Learning caring ways to teach

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We just started our observing week at schools and I am very happy with the school I'm in, the people have been so nice to all of us and really make us feel special, I've really learned a lot from the teacher in which class I'm observing, how she treats her students and not only teach them academic things but also values and how to be an obedient and a caring person.
I've also had the opportunity to observe another kindergarten classroom and it's so amazing as well. These teacher do what kids love the most and look for different ways to make learning fun.
Kids in those classrooms  sing, interact with each other, dance and are disciplined in a super loving way. For example I really like that, when a kid does something a little not so nice to another student, and the other tells on him, the teacher does not immediately make a judgement, instead he call both students hears both of their versions of the story, and talks to them in a peaceful manner teaching them how important it is to forgive one another and to say sorry when you are in the wrong. Also I really enjoy that when a student is not following directions as he or she should, the teacher instead of scolding him or her for that, she looks for another student who is following directions correctly and highlights that for others Ss to see what they should be doing instead encouraging them to make good choices and imitate the good example in order to get a compliment. Another thing that I would like to imitate when going back to my students.

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  1. Unknown12 de octubre de 2018 a las 6:55

    Here is a question (to help you be a bit more reflective): How do these practices/techniques differ from what you do in your classes?

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    1. Keysi Owens12 de octubre de 2018 a las 7:34

      It differ in the way that sometimes I do not focus on the good behavior to set an example for kids that are doing what they are not doing what they are suppossed to, I instead used to call on the ones who were behaving bad and I've noticed that they would stop doing wrong things at the moment but then they would have the same misbehavior short after. So calling on them had opposite effect on my students. So I hope to apply these techniques and focis on the good behaviou when I get back.

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    2. Unknown1 de noviembre de 2018 a las 8:05

      Great response. Thank you.

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