles in the classroom that can cause trouble like leaders, clowns, fall guys, and instigators. Redl and Wattenberg's contributions helped teachers work more effectively with students by pointing out humans behave differently in groups than individually. They also provided the first well-organized, systematic approach to improving behavior in the classroom. Redl and Wattenberg (1959) suggested that educators support students' self-control from the position that individuals can be responsible for controlling their own conduct. Much misbehavior results from a temporary lapse of an individual's control system, rather than from a desire to be disagreeable. To mold students' behavior, teachers can use the pleasure-pain principle, in which they deliberately provide experiences to produce a range of pleasant to unpleasant feelings. Redl and Wattenberg emphasize, however, that the pleasure-- pain principle does not mean that a teacher, in the heat of anger, should lash out at a student. Likewise, pain or punishment should not take the form of revenge (Redl & Wattenberg, 1959). Another theory is B.F. Skinner (1904-1990), where

We hold these truths to be axiomatic: that all students, no matter their background, ethnicity, or rank, are created equal in status and in identity; no student is higher than the other. Each student is equipped with secure and unalienable Rights; that among these rights are Respect, Rightful Identity, and Freedom of Speech. We also believe that rules are formed to protect these certain rights and that the power of these rules comes from the power of the students; whenever any part of the rule fails to protect these rights, it is the right of the students to change it and to form a new rule that follows such principles which organizes its powers to end in Security and Happiness. Fair judgment, as a matter of fact, will ordain to say that long prevailing consequences should not be changed because of trivial, temporary, or fleeting reasons; and, in fact, history proves that students are more likely to suffer the bullying,

Students’ identities are changed after attending educational institutions, which influence one’s identity because that institution shared or state such values. As student tries to fit and get along with other students in that institution they become someone who they never been, or have never thought of becoming one. If they are attending a military institution such as The Citadel, they must follow many rules, to be an “ideal” man at the Citadel. Which change certain behaviors and beliefs from their personality. This behaviors and belief are passed on by the upperclassmen to the new cadets, and if the new cadets don’t follow them they will not be allowed to fit with rest of the cadets. The upperclassmen teach the difference of wrong and right which he feels according to his views and force the new cadet to think in same way. So, Faludi says that, “the group mentality that pervades The Citadel assures that any desire on the part of a cadet to speak out about the mounting violence will usually be squelched by the threat of ostracism and shame…The power and authoritarianism of the peer group at The Citadel is exceptional because the college gives a handful of older students leave to “govern” the others as they see fit” (81). Which means that cadets are trained to think in a certain situation in a certain way. Each cadet is trained to tolerate pain and humiliation, but are not allowed to complain about it to anyone. Violence is a way to create a bond among

Working with Mr. Clapp’s 6th grade classes has opened my eyes to the real world of teaching. I started out with some setbacks and learned from them. Then, I went into a stream of comfort and success

It is very important, as teachers, that we guide, correct, and encourage our students to behave correctly in the classroom. In, The Iris Center for Faculty Enhancement, level C, case 1, there are two students, Zach and Patrick, who continue to disrupt the class because of their behavior towards each other. Zach is a relatively quiet student with a learning disability, yet he enjoys his school work. Patrick is the louder of the two students who likes to talk. He is very outgoing and likes to be the center of attention. Their teacher is starting to get frustrated with the behavior between the two boys. Patrick teases Zach regularly, along with other students; then Zack responds in an inappropriate manner. Zack gets angry and yells back; and sometimes he even breaks down to tears. Therefore, with using some of the helpful ideas from the STAR (Strategies And Resources) Sheet, the teacher will be able to encourage appropriate behavior in

The situation as mentioned above comes to be known more in the aspects of teacher-directed learning or student-directed learning. Examples being that in the teacher-directed learning are when the person does not know much about a certain subject and in that case will seek out the help of the teacher. At the very extreme opposite of the teacher-directed learning is the example of student-directed learning. An example of this

Teachers can make lessons more comprehensive and accessible through the use and understanding of the Zone of Proximal Development as well as the scaffolding theory. These includes:

Mrs. Park’s classroom is an environment in which respect is mandatory. To promote this attitude, Mrs. Park has student-created posters on the classroom walls. The posters include sayings such as, “Kindness Matters”, “Don’t be rude to your peers, even if they are being rude”, “Rise Above”, and “Don’t feed into the bad”. By taking the time out of her content instruction, the students are able to see that Mrs. Park cares about them as individuals. She promotes a safe and respectful environment through her students’ input as seen on the posters. She also takes the students’ input for establishing classroom rules. At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Park enforces three rules that she created herself and then the students are to talk amongst

As children are still learning they do not have distinct experiences thus far to be able to determine what is wrong, right, impossible and possible. The teachers job is to help them learn this information, even if the child does not know the right questions to ask. Inquiry based learning is how the teacher is expected to teach the new information so they will truly understand the knowledge.In an inquiry, each activity must build the necessary understanding to accomplish the task. Mrs Danchuk was able to develop inquiry based learning with there students by having them to think on a deeper level within a tie frame she is enabling critical thinking in students. In addition, a common goals that educators bring to the classroom, and interdisciplinary instruction and exploration promotes realization of these objectives. My mentor teacher accomplished this by engaging students and helping them to develop knowledge, insights, problem-solving skills, self-confidence, self-efficacy, and a passion for learning. Mrs. Danchuck also included discipline based learning in the lesson by discussing each stick note and making it relatable to the students, she was able to help students develop a better understanding. In the reading one of the main concepts discussed in discipline based learning describes how students learn and gain more knowledge when they understand the ways

In the 8th grade there were two teacher that gave me a good experience at Stanford Middle School. This time it wasn’t math it was english. My teacher name was Mrs.Rooney. She made up slangs and songs. I remembered one time we even acted out one of shakespeare's plays. It helped me understand it better than just reading it. We had debates about topics so we could understand it better. We read a book and we answer questions on it every few chapters. It actually made me read the book when I didn’t want to. She made me want to do a lot of things I never thought of doing. Another teacher was Mr. Faulkner he taught science. Even though the class was not easy he prepared us for high school. We did research papers. When we presented power points we

The students would love to build a relationship with their teachers, however they feel victimized or ostracized due to their poor behavior in class. Students hate to be “called out” in front of their peers, even if they’re doing something wrong. Students also complained about the amount of classwork/homework assigned and excessive lectures by teachers.

Students vary greatly from one another depending on their age, gender, and socioeconomic class. There are also differences in students in the way they behave and perform tasks in school. Some students are outgoing, while other students are shy. Some children may keep to themselves in class and rarely talk, while others take the role of leaders, asking questions and communicating their ideas freely. Like the teacher I observed for my Education 210 class, I feel the reason for these differences in attitudes and opinions rely a great deal upon the students’ environment. The quieter students may behave the way they do because they are abused at home. Or maybe they simply have parents who reinforce that proper behavior consists of being respectful and quiet in class. The more outgoing students may live in a home environment that encourages them to have confidence in themselves and to ask questions to answer their curiosities.

Students may exhibit disrespectful behaviors for several reasons. One of these reasons being that they lack an understanding of respect and have limited experiences with receiving or showing respect (Borba, 2017). It is important to consider a student’s background when they display disrespectful behaviors (McNeely, 2017). If students have not seen respect modeled frequently in their lives, it is understandable that may not understand this behavior (Borba, 2017).

“The Ron Clark Story” is such an inspirational movie in my opinion. I feel that this movie shows what dedication in teaching is all about. It shows that teachers care and have chosen their career in order to make a difference. Ron Clark was an outstanding teacher who was said to be able to raise test scores in any school he taught at. However, instead of choosing a simple, private school that already has high test scores, he chose to teach in an area where students were really struggling. He chose to help those that really needed it. The Ron Clark Story, in my opinion, is all about how much of a difference teachers can really make.

When children are put into educational facilities, they get a chance to connect and surround themselves with others of the same age group. Schools can also have significant influence on a person’s individuality as well as peer groups, which influence a student’s academic integrity greatly. A student will not perform well no matter what the case is, if there is negative influence from his peers and their school environment. They affect a person’s attitude, personality in a positive or negative manner.