Project Preparation – Reflective Journal Entry
This week, you will complete your second reflective journal entry. Add this unit’s journal entry to the template that you began in Unit 2.
Journal Topic
Think about what you have learned this week about communicating expectations to students both positively and negatively. Reflect on a situation in which you were positively recognized by your peers or a teacher for a task that you did skillfully. Then reflect on a time that the use of negative recognition and chronicling of behavior has been used in your presence (either by a teacher of yours, or by a teacher who you observed). How effective were these positive and negative communication techniques in reinforcing or changing your behavior?
Using Cues
Based on the learning you have done this week, what are the types of cues that you plan to implement in your classroom? What will you do when you do not have 100 percent of your students’ attention? Do you have a finish word that you like? Explain why you are making the choices you that you are.
Managing Through Effective Instruction
In this week’s readings, you learned about instructional practices that:
- Promote a growth-oriented versus fixed ability orientation.
- Promote or undermine a sense of acceptance and belonging.
- Promote or undermine an internal locus of control.
In which of these categories do you believe you are the most proficient? Provide examples from your practice to support your choice. In which of these categories do you believe you need the most improvement? What are some things that you might do to begin to improve your practice in that category?
