The Importance of Teaching the Behaviors You Want to See - by @DavidGeurin | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
How do you respond when students don't exhibit the behaviors you would like to see? Do you tell students they need to change? Do you lecture them about responsibility or respect? Do you complain to your colleagues about kids these days? Do you punish or reward?



How effective are those options? Telling doesn't work. Lectures create distance. Complaining doesn't empower anyone. And rewards and punishments mostly work only to get compliance and not to build better better behavioral skills.