Test Higher!
Newsletter
November 2005
STUDENT MODELS Why do so many students struggle in school? Could the relationship between teacher and student trigger these results? Teachers voice approval and criticism to their students. Students interpret actions and tone of voice as well as the words teachers use. This relationship creates an order of power not unlike those found in the animal kingdom. When an animal feels threatened it fights or it flees. While teachers do not physically threaten students, they may threaten students intellectually. Students that believe they are “stupid” or feel cornered into a special ed class may react accordingly. Escaping the classroom through absenteeism or throwing desks and chairs may be the predictable results of an unseen power struggle. |
Would a student sensitive to authority respond better to a system where the teacher models behavior instead of dictating it? We think so. Recorded Classrooms teachers become model students. Their relationship develops out of equality. Students use natural mimic abilities to learn with the teacher not from the teacher. Recorded classroom students do not react negatively because they sense no threat to react against.
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