Richard Lavoie's Concept Of Fairness In The Classroom

Richard Lavoie defines fairness in the classroom as “Everyone gets what she/he needs”. It does not mean that everyone gets the same and fairness depends on needs. He went on to say that as adults, it is not fair to say things to children that we would not say to another adult.
Lavoie gives parents advice about fairness among the children at home. He says that if one of the children has special needs and requires more attention than the other, the parents should not try to make up the time with the others. Kids do understand that there are times when one child’s needs are greater than another. He also believes that as parents, we should give our children roots and wings. What he means by roots is that parents should provide a household where the kids feel loved, warm and cared for. When the time comes for the children to move out and on with their lives means …show more content…
Educators are often questioned about fairness by other students but are not always able to answer the question.They tend to tell the children that life is not fair. Sure, life is not fair but according to Lavoie, the teacher should say to the others that everyone gets what they need which does not always mean everyone gets the same. Students will understand this concept. In addition, adults assume that children know certain information when indeed they do not. We can not guess at the information the students know and do not know. The most astounding concept Richard said was how children who suffer with learning difficulties have trouble with revisualization. This makes sense as to why they have trouble spelling and also why young children have trouble cleaning their rooms. They can not visualize what a clean room looks like, but if there was a picture in the room of what the room looks like clean, the kids would be able to see the end result and therefore, be able to copy the