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Jennifer Williams (nostalgic :-))
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Date Posted: 14:55:32 06/15/10 Tue
In reply to:
Allie Kaufman
's message, "Re: Assignment #2" on 23:25:53 06/13/10 Sun
>>Assignment 2 (Behaviorism): June 13
>>Post a response to the following question by first
>>clicking onto "Post a Reply to this Message"
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>>Think of a problem/situation in your area (teaching or
>>counseling or as a parent) where you would use of have
>>used behavioristic or social learning theories.
>>Provide an example of the problem/situation and the
>>solution.
>
>Hi Allie!
Your posting made me smile! I had a very similar situation about three years ago when I was teaching Pre-K. I had a little boy in my class who was absolutely the smartest, sweetest little thing but was still developing appropriate school behavior. He could answer any question you threw at him in nearly perfect English (I taught ESL immersion) but had a lot of trouble keeping his hands to himself, staying in his seat and, for a short while, keeping his pants on. Frazzled is an accurate term to describe how he made me feel every day. It was relentless. Finally, instead of reminding him of the rules and looking at what he did wrong, I decided to be positive, for my benefit as well as his. Anytime he sat nicely, was kind to his classmates or generally followed the classroom rules, I would bring him over and give him a big hug. I would tell him how much I appreciated what he was doing and send him on his way. That little bit of love and praise was worth a thousand stickers or pieces of candy to him. His behavior changed slowly from this point on and, i'm happy to say, the hugs never lost their novelty or appeal. :-)
> I have had the opportunity to use behavioristic
>and social learning theories in several work contexts.
> I spent two years teaching kindergarten and first
>grade, and I had one student in particular who stood
>out during my two years. I started with him in
>kindergarten, and he struggled with following the
>class rules, doing things like taking his shoes off in
>class or bullying other students. After several
>frustrating months of trying to send him to the
>office, a punishment that never actually decreased the
>negative behaviors, I took a different approach. I
>realized that he did not receive a lot of positive
>attention and comments from others, but when he
>received a compliment or a word of praise, he beamed
>with pride. I started finding things to praise him
>for, the "catch him being good" approach. He
>responded to praise by increasing his positive
>behaviors (i.e. keeping his shoes on in class or
>sitting criss-cross applesauce on the carpet). It
>wasn't an overnight transformation, but by giving him
>positive attention (even on the days when it was
>difficult to find the good behaviors), there was a
>noticeable transformation in his behaviors in school.
>He and I had to come up with several other behavioral
>modification techniques during the course of my two
>years with him, but it all started with simple kind
>words of praise for his positive behaviors. I found
>that positive reinforcement was much more effective
>than any kind of punishment with helping him to follow
>the rules.
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