Psychological Influence In The Classroom

Kids are influenced by anything and everything. They are influenced by culture, peers, and their loved ones. But most of all a child is influenced in the classroom. The classroom has always been a psychological influence on children whether the teacher garnished them with attention or gave them none at all. In schools it is often the student with a buttoned up shirt and parents with a thick wallet that are in the center of their teacher’s focus. Meanwhile the kid whose been wearing the same pair of shoes every day for two years and has it rough in the coping department is often given the cold shoulder due to discomfort, prejudice, or intimidation. Many teachers do not strive to create a safe environment for their students, nor do they notice their emphasis on the kids in their classroom that are just easier to emphasize. Teachers can build a student or they can destroy a student, all it takes are the wrong words or improper methods of motivation. In order to create a socially healthy environment in the classroom teachers must be positive in their language, giving of their time and attention and care to every student in their class, and use different methods of teaching per the ability of their students.
Some insight can be found in the views of teachers themselves and what they …show more content…
In the lives of children and adults alike, growing is something attained through social harmony and relationships: “we are evolutionarily primed to develop, maintain, and restore our emotional well-being through relationships with others” (D.N. Elkins, 44). According to D.N. Elkins it is not only in our nature, but in our DNA to attach emotional health to relationships with others. Stability in the classroom is related to healthy social standing with peers and the instructor. This is why most students that fail classes and high school are the same ones who were always suspended or being treated negatively by the authority figures in their