Safe Learning Environments: Preventing Child Abuse
Research has found that successful child abuse interventions must both reduce risk factors and promote protective factors to ensure well-being of the child.
Protective factors are conditions in families, schools and communities that, when present, increase the health and well-being of children and provide them with safe learning environments. They are attributes that serve […]
Creating Positive Classroom Rules
In order to create an environment of learning, it is important to enforce positive classroom rules. These rules would provide students with positive behavior models to follow. The positive classroom rules need to be designed with certain principles in mind.
Be limited in number (eg. 4-5) so that students can remember them with ease. […]
Why Use Skype in the Classroom
Skype is a free tool that can be downloaded onto any computer. It allows the user to make free video or voice calls over the Internet. Any two computer users with skype accounts and webcams can see and hear each other.
The possibilities of using Skype in the classroom are practically endless! A teacher […]
How to Enhance Student Interaction in the Classroom
Often the crucial element in a classroom that aids the learning process of the child is student interaction. Students who are full participants in the flow of group instructions are likely to be well-behaved as well as academically engaged.
Following are some ideas to maintain student interaction during group lessons:
Match the difficulty level of […]
Protecting the Child Against Abuse: Identifying the Characteristics of Child Abusers
As a teacher, child abuse has and always will be a major concern. It is important that we do all we can to protect the child from abuse. Identifying the characteristics of child abusers helps us identity possible situations of abuse.
However identifying child abusers isn’t easy. People are unique and it is not […]
