Ron Clarke Movie Analysis

The Ron Clarke movie is about a teacher who teaches one of the worst schools in New York City. He took on the challenge as he believed and told his own parents that he tells his students every year to go for what they want in life, i.e. to dream big and to take risks. He then felt that it is time to start living by his own words. He was discouraged by the principal of the school, as this principal only works for grades and status. The principal goes by “My school, my rules, my way” The principal also reminded him that the unruly 6th grade class gets the lowest mark as they had problems with mathematics, reading and discipline. Despite this discouragement, Ron Clarke took that as his big task and implemented effective teaching methods to reach …show more content…
As part of the rules, he instils the value of family. Not by blood, but by those who can provide emotional, physical and social support and give a sense of security and guidance. Mr Clarke make the learners understand that as a family we work together, we are there for each other and if one does not abide by the rules the rest of the family is being affected. Mr Clarke provides all the above mentioned, yet he is able to maintain a professional teacher-student relationship. During this process the transactional model of development (the interaction between child and adult that influences in a developing individual and others) comes into play. In a critical period in these learners’ lives, they were vulnerable and unstable due to their social circumstances. They have developed some form of anxiousness, mistrust and negative approaches to life. Mr Clarke provided a sense of stability, care and positive energy in the classroom. Furthermore, social constructivism is evident when Mr Clarke not only taught his learners, but he went on the playground during break time to learn from his students how to double …show more content…
He combines Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Eric Erikson’s theory on psychosocial. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs describes the needs that influence human behaviour. The basic need of a human must first be sufficed before another need can be sufficed. Eric Erikson believed that personality develops from infancy to adulthood through eight stages of psychosocial development. He believed in the natural characteristic, adaptability, of human beings. Humans can face both negative and positive psychosocial challenges throughout their lives. The human being is then challenged to work to settle the tension between the two conflicting experiences. The stages are trust versus mistrust; infancy, autonomy versus shame and doubt; toddler, initiative versus guilt; early childhood, industry versus inferiority; middle to late childhood, identity versus role confusion; adolescence, intimacy versus isolation; young adulthood, generativity versus stagnation; middle adulthood and integrity versus despair; late