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Reading Reaction #2
Assigned Reading: The Skillful Teacher, Chapters 15 & 16, pages 389-440
Directions:
1. Respond to the statement/question with the asterisk (*). This response is required. Be prepared to share your response during SET-UP with our Learning Community.
2. Select 4 additional statements/questions from the menu below and respond.
3. Use the Reading Reaction template to write your responses in a Microsoft Word. Each response should be between 250- 300 words.
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*Describe the repertoires for developing and maintaining positive teacher-student relationships.
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1. Why do students more readily accept rules or (learning community standards) when they have a positive relationship with their teacher?
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2. Examine the Eight Key Teacher Traits for Personal Relationship Building. Describe a teacher from your past who exhibited many of these traits, and how that influenced your learning.
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3. Why is it important to re-establish contact after a disciplinary incident?
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4. Review table 15.1, How Student Define Respect. Did any of these examples surprise you? Explain why.
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5. Describe any connections that you see between the Community and Mutual Support (column 1 of figure 16.2) and the concept of a Learning Community.
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6. Social skills must be explicitly taught. Describe the 5 steps required for teachers to support the transfer of these social skills in student’s daily lives. |
7. Analyze the Five Beliefs That Underlie Risk Taking. Describe how positive beliefs impact risk-taking and learning and the importance of mindset regarding mistakes/errors. |
8. Reflect upon the quote on page 434, “The construction of knowledge, which takes place through negotiation, depends on the redistribution of power from teachers to students”. Explain why this is a difficult concept for many teachers.
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Name:
Date:
Reading
Reaction
#2
Assigned
Reading
:
The
Skillful
Teacher,
Chapters
15
&
16,
pages
389-440
Directions:
1.
Respond
to
the
statement/question
with
the
asterisk
(*).
This
response
is
required.
Be
prepared
to
share
your
response
during
SET-UP
with
our
Learning
Community.
2.
Select
4
additional
statements/questions
from
the
menu
below
and
respond.
3.
Use
the
Reading
Reaction
template
to
write
your
responses
in
a
Microsoft
Word.
Each
response
should
be
between
250-
300
words.
Menu:
*Describe
the
repertoires
for
developing
and
maintaining
positive
teacher-student
relationships.
1.
Why
do
students
more
readily
accept
rules
or
(learning
community
standards)
when
they
have
a
positive
relationship
with
their
teacher?
2.
Examine
the
Eight
Key
Teacher
Traits
for
Personal
Relationship
Building.
Describe
a
teacher
from
your
past
who
exhibited
many
of
these
traits,
and
how
that
influenced
your
learning.
3.
Why
is
it
important
to
re-
establish
contact
after
a
disciplinary
incident?
4.
Review
table
15.1,
How
Student
Define
Respect.
Did
any
of
these
examples
surprise
you?
Explain
why.
5.
Describe
any
connections
that
you
see
between
the
Community
and
Mutual
Support
(column
1
of
figure
16.2)
and
the
concept
of
a
Learning
Community.
6.
Social
skills
must
be
explicitly
taught.
Describe
the
5
steps
required
for
teachers
to
support
the
transfer
of
these
social
skills
in
student
’
s
daily
lives.
7.
Analyze
the
Five
Beliefs
That
Underlie
Risk
Taking.
Describe
how
positive
beliefs
impact
risk-taking
and
learning
and
the
importance
of
mindset
regarding
mistakes/errors.
8.
Reflect
upon
the
quote
on
page
434,
“
The
construction
of
knowledge,
which
takes
place
through
negotiation,
depends
on
the
redistribution
of
power
from
teachers
to
students
”
.
Explain
why
this
is
a
difficult
concept
for
many
teachers.