Haim Ginott
In creating a dynamic and positive learning environment, I feel that having positive relationships between the teacher and the students is highly essential. Not only do these relationships help with the behaviour management of a class but they also contribute to learner’s engagement and them trying harder with their work to impress the teacher. Haim Ginott was a school teacher, psychologist and psychotherapist who believe that the teacher’s personal approach is the most influential element in creating the ‘climate’ that contributes to children behaviour in the classroom, whether that being positive or negative (Manning and Bucher, 2001). His idea that the behaviour and language of the instructor sets the tone for learning in the …show more content…
In my philosophy, I discuss why group work is important is gaining group skills but also individual skills for learning. Lev Semenovich Vygotsky, was a psychologist who is recognized for the development known as the Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development (HQ, 2017). He has three major themes; that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition (Instructionaldesign.org, n.d.), the more knowledgeable other, and the zone of proximal development (Learning Theories, …show more content…
He also mentions that important learning by children, occurs through social interaction with a skilful individual, who models behaviours and/or provides verbal instructions to the child. This is collaborative dialogue, where children try and seek an understanding of the actions or instructions then internalizes the information, using it to guide or regulate their own performance (McLeod, 2007). In the classroom, we assume that the skilful individual would always be the teacher, however that is not always the case and links up to Vygotsky’s second theme of the more knowledgeable other.
The More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) refers to someone who has a better understanding or higher ability level than the learner, with respect to a particular task, process or concept (McLeod, 2007). Most of the time, in a classroom setting the teacher would be the MKO, however there are times that a child’s peers or another adult might take that title. That’s why conducting group work and discussions in the classroom are important because not every second does the teacher need to be teaching, the students can take the role as the MKO and help one another and solve without the teachers
In creating a dynamic and positive learning environment, I feel that having positive relationships between the teacher and the students is highly essential. Not only do these relationships help with the behaviour management of a class but they also contribute to learner’s engagement and them trying harder with their work to impress the teacher. Haim Ginott was a school teacher, psychologist and psychotherapist who believe that the teacher’s personal approach is the most influential element in creating the ‘climate’ that contributes to children behaviour in the classroom, whether that being positive or negative (Manning and Bucher, 2001). His idea that the behaviour and language of the instructor sets the tone for learning in the …show more content…
In my philosophy, I discuss why group work is important is gaining group skills but also individual skills for learning. Lev Semenovich Vygotsky, was a psychologist who is recognized for the development known as the Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development (HQ, 2017). He has three major themes; that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition (Instructionaldesign.org, n.d.), the more knowledgeable other, and the zone of proximal development (Learning Theories, …show more content…
He also mentions that important learning by children, occurs through social interaction with a skilful individual, who models behaviours and/or provides verbal instructions to the child. This is collaborative dialogue, where children try and seek an understanding of the actions or instructions then internalizes the information, using it to guide or regulate their own performance (McLeod, 2007). In the classroom, we assume that the skilful individual would always be the teacher, however that is not always the case and links up to Vygotsky’s second theme of the more knowledgeable other.
The More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) refers to someone who has a better understanding or higher ability level than the learner, with respect to a particular task, process or concept (McLeod, 2007). Most of the time, in a classroom setting the teacher would be the MKO, however there are times that a child’s peers or another adult might take that title. That’s why conducting group work and discussions in the classroom are important because not every second does the teacher need to be teaching, the students can take the role as the MKO and help one another and solve without the teachers