How I created a Classroom Culture that Promotes Success
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Jun 13, 2011
Sure, sometimes this sense of accomplishment comes from getting the teacher to lose her temper or hitting a friend in the head with a well-aimed spitball. Our jobs, then, become refocusing that student’s goal away from those negative accomplishments towards the positive accomplishments – those that equate to success in school and, ideally, in life.
Sounds easy, right? You and I both know, though, that bad habits are hard to break, and students with a habit of looking for success in ways that undermine what we’re doing as teachers can often have the hardest time changing their habits.
When I start a school year...
jana
On 6/13/11, In Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: > Every child wants to succeed. I know this is true. If you > want to be successful at motivating the reluctant learner, > you will need to believe this as well. In my experience > working with students from many different backgrounds, > up-bringing, family situations and home lives, every s...See More
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