"Students want a safe, predictable, and nurturing environment."(Wong, p3). School culture has an important impact on students' lives and learning in schools. "The effective teachers spent time organizing and structuring their classrooms so that the students know what to do to succeed." (Wong, p3) And the most thing teachers to do is "Consistency." In the class of my student teaching, the students have class routine daily, so when they come to class, they know the first thing to do is to check homework with the keys on screen. They don't need teacher tell them what they should do, and they automatically take out their homework and start correction. This routine helps the students calm down and focus on their studies as soon as they get into the classroom. My master teacher also creates a rule to encourage the students to improve their learning. She said, if her students got low scores on their quizzes, they could show their understand by both correcting their mistakes and giving descriptions on why they got wrong, then they have chances to add more scores for their quizzes. As a result, whenever the students got wrong problems in quizzes, they would automatically do whatever the teacher said in order to get more scores. These rules are really helpful to develop students' good learning habits and improve their learning results. By the student teaching, I will learn more strategies about teacher's role on help fostering school's cultures.
Reference:
Wong, H.K., (1998). The first day of school: How to be an effective teacher
Hello Hong,
ReplyDeleteI agree having clear expectations and consistent routines certainly creates a atmosphere of predictability and security, at the same time the school environment and the role of the parent are also important in shaping students attitudes and behavior this is reflective in the school culture. How would you describe the role of the parent, teachers and administration at your school site?