Economic Deprivation Report

During my time in the Human Development course, I studied and learned the stages of cognitive development at which a child develops and the different things that affect their development throughout their lifespan. This course helped me understand why different things affected people in certain ways and how you could tell they were affected by it. I learned that there is a large variety of evidence for the reasons in which children behave differently and the reasons why they act in those certain ways. In this class I was engaged in a community school in Midtown Jackson, a well-known low income community. The school I helped at was a charter school known as Midtown Public Charter School. The only difference in the charter school compared …show more content…
The style in which the teachers and the overall workers at the school treated and taught the students could have been described in some individuals views as too harsh or exactly the amount of conduct and structure a child needs to advance in an positive direction in school as well as in life. Research suggest that economic deprivation increases a child’s risk of emotional and behavioral problems in society (Mcleod & Nonnemaker, 2000), but my observations of the teachers and students suggested that the strong and harsh discipline of the teachers seemed to have a positive effect on the children at Midtown Public Charter School’s behavior. The majority of the students there didn’t have problems with conduct, they took their punishment without arguing. Resulting from the strict discipline exerted from the workers at the school, the students were all very well behaved and respectful, rather if they were sitting in a desk or walking to get lunch. They all collectively displayed proper …show more content…
It is effective if it is done in a correct, moral way. For it to work and be effective the teacher must always pertain to the same rules. It is also important that the teacher communicates with the students about the reasons why they are being disciplined. Communication between the teacher and the student gives the child an understanding of what he or she did wrong. They will be able to recognize the problem and prevent it from occurring again. After observing the students and the teachers involved in this style of teaching, I believe it is used in a successful way to ensure that the students are receiving the best educational outcome possible which could evolve into more education and more jobs which could possibly abolish the high rates of poverty within the community of