. Responding on classroom activities.
In the fifth grade class I am taking part in this semester, I have witnessed a number of bullying situations. To date the worst situation I have come across to place two weeks ago. One student turned to the boy sitting next to her and told him that looks like a burnt marshmallow. The young boy replied by calling the young girl a piece of while chocolate.
Question connection to the classroom activity.
As teachers we are faced with the decision on how to react to different situations. Thinking as a teacher, how would you have responded to the two children in the story above?
Some of the best practices to facilitate a discussion
- Plan the discussion. What topics do you want to cover and what will you do if nobody says anything?
- Instead of responding, ask another student what he or she thinks.
- If a class discussion is not going well because there is a lack of energy or enthusiasm, stop and discuss the situation with the students.
- create a set of guidelines or rules for the discussion that is going to be taken place.
- To prepare the students for general discussions, at the beginning of the year to have students discuss the nature of a good discussion.
- Because discussion must be based on substantial knowledge the teacher needs to consistently ask the students to to relate their comments to the content they read, viewed, or heard in lecture.
- What do you think is a suitable punishment for students who bully? The best practice to use for this type of question is the practice of because the discussion is based on substantial knowledge the teacher needs to consistently ask the students to to relate their comments to the content they read, viewed, or heard in lecture.
- How do you think we can better prevent bullying? The best practice to use for this type of question would be the practice of deliberately slow the pace so that the students have time to reflect.
- What do you believe is the most harmful form of bullying and why? The best practice to use for this type of question is the practice of deliberately slow the pace down so that the students have time to reflect.
- Have you ever been bullied as a student? If so can you use that experience to better prevent bullying? The best practice to use for this type of question is instead of responding to the question ask another student what he or she thinks.
Service learning
We are currently working to find a place where we can educate new teachers about the laws that associate with bullying effect them.
