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Subject: Re: Assignment #2

Author:
Brennan Sweeney

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Date Posted: 17:11:39 06/15/10 Tue
In reply to: Dr. M-J 's message, "Assignment #2" on 19:25:40 06/11/10 Fri

>Assignment 2 (Behaviorism): June 13
>Post a response to the following question by first
>clicking onto "Post a Reply to this Message"
>
>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.
A large component of teaching is classroom management. There are many types classroom management but I feel the most effective is based on reinforcement. I have seen reinforcement based behavioral charts used by many teachers and they often elicit positive responses from the students. One example I have was during my students teaching experience at Downtown Elementary. Downtown is a large elementary school with over 500 students. With such a large number of students it is a struggle to maintain an orderly environment especially in places such as the hallway and cafeteria. As a school Downtown created a STAR system. Basically, classes were given stars for walking in the hallway nicely and eating calmly in the cafeteria. The stars were given out by faculty and were announced and the number of stars each class received was announced at the end of the day. When a class got 10 stars then the entire class was rewarded and got to wear jeans on a day of their choice. This system worked very well with the students and kept their motivation up to be on their best behavior while in the hall and in the cafeteria. The main goal was to keep the school environment calm and peaceful so that distractions to other classes were kept to a minimum. I think the reason this system worked so well is because the students were never punished for poor behavior in the hall but they were also never rewarded if they showed poor behavior. Also, the competition to be the first class to get to 10 stars or get the most days to wear jeans motivated the students. This system also focused on the class as a whole, which brought along pressure from peers. I do believe that if the school had tried to use punishment instead of reinforcement then this system would not have worked. For example if a class is constantly getting punished for a few people behaving poorly in the hall then soon enough the other students become frustrated and act poorly as well.

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Re: Assignment #2	Joshua Gardner	13:23:41 06/16/10 Wed