Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
I am surprised that I have never heard of setting classroom goals at the beginning of the year rather than class rules. Garth German suggests adopting two goals when it comes to classroom behaviour:
It's a lot better than the first two images in my google image search when I typed in class rules: Having respect and safety as the class goals makes a great deal of sense to me because those two words create an umbrella that seems to encompass all the little rules that can bog down and confuse what should be a simple set of behaviour guidelines. Most class rule lists strive for between 3-5 items, but two items can hardly even be called a list! My other favourite set of class rules is: Before declaring the rules to my class at the beginning of the year, I would ask for the student's input about what some of those rules might be. This shows the students that their voice matters and their ideas will be valued. Additionally, they may be more accountable to rules that they have helped to create. After the process of deciding what sorts of behaviour are and aren't acceptable, I might just suggest that their list could be simplified, and if they were on board, we could end up with safety and respect.
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David Wiebe
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