Interactions

The Basics
- Be friendly and happy
- Get students attention by being enticing
- Motivate interest by stimulating the senses
- StageĀ and jump between appropriateĀ processes for the interaction.
- Break interaction into actionable steps
- Build procedural knowledge through modelling and repetition
- Observe micro-development andĀ REDUCE critical breaksĀ
- Adjust time for ability and interest
- IncorporateĀ groups to increase time-in-interactionĀ
- Repeat the EAT (Exercise, Activity, Task ) till students have internalize the stepsĀ
- Model the means to maintain a positive experience
- Define roles that empower responsibilities
- ChallengeĀ mastery, autonomy and creative control
Links
- edutopia – Tone of Voice
- TEFL Training Institute –Ā Independent Play in English with young learnersĀ
- Teach Thought – What it Means to Teach
- Very Well Family – Non-Verbal Skills
- Wikipedia – Linguistic Landscapes
- Hechinger Report – Guided Play VS. Direct Instruction
- Dark Horse Podcast – Chapter 11 – Recover from Helicopter Parenting
- JPP – Messages for Parents with Jordan Peterson
Moving Forward
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