Applied Methods and Management

Journal Sample

 

Monday, January 27

            Assertive Discipline – a discipline technique started by Lee Canter             Label & define topic

that requires a stated plan of expected behavior that is firmly and consistently      

applied with consequences for those who choose not to follow the plan.                        

Canter believes teachers should be assertive saying, “No student will

stop me from teaching; no behavior will get in the way of my job.”

 

I am writing about assertive discipline today.  The students were assigned                      Give an objective observation

a character study where they had to list adjectives about a character of their      

choice, write a physical description, and then draw a picture of their character.   .

While they worked on this, I walked around the room and answered questions. 

A question arose from Student X that could have easily been answered by

looking in the book.  However, she would not look in the book.  She insisted                 Speak to the situation

on pestering me for an answer until I told her I would no longer carry on the      

conversation with her about it.  I said kindly and assertively, “My job in this      

assignment is to give you clues to help you find your own information.  I have                     Never criticize others

done that by telling you the answer is in your book.  Other students are needing            

the same kind of help from me too.  I need to continue to walk around the room.” 

That worked until, for some unknown reason, she got up and hit another student

in the head with the book.  At this time I assertively told her, “I will see you in

hall NOW.”  I used the initial assertive discipline approach for handling

misbehavior.  I said, “You chose to break out classroom rule of respect for all                   Show how the observation is related to topic

people in the class by hitting Student Y in the head.  What is the consequence  

for not following the rules in our class plan?”  She told me she would need to    

fill out a B.B.P. (Better Behavior Plan).  The Better Behavior Plan is given to    

a student to fill out when misbehavior occurs.  In this way they are confronted   

with their actions and they must state what they will do so the behavior does

not happen again.  She went back in the room and completed the B.B.P.                      This is practical action in

                                                                                                                                    reflective  thought.

 

This is an example of Assertive Discipline because I used the terminology that                Underline this phrase in each entry

got the message across that NO ONE will stop me from teaching.  I also invoked         

the consequences agreed to in our class for those who choose not to follow the connecting

plan by getting the student to use the B.B.P.  I handled both incidents in a firm,  thought

assertive manner.                                                                                                         

 


 

Topics for Applied Methods and Management Journals

 

 

Topics should be used only once.  Keep a log of the topics you use to make sure you do not write about one more than once.  This log will be turned in with your last group of journal entries.

You may choose to write about any topics found in the current unit or being discussed in class as part of the current unit.  If you are unsure about a topic, please ask if it is appropriate to cover at this time.

 

 

Chapter 1 – Applying Psychology to Teaching

Teaching as an Art

Teaching as a Science

Unsystematic observation

Reflective Teaching

 

Chapter 2 – Theories of Psychosocial and Cognitive development

role confusion

psychosocial moratorium

egocentricism

scaffolding

zone of proximal development

Stages of Psychosocial Development

            Initiative vs. guilt

            Industry vs. inferiority

            Identify vs. role confusion

Negative Identity

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

            Preoperational

            Concrete Operational

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning

            PreConventional Morality

                        Punishment obedience orientation

                        Instrumental relativist orientation

            Conventional Morality

                        Good-boy nice girl orientation

                        Law and order orientation

 

Chapter 3 – Age-level Characteristics

Early maturing boys                              Growth spurts

Late maturing boys                               Permissive parents

Early maturing girls                                Early Language Development

Late maturing girls                                 Gender roles

Depression

 

Chapter 4 – Understanding Student Differences

multiple Intelligences                                         field dependent students

learning style                                                     field-independent students

impulsive students                                             gender bias

reflective students                                             loss of voice

 

Chapter 5 – Addressing Cultural and Socioeconomic Diversity

multicultural education

cultural pluralism

teacher expectancy effect (Pygmalion effect)

socieoeconomic status

cooperative learning

peer tutoring

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)

IDEA

ability grouping and its affects on students of low socioeconomic status

Billingual education

 

Chapter 7 – Behavioral Learning Theory – Operant Conditioning

operant conditioning

positive reinforcement

negative reinforcement

Fixed interval/variable interval schedules of reinforcement

programmed instruction

Token Economies

Premack principle

behavior modification

drill-and-practice programs

social learning theory

direct reinforcement

vicarious reinforcement

self-reinforcement

time-out

punishment

spontaneous recovery

 

Chapter 8 – Information Processing Theory

information-procession theory                                       learning strategy

sensory register                                                             learning tactics

short-term memory                                                       mnemonic device

maintenance rehearsal                                                   serial position effect

elaborative rehearsal                                                     meaningful learning

long-term memory                                                        attention span

metacognition                                                               "chunks" of information

schemata

 

Chapter 9 – Social Cognitive Theory

Bandura’s triadic reciprocal causation model

self-efficacy

self-regulation

vicarious reinforcement

observational learning

emulation

inhibition

disinhibition

facilitation

effects of peer modeling on self-efficacy

 

 

 

Chapter 10 – Constructivist Learning Theory, Problem Solving and Transfer

discovery learning                                                         negative transfer

cognitive constructivism                                                 positive transfer

social constructivism                                                     zero transfer

situated learning                                                            specific transfer

inert knowledge                                                            general transfer

problem solving                                                            low-road transfer

transfer of learning                                                        high-road transfer

Venn diagrams                                                              scaffolding

 

Chapter 11 – Approaches to Instruction

instructional objectives  (Mager and Gronlund)

Bloom's taxonomy

            affective domain

            cognitive domain

            psychomotor domain

direct instruction

exploratory environments

guided learning

humanistic approach

learner-centered education

collaborative learning

information processing approach to instruction

presenting organized and meaningful lessons

telling students what you want them to learn, why, and how they will be tested

Maslow's approach

Roger's approach

Comb’s approach

 

 

Chapter 12 - Motivation

extrinsic motivation

intrinsic motivation

attribution theory

self-actualization

ways to supply positive feedback

ways to satisfy esteem needs

ways to satisfy belongingness needs

using behavioral modification techniques to motivate

unsuccessful students attribute success to luck, easy tasks…

successful students attribute success to effort, ability…

need for achievement

 

Chapter 13 – Classroom Management

ripple-effect

withitness

I-messages

active listening

no-lose method

handling classroom routines

keeping entire class involved and alert minimizes misbehavior

dealing with overlapping situations

violence in schools

 

Chapter 14 – Assessment of Classroom Learning

Measurement                                                    scaffolding

Evaluation                                                         criterion-referenced grading

summative evaluation                                        norm-referenced grading

formative evaluation                                          essay tests

performance tests                                             table of specifications

rubric (scoring guides)                                       short-answer tests

scaffolding                                                        mastery approach

announcing tests and assignments

 

 


 

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