Double Journal #5

“The worst violator and the one that is most difficult for teachers to handle is the loud student. Confident in his own brilliance, hugely vocal, and often male, the dominant student does not seem to hear what another student or even the teacher has to say in discussion, so intent is he on presenting his own views. He speaks as if he has nothing to learn from others.”

• ·         Every class has the potential student that this quote describes. It is very important for the teacher to gain control of this situation early. I feel if a teacher is able to “nip it in the butt” and shut it down early in the year that it will help keep the class running smooth. Thought doing that will not solve the problem completely, even the loud student has relapses. If the teacher remains firm with this student should only be a small relapse. That type of student can really hinder how the other students take involvement in the class. Everyone should feel comfortable to interact in class but with a loud mouth rude kid, it could cause kids to be silent.

Reverent listening is portrayed by the teacher everyone likes and respects. Not because the class is easy but because of the characteristics that the teacher has and uses during their time with the students. They teach with great passion and love for the topic that they are teaching. Also the teacher respects and really shows that he/she cares what the students have to say. Teachers that show these characteristics are you ideal teachers in inclusive classrooms. They make everyone feel like they belong in the classroom and what they have to say is important and will be listened too.

“Reverent listening is not to be confused with humiliation and domination by others who force us to listen, and even less so, with the kind of incompetence that wants to be told what to do.”

• ·         This quote is the opposite of what reverent listening is. I can remember when teachers would treat the students who really did know what was going on like that. They wanted to learn and they couldn’t grasp what was being thrown at them. So instead of listening to their questions they just would quite them, treat them like idiots, and make them get down on their selves. This would cause the student to fall behind, then the student wouldn’t pay attention. Now the teacher would consider him the “bad kid.” He wouldn’t be the bad kid he, he was the kid who was suppose to act like he knew what was going on

 There is a book about teaching with these methods. The book is titles Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness