Midterm 1 Flashcards
Adult-centered/authoritarian Educator
-adults have control
-structured, not flexible, close-ended, focused on teachers needs
Avoidance Educator
-doesn’t get involved, don’t care, no energy
-kids have control
-no accountability for wrongs
-can be flexible
Child-centered Educator
-SHARED control
-gives kids some choices
-problem-solving, communication, teaches kids HOW to think
Who should be in control? Adults? Children?
BOTH!
Family systems theory
-individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another
-families = SYSTEMS of interconnected/independent individuals
-“things you learn @ home, teach you how to interact w/ world”
Open families
-okay w/ change
-talk about things
-close + healthy
-free/ unique
-community
Closed families
-believe sameness/ control keeps people together
-“overly” close (unhealthy)
-arguing inside, step outside= perfect family
5 traits of an open family
- people are celebrated
- relations are nurtured
- communication flows
- rules can be changed
- change is embraced
3 things diff educators can be compared to
-adult centred= brick wall
-avoidance= jellyfish
-child-centred= backbone
How can you disrupt the family system?
-asking questions
-challenge fam rules (ex, curfew)
-respond in diff way then family
-changing urself
Triangles in families/relationships
-A gets upset at B, talks to C , C tells B instead of A
-struggle w/ how to be themselves in a close relationship
- cause DRAMA
what is bias, and where does it come from?
-attitudes/stereotypes/ beliefs we hold towards anything
-comes from culture + social media
Implicit bias
attitudes/ stereotypes/ beliefs occur outside of our conscious awareness/control
-ex, teacher thinks girls not good at math= helps girls more than boys
Explicit bias
attitudes/stereotypes/beliefs we have about person on a conscious level
-ex, racist remarks to a person
What are limits?
- flexible rules in the classroom, edu + kids decide on together
6 guidelines for making limits?
- reasonable
- clear
- consistent
- fair
- patient
- child-orientated
What is mistaken behavior?
-intentional/unintentional action
-causes conflict/contributes to complications in getting conflict solved
3 types of mistaken behavior
- experimentation
- socially infl
- strong needs
Punishment
-giving kid timeout/taking toy away w/out explanation
-teaches kids to:
not trust adults/ bitter, how to lie
Discipline
-teaching kids to learn from their mistakes
-teaches kids to:
actions = consequences
make good choices
self-regulate
Bottom line for punishment vs discipline…
punishment = hurting
discipline = learning
Natural consequences
-an action that happened naturally
Punitive consequences
-punishing kid for mistake/behavior
Logical consequences
-directly related to mistake/ behavior
