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Etched in Jello. ... Easy enough eh? This is the beginning of my teaching
intervention technique, so everything is still etched in jello. ...
Submitted by EtchedinJello on August 15, 2006
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After reading the book, Cooperative Discipline, by Linda Albert, I was more aware of the teacher's interventions used to modify the student's behaviors. This observation took place in June 2006, at De La Salle High school. It is a coed, catholic, paraochial, high school in uptown New Orleans. Located in a middle to upper middle class neighborhood on St. Charles avenue. The name I use for my first teacher (since he has long hair) will be Mr. Fabio. Now, Mr. Fabio teaches Science and the topic of the day was matter. The lesson lesson lasted two hours with worksheet assignments handed out for the students to complete before class was through. There were nine students in the class; all were repeating the course in summer school. One particular student, I'll call "Elvis", was displaying attention-seeking behavior. He was very talkative, fidgety, looking out of the window and what was happening outside; however, the commotion was distracting even for the teacher. Mr. Fabio refused to acknowledge Elvis when he turned and looked out of the window or started talking to another student. The behavior would stop for a little while then would start up again. I counted three times Mr. Fabio refused to respond. On the fourth disturbance, getting out of desk and walking over to another student while Mr. Fabio turned around, Elvis was moved. He put out into the hallway where he wouldn't have inclusion with the other students. Elvis lost his freedom of interaction with other students. This was unexpected by anyone when Mr. Fabio ceased teaching temporarily to move a desk for Elvis into the hallway. Elvis got the attention he wanted, and the rest of the class could move on with the lesson. Occasionally, Elvis would reenter the room to ask some inane question about his work. I think he got lonely in the hallway. He wasn't able to return to the class until he had finished his assignment and taken a makeup quiz. This was his restitution to the teacher in order to return to the class....
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