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Creating a Dynamic Classroom
A Programme to Develop Co-Operative Behaviour for 9 to 14 Year Olds
- Michael Hyman - New Mexico State University, USA
May 2004 | 146 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
`Easily accessible, it has excellent resources (enhanced by the inclusion of a CD disc which will print out your worksheets for you) and the activities are highly relevant. One such is 'active listening' – whereby students are taught how to listen using body language, silence, summarizing and re-stating – these are communication skills that we could all benefit from learning, not least those who are seated in the House of Commons debating chamber' - Nurturing Potential
A lack of social and emotional competence can prevent the development of meaningful relationships and can contribute to low self-esteem, aggressiveness and depression. This programme provides a clear structure to assist teachers to develop in student groups:
} open communication and co-operation
} decision-making
} confronting problems effectively
} acceptance of others
} responsibility for ones own learning and behaviour.
This 20-session programme motivates young people to:
} participate actively in learning
} behave more appropriately
} co-operate more effectively.
Introduction
PART ONE: ORIENTATION
PART TWO: ESTABLISHING NORMS
PART THREE: CONFLICT
PART FOUR: PRODUCTIVITY
PART FIVE: ENDINGS
