SlideShare is a program that allows anyone to add voice to PowerPoint presentations. While anyone can does this, teachers may make good use of this in the classroom. In my posting about PowerPoint presentations, I already went over the usefulness they can provide with visual and auditory learners, only this time, there is chance for the teacher to not only add a lecture to explain the slides, it also gives the teacher time to keep an eye on the class at the same time. There would be no need to stop the lecture or lesson for interruptions. Students can be quietly disciplined while the lecture continues.
That brings us to the research on behaviour. If for example, I use the above technique in a class, I would focus my attention on behaviour. Behaviour can then be split into two: good and bad. For good behaviour, if students are attentive to the lecture and are writing notes, then I will reward this so the behaviour may be repeated in them and others. If students are misbehaving then they will be warned and punished. Responses that bring about undesirable outcomes for the students are unlikely to be repeated. During all of my classes, it is imperative to get the students into the rhythm that when they do positive actions they will be rewarded and when they do poor actions they will achieve nothing.
Mergel, B (May, 1998), Instructional Design & Learning Theory, Saskatchewan, http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm#The%20Basics%20of%20Behaviorism
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Damian,
ReplyDeleteInteresting post regarding behaviour. I subscribe to the theory that if children are misbehaving then my lesson does not meet their needs because it is not aligned with their learning style and/or it is simply boring.
Engagement of learners in life like problem solving contexts reduces the need for rewards and punishments. I have studied and practised Choice Theory and Reality Therapy (Glasser, W) for more than a decade and it aligns perfectly with Engagement theories.
Linda