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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

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See also Dos and Don’ts Of Elementary School Classroom Management The Problem with Physical Punishment While some feel that running a few laps as punishment sounds reasonable, this can have an adverse effect on a child’s psyche that lasts for decades. That’s right.

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Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

Two main factors can have a significant impact on a teacher’s emotional engagement at work: The quality of their relationships with students Student behaviors and classroom management. In high school, I was the lead in the musicals Little Shop of Horrors and Bye, Bye Birdie. I am a vegetarian and love to cook.

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PROOF POINTS: Borrowing a page from marriage therapy in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Experts argue over whether the best classroom-management approach is a consistent, strict discipline or a more forgiving response where students discuss their grievances with an adult’s guidance, a process called restorative justice. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages.

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PROOF POINTS: Putting praise to the test

The Hechinger Report

Herman’s middle school study was first posted online in 2020 by the Journal of Educational Psychology and is slated for publication later in 2021. Herman’s earlier 2018 study of a praise-heavy classroom management program for elementary school students called The Incredible Years also found positive results.

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OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

The Hechinger Report

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Psychology professor Daniel Willingham and middle school teacher Paul Bruno, working with the organization Deans for Impact, summarized these concepts in a concise 2015 report, “ The Science of Learning.” Brown, Henry L.

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A weekly meetup aims to keep black male teachers in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Spend the week with high school teacher and basketball coach Ed Bradley and you’ll likely hear someone ask him for help making a breakthrough with a challenging student. “As School leaders, he said, should question whether they’ve set up environments that allow teachers to link their values and beliefs to the classroom.

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Why Don’t We Trust Students?

Catlin Tucker

The result is a classroom where students are passive recipients rather than active agents in the learning process. The Impact of Teacher Control When teachers exert total control over the curriculum, pacing, and behavior in a classroom, they stifle student autonomy—a fundamental psychological need essential for motivation.