Build a Positive Classroom Environment: Avoid Competition!

Autor/in	Self, Nancy S.
Titel	Build a Positive Classroom Environment: Avoid Competition!
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 85 (2009) 5, S.306- (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
Schlagwörter	Competition; Educational Change; Classroom Environment; Teacher Student Relationship; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Classroom Techniques; Student Attitudes; Morale; Cooperative Learning; Teacher Expectations of Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wettkampf; Bildungsreform; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassenführung; Schülerverhalten; Moral; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	Elementary teachers often instigate competition among their students through such common statements as: "Students who make 100 on the spelling test may have 10 minutes of extra center time" and "The most creatively written story this week will be placed on the bulletin board." While such pronouncements motivate some students into action, they strike fear in the hearts of others and cause them to give up before beginning a task. A positive classroom environment of safety and security may be spoiled unintentionally when a teacher attempts to motivate students to do their best work through competition with their peers. However, competition can have ill effects on academic achievement as well as moral behavior. In this article, the author discusses how to build a positive classroom environment without engaging in a competition. The author offers some examples of new approaches to consider in motivating students and adding pleasure to the learning environment in lieu of competitive contests and games. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10