The Influence Of Staff/Child Interaction In The Classroom

For the younger kids, the only aspect I can really go into is that of the staff/child interaction. The staff only conversed with the younger of the two, the three year old. But in those interactions, they didn’t follow the ideas that we put forth in the classroom. In the example I gave earlier, of the child who went outside and climbed on and across the structures, the teacher didn’t allow the child to go across without holding her hand for safety. As we learned in class, children likely wont engage in a play that they feel is too risky and they don’t believe they will succeed in (Susan Roscigno). Thus the child should’ve been allowed to do it on his’ own. The problem of preventing the risky play is that it can result in children feeling less …show more content…
When the middle school boys interacted with a verbal and nonverbal pubilect, which was mostly seen on the basketball court. They seemed to try and promote their own name and ability. Rarely did I see complements go out to people, even on the same team. When I did see something I thought was impressive I would go and try and give the guy a high five or something, but those individuals looked at me like I was crazy or abnormal. When conversing and interacting with staff members, the kids presented minimal, if any, degree of restraint in their cultural understanding of when to use language, especially those in the HS group. Staff, conversely, engaged in the modeling techniques and technique of teachable moments to try and convey their culturally desired language. This was more done with boys who didn’t play basketball and the girls. Since there was more interaction between the staff and that group, the staff had a better chance to teach kids the importance of characteristics like kindness in conversation, have a judgment free work space for activities, and maintaining those social rules of language that were disregarded. But since many of the kids at this age believe that they can do things themselves and “know more than adults” they tended to disregard the moment or take a punishment over remedying the situation. The staff also required that their names be said as Ms.___ and Mr.___ in order to reinforce a power structure that can be verbally seen by children. By requiring such a standard, they instill into these teens the idea that you don’t have to like me, but you will respect me. Likewise, while the adults didn’t seem to reciprocate the rule, they did still aim to treat these kids with respect and teach