Day+3

=__**Day 3 - Punishment and Minds on **__=

I agree with classical behavioural theorist B.F. Skinner who was against classroom punishment. He said, "Punishment often has negative effects in behaviour modification and hence is not used in the classroom." I believe that any punishment techniques, including discipline strategies should be used with care and compassion, or else if too sever, can jeopardize the respect of student for a teacher. Also, in class when 3 people acted out a scenario of punishment within the class, I realized how uncomfortable it was for myself to witness it. I think any public form of punishment can make students uncomfortable; and instead as a teacher identify the unwanted behaviour and discuss ways to correct it. [|Punishment vs discipline]
 * Should punishment be used in the classroom? Defend your answer? **
 * //Video by Alfie Kohn on punishment// [|Punishment]

Educators broadly agree that interest plays an important role in learning. Thus, as an 'interesting' teacher, I would make student learning a fun and memorable experience. I think relating order of operations to a cooking recipe is appealing. For instance, when making macaroni and cheese, there are certain things that need to be done or else the result will be disastrous. For math, the same is true. There are certain directions to be followed. If you do not follow the order of operations, then basically you get over cooked macaroni and cheese = (
 * What will you do when a math concept like "order of operations" is really no that important to learn? How will you sell this topic to the students? **