How do you help the student who doesn't want help?
In one of my classes is a student who lost his mother in a car accident. It seems the father has shut everyone out of his life after the accident so much so that he won't seek help for his son who may have dyslexia. All attempts by the school to offer to diagnose the boy and give him help has been met with animosity. Even offering help without his parent knowledge is rejected. I am not sure if the father has brainwashed the boy so much that he thinks he doesn't need help. Perhaps, the boy was told he could never play football is he had to get help in school.
How can I help him without him realizing he is receiving help? He is very smart, but with his trouble of mixing up letters, I'm afraid he won't reach his full potential.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Facilitating Conversation in the Classroom
I was in class on Tuesday and came across a situation that was a little frustrating.
During a class discussion in my American Literature 1 class, a hush fell over the entire classroom, save myself. I had read the literature and truly enjoyed it, so I was ready, willing, and able to discuss it. There were about two other people who randomly had comments, but as a majority no one had anything to say in analysing the work.
The professor obviously got perturbed by this lack of interest and conversation. He commented, "You all look asleep or uninterested in this reading."
As a student who read the material and was genuinely interested, I felt bad for dominating the conversation, and likewise felt bad for the professor for putting together a class room discussion that did not actually happen.
How do teachers deal with facilitating conversation in the classroom when it is obvious that the students have either not read the material, or are not willing to openly discuss the topic during class.
During a class discussion in my American Literature 1 class, a hush fell over the entire classroom, save myself. I had read the literature and truly enjoyed it, so I was ready, willing, and able to discuss it. There were about two other people who randomly had comments, but as a majority no one had anything to say in analysing the work.
The professor obviously got perturbed by this lack of interest and conversation. He commented, "You all look asleep or uninterested in this reading."
As a student who read the material and was genuinely interested, I felt bad for dominating the conversation, and likewise felt bad for the professor for putting together a class room discussion that did not actually happen.
How do teachers deal with facilitating conversation in the classroom when it is obvious that the students have either not read the material, or are not willing to openly discuss the topic during class.
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