Over the course of a lifetime humans develop in many different ways. From infancy to adulthood human beings will go through many different developmental stages. Social development is very important, and plays a large role in how students develop their own self-perception. This of course will change with age and experience, but the stages of social development will inevitably evolve based on physical, social, and even academic aspects of their lives. Let’s discuss the stages of social development and the role in which they play in how educators teach in the classroom, as well as how teachers can present a positive sense of self, and what the educator’s role is in moral and prosocial development in the classroom.
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Depending on where students are in the various stages of social development will determine how students learn the most effectively, what obstacles may present themselves, and how to best encourage and recognize student success in the classroom. During early education it’s important for educators to identify any difficulties in social-emotional areas, due to the fact identification and intervention can be most effective during the early stages of these difficulties (Aubrey, & Ward, 2013). Teachers can play a major role in promoting a positive sense of self in the classroom. Promoting diversity among students, avoiding gender stereotyping, and allowing students to try on different roles within the classroom, will help students find areas in which they are successful, and generally help promote a greater sense of self. Teachers should be encouraged to promote a positive verbal environment because it can help student’s foster positive feelings and beliefs about themselves and their accomplishments. This interactions between adults and children can increase the sense of value a student has when it comes to their contributions in the classroom (Meece, & Soderman, …show more content…
In my experience, teachers are the first adults, outside of the home, who have the unique ability to demonstrate what appropriate behavior looks like, and the way other should be treated. As students grow from children to adolescents, they become ever so dependent on social relationships within their peer groups, and learning pro-social behaviors can have a very positive affect on the way adolescence develop relationships (Hartup, 1996). Having firsthand experienced teachers who went out of their way to correct moral transgressions, and promote prosocial behavior, I have been able to reflect on what I have learned, and how it has defined me as a person. My own teachers have demonstrated positive interactions that benefit others, and those actions have help sculpt the way I stated treating others. Teachers who made it a point to speak to me in a way that was courteous, respectful, and without interruption, have taught me the benefit of a positive verbal environment, and how it can create positive interactions among students and educators, and leave everyone feeling respected. These educators never made judgmental comments about students, or other teachers or peers, allowing students to develop a more positive perception of everyone involved (Meece, & Soderman, 2010). Teachers, in my opinion, calibrate a student’s original “moral compass” and define where “True North” is when it comes to morality.
Whether we are talking about …show more content…
Depending on where students are in the various stages of social development will determine how students learn the most effectively, what obstacles may present themselves, and how to best encourage and recognize student success in the classroom. During early education it’s important for educators to identify any difficulties in social-emotional areas, due to the fact identification and intervention can be most effective during the early stages of these difficulties (Aubrey, & Ward, 2013). Teachers can play a major role in promoting a positive sense of self in the classroom. Promoting diversity among students, avoiding gender stereotyping, and allowing students to try on different roles within the classroom, will help students find areas in which they are successful, and generally help promote a greater sense of self. Teachers should be encouraged to promote a positive verbal environment because it can help student’s foster positive feelings and beliefs about themselves and their accomplishments. This interactions between adults and children can increase the sense of value a student has when it comes to their contributions in the classroom (Meece, & Soderman, …show more content…
In my experience, teachers are the first adults, outside of the home, who have the unique ability to demonstrate what appropriate behavior looks like, and the way other should be treated. As students grow from children to adolescents, they become ever so dependent on social relationships within their peer groups, and learning pro-social behaviors can have a very positive affect on the way adolescence develop relationships (Hartup, 1996). Having firsthand experienced teachers who went out of their way to correct moral transgressions, and promote prosocial behavior, I have been able to reflect on what I have learned, and how it has defined me as a person. My own teachers have demonstrated positive interactions that benefit others, and those actions have help sculpt the way I stated treating others. Teachers who made it a point to speak to me in a way that was courteous, respectful, and without interruption, have taught me the benefit of a positive verbal environment, and how it can create positive interactions among students and educators, and leave everyone feeling respected. These educators never made judgmental comments about students, or other teachers or peers, allowing students to develop a more positive perception of everyone involved (Meece, & Soderman, 2010). Teachers, in my opinion, calibrate a student’s original “moral compass” and define where “True North” is when it comes to morality.