Sunday, March 9, 2008
This week
This week has been quite a challenge for me. I just started student teaching with special ed students. The students are second grade with emotional, social and learning difficulties. The whole teaching style was so different to what I am use to. I am the type of teacher that when I say something I mean, for example if I say to a student this is your last chance, I mean it. But the head teacher of my student teaching class kept saying ' this is your last chance' and then she would give the students almost five to ten more chances. I just could not understand it. When I approached her in regards to this she said that with these students you have to do that because they just can not control themselves. I am so sorry but I can not understand this. If anyone has any insight about this matter, please do help.
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Dizzy,
I teach preschool special education. Although my students can not control a lot of their actions, I do not make empty threats. Telling a child something and then not following through only demonstrates to them that you do not mean what you say. This can be detrimental to your authority as a teacher. If the teacher you are working with thinks his/her students can't control their actions then he/she should not threaten them.
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