Striking the perfect balance between the extremes of ultra- discipline and a lassez-fiare “anything goes” approach is not easy. This post begins by asking various questions and along the way provides some home-spun answers. None of the ideas here are intended to be prescriptive, rather they are intended to be a starting point, working towards a better understanding of what is happening in the classroom.
Before starting, why not take this test:
- In a study conducted by Denis Girad (1970), 1000 students between 12-17 were asked to list teacher qualities in order of preference, 1 being the most important to them and 10 the least important.
- What do think the results were?
- Scroll to the end of the post to see if you
- guessed the qualities identified by the students
- correctly guessed their order…
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