The
risk taking in classrooms gives an image of a comfortable environment in the
class; its foundation is built on inner beliefs about the real meaning of
errors, the speed differences in learning, and the need for an individual to
learn alone as opposed to working with other classmates and getting help from
them.
There are several ways to strengthen the climate for risk taking in the
class:
- Errors: most students think about errors as signs of weakness and not having the ability to answer like others. It’s the teachers’ mission to help them behave with mistakes as opportunities to do better tasks.
- Speed: students also believe that the faster someone can solve a task, the brighter he is, and do not give attention to the quality and subject of the work.
- Getting feedback and help: most students think that good ones do the task by themselves, without any help from others or from the teacher. Getting the students involved into groups help them to ask for help from each others, so any miss understanding every student can ask his teammates for help.
- Effort and ability: this overcome to the theory of intelligence, where students think that intelligence is fixed and born inside everyone, and not evenly distributed among people. That is why there are bright students who are able to get the information from the first time.
taking chances could be really frustrating when the teacher puts the student's ideas down, or rather mock their opinions, if not anything students lose the urge of participation in class which could be a real let down for their advancement, i believe that this alone require an entire level of knowledge of student-teacher communication.
ReplyDeleteRisk taking allow the students to try something new and to share their thoughts with others with more confidence. Students will learn more from their own and their friends' mistake. It needs to apply specific stages of classroom climate and relationships among students and with the teacher before implementing risk taking.
ReplyDeleteAs long as the teacher avoid increasing the affective filter of the child , he/she will participate . They need to feel safe .
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