Student-Teacher Relationships
Which one is an effective teaching strategy: rewarding students’ positive behavior or punishing misbehavior?
Rewarding student's positive behavior
What is SEL?
SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.
What is one way to maintain proximity with students according to the reading about Non-Verbal communication?
-Leave the desk behind. Stand among the students.
-Maintain eye contact and greet students, staff, and other educators in the hallway to demonstrate respect and build relationships
-Stand near every student every day to increase accessibility, build relationships, and monitor students’ academic and behavioral progress.
How many layers in the conceptual model of teacher-child relationships?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 or d.5
There are 3 layers in the conceptual model of teacher-child relationships?
Name two of the five SEL competencies defined by Sauve & Schonert-Reichl?
Self-Awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, or responsible decision making
Mention 2 benefits of eye contact mentioned in the reading: "Teaching without talking?"
It helps to initiate relationships,
to scan your classroom,
or to regulate conversations.
True or False?
Teachers should focus on interacting with students through instruction, since engaging in frequent social conversations with students has little to no value.
False
What is resilience?
The ability to recover and overcome difficulties.
A teacher’s proximity to a student will based on what factors?
It depends on the teacher's personality, relationship with a student, age, and culture.
How does the student-teacher relationship change from elementary to junior high school?
The student-teacher relationship become less personal and more formal as students move from primary school to high school. The dynamics of the classroom becomes more competitive. Therefore, the dynamic of high-schools usually don't meet the relational needs of students.
What is one of the five ways Sauve & Schonert-Reichl, define a community?
Care about and support one another,
Actively participate and are engaged in group activities,
Feel they have a voice in making group decisions,
Feel a sense of belonging and identity with the group, or
Share a sense of norms, values and goals with the group.
What are some common symptoms exhibited by touch deprived students? How do we support these students?
Asthma, allergies, speech and learning disability, intestinal problem, sallow skin, and small stature.
“Teachers can use appropriate touching to communicate affection toward their students and to establish a caring classroom community. ” (p.40)