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Group Assignment: Group Discussion

To complete this assignment successfully, you should:

  1. Complete the on-line reading, Structure
  2. Review the Praxis selections carefully to prepare for this discussion.

  3. Tally up 's for completion of this assignment.

Go into the Virtual Conference Center and discuss one or more of the following questions and issues with your classmates.

  1. Share tips for structuring the classroom.

    • successful transitions
    • attention getters
    • soothers
    • interventions
    • nifty procedures

  2. List privileges in your classroom. Develop two new ways of enhancing student perception of the privilege of learning and the opportunity of being in school.

  3. Discuss ideas about power, license and responsibility with respect to children and adults.
    Examples:
    • Should rules apply equally to students and teachers?
    • Do we tend to have a different standards for adults and children?
      What is the justification?
    • What happens when we share control of the classroom?
      Is it like a funnel, so once we slide down, we can't get back?
      Do we lose face?

  4. What kind of structure assures respect?
    Can respect be one-sided?

  5. What ideas do you use for self soothing?
    What works for students?

 

Rubric:

Excellent

The student initiates a personal view on at least two of the topics. In addition, the student shares insights or ideas on at least two responses by others in WebCT. The student may also wish to add a link to a web site that validates his or her position.

Want to discuss these ideas with the professor? Feel free to initiate this process by sharing insights or commenting on the ideas in the reading here.

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