Be sure to see additional articles from the Responsive Classroom in our archive of columns written by Ruth Sidney Charney, co-founder of the Northeast Foundation for Children, which is home base for the Responsive Classroom appraoch. Click here to view that article archive.
EducationWorld is pleased to present this professional development resource shared by Dr. Jane Bluestein, an expert in relationship-building, positive school climate and effective instruction. Like boundaries, choices are motivational tools that encourage young people's cooperation through empowerment. Choices build responsibility and commitment, communicate the teacher's respect for students' needs and preferences and can encourage students to perform a particular behavior.
A new development in the ever-evolving realm of social media has given parents and educators something new to worry about. "Digital responsibility" is a major buzzword for middle- and high-school educators, and schools increasingly are teaching teens and pre-teens about the consequences of inappropriate posting to social media platforms. Now, professors from three universities have developed what is being called the "Facebook Score."
Art teacher Tricia Fuglestad worked with her kindergartners to come up with messages about how to be kind. The result is a nice example of giving young students an understanding of their ability to share their voice, and perhaps even a sense of the responsibility that comes from that ability.
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When elementary students take cues on behavior, to whom do they look? In Cincinnati, Ohio, youngsters get this guidance from older peers. Through the Winners Walk Tall program, responsible middle schoolers make weekly visits to primary classrooms and teach lessons that emphasize making good choices.
The concreteness and relevancy of these neighborhood math problems encouraged the children to pay attention to their surroundings and made homework easier and more enjoyable for them to do -- and for parents to help with or check. Plus, the insights into the childrens daily lives that I gleaned from this kind of homework helped me know them better and teach them more effectively.
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