Seven Habits
This interactive video describes the 7 caring and deadly habits proposed by William Glasser, an American psychologist, who believe that students have needs and motives; therefore, the student should accept responsibility for own behavior. Glasser believes that human beings should take responsibility for the consequences of their choices instead of blaming other human beings. In the classroom, the relationship happens between the educator and the student. Teachers’ ability to communicate effectively with the students should depend on the elimination of the seven deadly habits; criticizing, blaming, complaining, nagging, threatening, punishing, and rewarding students. Glasser proposes that teachers replace these deadly habits by …show more content…
Students are aware of the non-verbal communication that teachers show in the classroom; therefore, teachers should (3) listen to their students’ comments and inquiries to make sure students feel like their opinion matters in the classroom. As a teacher, I would ensure that I listen to my students not only about the class, but also about any school issues my student might be going through such as bullying or peer pressure. Diversity has become an important part of American culture, and this diversity starts from the classroom where students from every race, color, and gender get together to benefit from education; therefore, teachers need to (4) accept students by who they are regardless of their physical appearance. As an educator, I will always accept my students to make them feel welcome in the class and provide them with a sense of validation hoping they would model this behavior. Moreover, a teacher should (5) trust their students to provide them with a sense of responsibility. I will implement a system to gain trust in my classroom by behaving while the teacher is not in the classroom. I will do so by letting the progressively moving away from the classroom until I see that they behave without my complete presence in the …show more content…
Therefore, (6) respect should be mutual between teacher and student to create harmonious class. Furthermore, I would respect my student’s point of views, and I would treat them with dignity ensuring them of their worth and collaboration in the class. Another important habit an educator should keep in mind is (7) negotiating. Teachers should be able to find a balance between students’ needs and teacher’s need, which they can do by discussing the amount of assignments/ homework they do based on how they behave in the classroom. As an educator, I would let my students skip one assignment or homework depending on how well they behave and how much they collaborate in class. Moreover, I would let them turn in late homework with the condition that only partial credit will be given to the
This interactive video describes the 7 caring and deadly habits proposed by William Glasser, an American psychologist, who believe that students have needs and motives; therefore, the student should accept responsibility for own behavior. Glasser believes that human beings should take responsibility for the consequences of their choices instead of blaming other human beings. In the classroom, the relationship happens between the educator and the student. Teachers’ ability to communicate effectively with the students should depend on the elimination of the seven deadly habits; criticizing, blaming, complaining, nagging, threatening, punishing, and rewarding students. Glasser proposes that teachers replace these deadly habits by …show more content…
Students are aware of the non-verbal communication that teachers show in the classroom; therefore, teachers should (3) listen to their students’ comments and inquiries to make sure students feel like their opinion matters in the classroom. As a teacher, I would ensure that I listen to my students not only about the class, but also about any school issues my student might be going through such as bullying or peer pressure. Diversity has become an important part of American culture, and this diversity starts from the classroom where students from every race, color, and gender get together to benefit from education; therefore, teachers need to (4) accept students by who they are regardless of their physical appearance. As an educator, I will always accept my students to make them feel welcome in the class and provide them with a sense of validation hoping they would model this behavior. Moreover, a teacher should (5) trust their students to provide them with a sense of responsibility. I will implement a system to gain trust in my classroom by behaving while the teacher is not in the classroom. I will do so by letting the progressively moving away from the classroom until I see that they behave without my complete presence in the …show more content…
Therefore, (6) respect should be mutual between teacher and student to create harmonious class. Furthermore, I would respect my student’s point of views, and I would treat them with dignity ensuring them of their worth and collaboration in the class. Another important habit an educator should keep in mind is (7) negotiating. Teachers should be able to find a balance between students’ needs and teacher’s need, which they can do by discussing the amount of assignments/ homework they do based on how they behave in the classroom. As an educator, I would let my students skip one assignment or homework depending on how well they behave and how much they collaborate in class. Moreover, I would let them turn in late homework with the condition that only partial credit will be given to the