tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post4585980173559935547..comments2024-03-19T00:04:13.541-04:00Comments on Successful Teaching: Natural Consequencesloonyhikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-35178068743107852172010-04-28T06:28:27.449-04:002010-04-28T06:28:27.449-04:00@VKT I'm not sure I understand your stick syst...@VKT I'm not sure I understand your stick system. Could you explain it further? It sounds interesting.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-11155426992250506172010-04-28T06:27:47.559-04:002010-04-28T06:27:47.559-04:00@mweisburg I agree. Teachers need to work out thin...@mweisburg I agree. Teachers need to work out things for themselves too. I think we get complacent because we are so used to someone telling us every step to take and we stop thinking for ourselves.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-83221868097871808842010-04-27T20:39:48.199-04:002010-04-27T20:39:48.199-04:00That is a tough question. I have a stick system in...That is a tough question. I have a stick system in kindergarten. If you pull three sticks, you have to pull a stick. It just about breaks my heart when a child gets three warnings and cries not to have to pull a stick...but...I know that they need parameters and consequences. I have seen teachers take it to the extreme though. I know one teacher who won't teach a skill over if the child gets VKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017490749224577620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-19179730020705954752010-04-27T09:17:41.591-04:002010-04-27T09:17:41.591-04:00Great topic. It's so hard to know when to let ...Great topic. It's so hard to know when to let kids (and others, too) make sub-optimal decisions, but decisions that are theirs.<br /><br />I think schools systems have the same issue with the way they treat teachers. Prescribing lesson plans, testing, etc. takes away the whole sense of ownership and the ability to learn to teach.mweisburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16318750204253355755noreply@blogger.com