Saturday, September 29, 2012
Expectations - COMPONENT 3 - Instructor Attitude
Expect more from your students and you will get more from your students. It is proven in all walks of life that high expections yields more and better production. It does not matter what level of student you are dealing with high but reasonable expectations will increase their production in your class. No matter where the bar is set the majority of students will strive to reach it. A student that refuses to perform may not attempt to reach what is expected of him but that student would not have reached any expectation set of him. As long as the expectation is realistic students will attempt to reach it and some will be successful but almost all will reach higher because of the higher expectation. Low expectations, even high performers will only reach for what you set for them.
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I completely agree with this. This is especially true for children in today's society. We need to set high expectations and then demonstrate our belief in their ability to reach those expectations.
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching AP Calculus for 15 years and my students always do exceptionally well on the exam and the number one reason is because I show them I care but the secondis because I have high expectations. They know I care so they attempt to reach my expectations and the majority of them are successful.
DeleteThere is nothing more frustrating than to talk to a teacher who states that she has children that just cannot learn. Her expectation will come true according to the research.
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