Wow, I never thought that giving students rewards for their behavior may only be manipulating their actions and not doing anything to help students become a better person. I am not doing anything to help students become a better person. I am not sure I agree that stickers are going to affect the development of intrinsic motivation. I would be interested in trying ths self-serve station and replace my stickers to see what the outcome will be.
It is so important to give back meaningful feedback. I always correct workbook pages and worksheets in the same time period they were given for immediate feedback. It keeps my students going and they know they have been successful.
The idea of applauding for hard workers is a great idea. I think this could be motivating for other students. Also, we did a play the last day of school for our parents, but I would like to do one around the holidays as well. The parents and the students really enjoyed them and it was something different and fun!
A great book to read on the subject of stickers,et is "Punished by Rewards" by Alfie Kohn...lots of research about the harm rewards do..and I was one of the guilty ones till I read his book and heard him talk...
1. I completely agree with weaning students off rewards. I focus on positives every day. But I also give tokens as rewards for good behavior. At the beginning of the year, I give a lot of tokens. Then I start to give out less and less and focus on verbal praise. The tokens and money are still a part of my program. But the students also understand my expectations in my classroom. I notice they give me a lot of respect but I also respect them. 2. Sometimes after a lesson, we will sit in small groups for a discussion. The students get a chance to critique each other. I find that it's important for them to hear ideas from peers. 3. It seems like I'm always giving high fives to my students. I like to catch them doing the right things when they are in the regular education classroom. They like the added attention. I also catch the other "regular" students being good and give them a high five. It's amazing how they all look for it and really like the postive attention. I really like the life skills for success. I teach social skills classes and would like to make a poster similar to the one in the book.
Since the Sousa book does not have a chapter 11, I am doing some research into obsessive compulsive disorders and the obsessive, repetitive behaviors of autism. There is some research to suggest that they are related, with similar neurological deficits. Also there is research that suggests that children with autism are more likely to have parents with obsessive-compulsive traits.
Of course, even more important is what research says about treatment for OCD and autism. It appears that some of the same medications help as well.
For my final project I am looking at what we can learn as treatment strategies for OCD, and how school can support students with obsessive, compulsive and repetitive behaviors.
Okay... like I've said, I've been teaching for 17 years now... and page 187 quickly makes me realize how my college education was the Old School... that's hard to choke. I WAS taught that we should award positive behaviors to get them increase and ignore or give consequences for the negative behaviors to deminish. I'm very surprised I haven't hear more about current research and how the brain can create its own rewards. I'd like to update myself and give less external rewards and start celebrating learning. I do agree with Alfie Kohn when he states that kids will rever back to the old behavior when the reward is gone. It needs to come from within. It will be nice to take a look at how I want to run my classroom this fall after reading this chapter. I'm happy that I won't have to wean the children because I won't be changing my view of rewards mid-year... I'll just be starting out a new year with a new attitude about awards. This will be different for me because I am a teacher that tends to give the external rewards for positive reinforcement. I often notice other kids jumping in to get the rewards... but yes, they do regress back when the rewards aren't present.
Reflection is priceless!!! I natural reflect on everything - almost to the point where I drive my husband crazy because I reflect and probably analye too much. But... I'd love to be able to teach my students how to refect on their work habits, behaviors, friendships... it's a wonderful life long skill to learn.
Performances... there isn't enough good things to say about them!!! I soooo love putting on a play, special program or a Christmas sing (We're lucky enough our school can still celebrate holidays - I'll be bummed if/when we have to stop that). To me - this is the highlight of the year and I know it is to my former students - they often talk and remind me about our programs. We end each year with a Family Appreciation Night. This is a special evening that we set aside to let our parents know how special they are to us and to thank them for EVERYTHING they do. We preform a fun skit that another teacher and I created entitled... For All the Hats You Wear. We have cooks, waiter/waitresses, refrees, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, teachers, dentist, magicians, laundresses, coaches, directors,etc...,and a king and queen - our royality!! After we pamper the parents and present them with a special family book the students wrote for them, we celebrate our second grade school year. We create a special video with family pictures - that we typically play to "Wind Beneath My Wings, Angels Among us and What a Wonderful World"... then after that sentenmental, wet eye moment... we roll into "Celebration" - and have a pictures review our year. I could talk on and on and on about this special night... It's heartwarming, meaningful, and as special as the parents and kids are. I also do a fun holiday sing along - acting out and using sign language to some of my favorite holiday songs. These two special programs that the kids put on for their family and friends have taught them so much and they have no idea - I just love it!!
Okay... I finished at 10:58... I still made it on July 20th. Sorry for taking just about every minute to complete this course. I've really enjoyed it and look forward to using this new research and insights in my classroom this fall. Thank You!!
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Wow, I never thought that giving students rewards for their behavior may only be manipulating their actions and not doing anything to help students become a better person. I am not doing anything to help students become a better person. I am not sure I agree that stickers are going to affect the development of intrinsic motivation. I would be interested in trying ths self-serve station and replace my stickers to see what the outcome will be.
It is so important to give back meaningful feedback. I always correct workbook pages and worksheets in the same time period they were given for immediate feedback. It keeps my students going and they know they have been successful.
The idea of applauding for hard workers is a great idea. I think this could be motivating for other students.
Also, we did a play the last day of school for our parents, but I would like to do one around the holidays as well. The parents and the students really enjoyed them and it was something different and fun!
A great book to read on the subject of stickers,et is "Punished by Rewards" by Alfie Kohn...lots of research about the harm rewards do..and I was one of the guilty ones till I read his book and heard him talk...
1. I completely agree with weaning students off rewards. I focus on positives every day. But I also give tokens as rewards for good behavior. At the beginning of the year, I give a lot of tokens. Then I start to give out less and less and focus on verbal praise. The tokens and money are still a part of my program. But the students also understand my expectations in my classroom. I notice they give me a lot of respect but I also respect them.
2. Sometimes after a lesson, we will sit in small groups for a discussion. The students get a chance to critique each other. I find that it's important for them to hear ideas from peers.
3. It seems like I'm always giving high fives to my students. I like to catch them doing the right things when they are in the regular education classroom. They like the added attention. I also catch the other "regular" students being good and give them a high five. It's amazing how they all look for it and really like the postive attention.
I really like the life skills for success. I teach social skills classes and would like to make a poster similar to the one in the book.
Since the Sousa book does not have a chapter 11, I am doing some research into obsessive compulsive disorders and the obsessive, repetitive behaviors of autism. There is some research to suggest that they are related, with similar neurological deficits. Also there is research that suggests that children with autism are more likely to have parents with obsessive-compulsive traits.
Of course, even more important is what research says about treatment for OCD and autism. It appears that some of the same medications help as well.
For my final project I am looking at what we can learn as treatment strategies for OCD, and how school can support students with obsessive, compulsive and repetitive behaviors.
Okay... like I've said, I've been teaching for 17 years now... and page 187 quickly makes me realize how my college education was the Old School... that's hard to choke. I WAS taught that we should award positive behaviors to get them increase and ignore or give consequences for the negative behaviors to deminish. I'm very surprised I haven't hear more about current research and how the brain can create its own rewards. I'd like to update myself and give less external rewards and start celebrating learning. I do agree with Alfie Kohn when he states that kids will rever back to the old behavior when the reward is gone. It needs to come from within. It will be nice to take a look at how I want to run my classroom this fall after reading this chapter. I'm happy that I won't have to wean the children because I won't be changing my view of rewards mid-year... I'll just be starting out a new year with a new attitude about awards. This will be different for me because I am a teacher that tends to give the external rewards for positive reinforcement. I often notice other kids jumping in to get the rewards... but yes, they do regress back when the rewards aren't present.
Reflection is priceless!!! I natural reflect on everything - almost to the point where I drive my husband crazy because I reflect and probably analye too much. But... I'd love to be able to teach my students how to refect on their work habits, behaviors, friendships... it's a wonderful life long skill to learn.
Performances... there isn't enough good things to say about them!!! I soooo love putting on a play, special program or a Christmas sing (We're lucky enough our school can still celebrate holidays - I'll be bummed if/when we have to stop that). To me - this is the highlight of the year and I know it is to my former students - they often talk and remind me about our programs. We end each year with a Family Appreciation Night. This is a special evening that we set aside to let our parents know how special they are to us and to thank them for EVERYTHING they do. We preform a fun skit that another teacher and I created entitled... For All the Hats You Wear. We have cooks, waiter/waitresses, refrees, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, teachers, dentist, magicians, laundresses, coaches, directors,etc...,and a king and queen - our royality!! After we pamper the parents and present them with a special family book the students wrote for them, we celebrate our second grade school year. We create a special video with family pictures - that we typically play to "Wind Beneath My Wings, Angels Among us and What a Wonderful World"... then after that sentenmental, wet eye moment... we roll into "Celebration" - and have a pictures review our year. I could talk on and on and on about this special night... It's heartwarming, meaningful, and as special as the parents and kids are. I also do a fun holiday sing along - acting out and using sign language to some of my favorite holiday songs. These two special programs that the kids put on for their family and friends have taught them so much and they have no idea - I just love it!!
Okay... I finished at 10:58... I still made it on July 20th. Sorry for taking just about every minute to complete this course. I've really enjoyed it and look forward to using this new research and insights in my classroom this fall.
Thank You!!
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