25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them by Orange, Carolyn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Foreword Preface to the Second Editon

Acknowledgments

About the Author Introduction

1. DISCIPLINE

Mistake 1: Inappropriate Discipline Strategies

Scenario 1.1: Actions Scream Louder Than Words Scenario 1.2: Clean in Thought, Word, and “Backtalk” Scenario 1.3: Nose, Toes, Anything Goes Scenario 1.4: Sticky Business Scenario 1.5: Nosing Around in the Corner Scenario 1.6: Sneaking a Peek Scenario 1.7: Water Sprites Strike Scenario 1.8: Give a Hand, Get a Hand Scenarios 1.9, 1.10, and 1.11: Knuckle Whackers Scenario 1.12: The Lineup Scenario 1.13: Attila the Nun Scenario 1.14: Injustice and Punishment for All Scenarios 1.15 and 1.16: Dubious Misdeeds Scenario 1.17: Pay Attention!!! Scenario 1.18: Cheating Exposé Scenario 1.19: Biting in Self-Defense Scenario 1.20: No Apology Needed Scenarios 1.21 and 1.22: No Explanations, Please Scenario 1.23: Whodunit? Scenarios 1.24 and 1.25: Sitting Ducks Scenario 1.26: Boys Will Be Boys Scenario 1.27: Copious Copying Scenario 1.28: Assault With a Deadly Playground Scenario 1.29: Punishment Befitting the Crime Scenario 1.30: Old Betsy and What’s Her Name

Mistake 2: Physical Aggression

Scenario 2.1: Punishment or Perversion? Scenario 2.2: Pit Bully Scenario 2.3: Putting the Squeeze On Scenario 2.4: The Hair-Raiser Scenarios 2.5 and 2.6: Perils of Paddling Scenario 2.7: Go for It Scenario 2.8: Handle With Care Scenario 2.9: Pupil Plucking Scenario 2.10: Sweet Smile of Sorrow

Mistake 3: Purposeful Alienation

Scenario 3.1: Scapegoat Scandal

Mistake 4: Public Ridicule

Scenario 4.1: Confession ≠ Contrition Scenario 4.2: Don’t Bother to Raise Your Hand Scenario 4.3: Adding Insult to an Unjust Injury Scenario 4.4: Saving a Red Face Scenario 4.5: Old School—1899 or New School—1999? Scenario 4.6: If You Muse, You Lose Scenario 4.7: To Laugh or Not to Laugh, That Is the Question

2. TEACHER–STUDENT RELATIONS

Mistake 5: Favoritism

Scenario 5.1: Snob Appeal Scenario 5.2: Sugar, Spice, and Very Smart Scenario 5.3: Teacher’s Pet

Mistake 6: Physiological Discrimination

Scenario 6.1: The Antifat Motive Scenario 6.2: Writing Well at Any Cost Scenario 6.3: Blurred-Eye View Scenario 6.4: Discrimination by Isolated Exits Scenario 6.5: Baby and the Beast Scenarios 6.6 and 6.7: Stuff and Nonsense

Mistake 7: Personal Attacks

Scenario 7.1: Derailment on the College Track Scenario 7.2: Risqué Rumor Scenario 7.3: Job’s Comforter Scenario 7.4: Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Worst Student of All?

Mistake 8: Inappropriate Teacher–Student Relationships

Scenario 8.1: My Teacher, My Friend? Scenario 8.2: A Wolf in Teacher’s Clothing

Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment

Scenario 9.1: A Holy Terror Scenario 9.2: It’s Snowing Down South Scenario 9.3: Sins of Big Sister Visited on Little Sister Mistake 10: Racial and Cultural Discrimination Scenario 10.1: Cross-Cultural Confusion Scenario 10.2: Cinderella in the Classroom Scenario 10.3: English-Only Spoken Here Scenario 10.4: The Transparent Mask of Prejudice Scenario 10.5: Separate and Unequal Treatment Scenario 10.6: Lesson in Oppression Scenario 10.7: Culture Clash Mistake 11: Humiliation Scenario 11.1: Chalkboard Etiquette Scenario 11.2: Be Still and the Shame Will Settle Scenario 11.3: Shake, Baby, Shake Scenario 11.4: Girls Will Be Girls Scenario 11.5: Tomāto or Tomäto? Pēcan or Pecän? Mistake 12: Inappropriate Classroom Policies Scenario 12.1: New Kid on the School Block Scenario 12.2: Banished to the Underworld Scenario 12.3: It’s Now or Never Scenario 12.4: One for You and One for You and None for You Scenario 12.5: Sour Note Switch Scenario 12.6: Broken Bones: Give the Student a Break Scenario 12.7: The Shaming of the Crew Scenario 12.8: Last Picks Scenario 12.9: Speak First, Think Later

Scenario 12.10: The Perils and Pearls of Mandatory Attendance Scenario 12.11: Sounding Off Scenario 12.12: “Loser of the Week”: A Real Loser Scenario 12.13: Only “Smart” Questions, Please Scenario 12.14: Help Wanted Scenario 12.15: Off on a Tangent Scenario 12.16: Worksheet Workout Scenario 12.17: Let Your Fingers Do the Reading Scenario 12.18: Rigid Mortis Scenario 12.19: Almost Perfect Attendance

Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting Practices Scenarios 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, and 13.6: You’re All Wet Scenario 13.7: Wait, Wait . . . Too Late Scenario 13.8: Right of Privacy: None of Your Business Scenario 13.9: Pass the Pass Pronto

Scenario 13.10: Toilet Tyrant

Mistake 14: Inappropriate Educational Strategies Scenario 14.1: Gifted: One Who Walks on Water Scenario 14.2: I Don’t Know, I’m Just the Teacher Scenario 14.3: Get Thee to the Second Grade! Scenario 14.4: Standing the Test of Time Scenario 14.5: Math Mania Scenario 14.6: No Play, You Pay Scenario 14.7: Prime Time Scenario 14.8: Once More, With Feeling Scenario 14.9: Teacher, Can You Spare a Sign?

Scenario 14.10: Wait a Minute or Two or Three Scenario 14.11: No Excuses. . . . EVER! Scenario 14.12: Competition Isn’t Always Good Scenario 14.13: Keep Working, Rain, Shine, Sleet, or Divorce Scenario 14.14: I’m Writing as Fast as I Can Scenario 14.15: Reading Reticence: To Read or Not to Read Scenario 14.16: No Make-Up; I’ll Take a Powder Scenario 14.17: Can’t You See That I Can’t See? Scenario 14.18: Small but Mighty Scenario 14.19: Anything Worth Doing Is Not Worth Doing Well Scenario 14.20: Ready, Willing, and Able Scenario 14.21: Talk, Talk, Talk Scenario 14.22: Here an “F,” There an “F,” Everywhere an “F,” “F” Scenario 14.23: Academic “Payday” Scenario 14.24: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again, and Again, and Again

Mistake 15: Inappropriate Assessment Scenario 15.1: Test Error: Demotion to Promotion Scenario 15.2: “F”: Feedback or Folly? Scenario 15.3: I Am Not My Brother’s Keeper Scenario 15.4: Caustic Critique Scenario 15.5: Being Taught Red-Handed Scenario 15.6: Group Consequences: All or Nothing Scenario 15.7: Inflexible, Indifferent, Illogical, and Inaccurate Scenario 15.8: Tragedy on the Classroom Stage Mistake 16: Teacher Insensitivity Scenario 1 6.1: Seeing Red Scenario 1 6.2: And the “Winner” Is Scenario 1 6.3: Name Sweet Name Scenario 16.4: Exit Front and Center Stage Scenario 1 6.5: Eye to Swollen Eye Scenario 16.6: Diagnosis: Faking Scenario 16.7: When the Bough Cracks Scenario 16.8: The Bereaved Must Leave Scenario 16.9: Children Must Be Seen and Heard

Scenario 16.10: Stripped of Protective Coating Scenario 16.11: Turning a Deaf Ear to Bullyragging

Mistake 17: Academic Shortcomings Scenario 17.1: Shame and Punishment Scenario 17.2: Ducking the Stoning Incident Scenario 17.3: A Know-a-Little and a Know-It-All Scenario 17.4: Academic Inquisition Scenario 17.5: Jumping to a Gender-Biased Conclusion Scenarios 17.6 and 17.7: Tread Lightly, but Do Tread Scenario 17.8: All Talk and No Teaching Scenario 17.9: Don’t Know Fall From Autumn

Scenario 17.10: Teaching Solo Students Can’t Hear You Scenario 17.11: The Incarceration of Originality

Mistake 18: Poor Administration Scenario 18.1: Duped Dancers Mistake 19: Teacher Reputation Scenario 19.1: Fearsome Reputations Often Precede People Mistake 20: Teacher Misjudgment Scenario 20.1: Shrinking Violet or Conceited Prima Donna? Scenario 20.2: Damsel in Distress? Scenario 20.3: Trust Me at Your Own Risk Scenario 20.4: The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts Scenario 20.5: Excluded! Scenario 20.6: To Err Is Human, to Admit It Is Divine Scenario 20.7: It’s Gobbledygook to Me Scenario 20.8: Your Crime, My Time Mistake 21: Teacher Bias or Expectations Scenario 21.1: Once a Clown, Always a Clown Scenario 21.2: Dark Comedy of Gender Bias Scenario 21.3: Justice for All Scenario 21.4: Extraterrestrial Terror Scenario 21.5: Liar, Liar, Your Habit’s on Fire Scenario 21.6: Cheater Watch Mistake 22: Unethical Behavior Scenarios 22.1 and 22.2: Keep Hope Alive Scenario 22.3: Out in the Cold Scenario 22.4: Bloody Secret Scenario 22.5: A Lesson in Deception Scenario 22.6: Sneaky Snacking Scenario 22.7: Teacher Goes AWOL Scenario 22.8: Sleepy Slacker Mistake 23: False Accusations Scenario 23.1: Do Send a Girl to Do a Man’s Work Scenarios 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 23.5: Arbitrary Scapegoats Mistake 24: Inappropriate Reactions Scenario 24.1: Volunteer or Else! Scenario 24.2: Silence Is Not Always Golden Scenario 24.3: Abandoning the Band Scenario 24.4: Oops! Too Bad for You Scenario 24.5: The Smoke Detector Scenario 24.6: What’s My Name? Scenario 24.7: Copycat? Mistake 25: Sexual Harassment Scenario 25.1: Scratch My Back, I’ll Scratch Yours Scenario 25.2: Let the Student Beware Scenario 25.3: Biting Remarks Beget Big Bucks Scenario 25.4: Bottoms Up Scenario 25.5: Chest Nut Roasts Student

3. CLASSROOM POLICIES AND PRACTICES 4. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND INSTRUCTION 5. PERSONALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM 6. TEACHING STYLE AND BEHAVIOR 7. TEACHER CONFESSIONS OF WORST TREATMENT OF A CHILD: THEIR MOTIVES AND FEELINGS Why Good Teachers Mistreat Students: Their Motives and Feelings Underlying Causes and Reasons That Some Teachers Mistreat Students The Triggers or Emotional Catalysts for Aberrant Teacher Behavior Hidden Hazards: Negative Outcomes of Student Mistreatment How to Avoid Making the 25 Biggest Mistakes Further Thoughts on Avoiding Mistakes

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