Chapter 9

From a behavioral view of learning, I believe mastery of my lesson objectives is when the entire class, including the student/students that were conditioned beforehand to misbehave in class, enjoy the material being learned. From the skype session today with Justice <--- too cool, the two biggest points I got from him was having a relationship and praising positive behavior. As there are many theories and studies that have the solution to help teachers deal with misbehaving kids, I would have to agree with Justice in his two points. I would want to look for positive behavior and use positive reinforcement to build healthy relationships. Without going to their level and starting there, I believe strategies such as ADA and PBS will be futile. 

My CSEL intervention case study will be for the high school history class. Though I may be tempted to smack every single one of them, I will have to change my approach in discipiling them. I will put my foot down and follow through with my consequences. For the seniors, I will tell them if I catch them texting or passing notes, I will hold their phones and notes hostage till the end of class. For Tony, Jeff, and Morris, I will have them separated at different corners of the room.  

I will take 10 minutes in the beginning of class to give everyone a pep-talk. I will tell my class I actually do enjoy my time with them. I will remind them that the crap they do in class doesn't change my views on them, but their actions are childish and their behaviors do not mirror my expectations of 18 year olds. I will remind them that they are adults and though they may be kings/queens now, after graduation, it's a big a scary world where such actions are not appropriate. I will give real life examples of those I know personally who regret not growing up (very unfortunate). Once I'm done with my speech, I will remind everyone of what I will do when I see something wrong in class. I will give them options though. I will allow them to use their phones either in the beginning or near the end of class with my discretion.
As a history teacher that wants to make history come alive, I will plan ahead and make sure my class will go on a field trip. I will utilize group contingency to keep students accountable for this trip. (It'll be an awesome trip) My hope is that misbehavior in the class will slowly be extinguished as there is continuous reinforcement from myself and fellow classmates. For those who want to test my new rules, I will add group activities to my lessons so Tony, Jeff, and Morris can divert their attention to helping their group. Shaping will occur and if all goes well, my class will go on trip with the grant money I collected.

I will also show them this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5OookwOoY