1、Student Life in School and Home,Chapter 3 in Sadker and Zittleman,Rules, Rituals, & Routines,What does a school day look like from a teachers perspective?Planning Accountability Bureacracy Excitement about Lessons Concern for Individual students Distractions,What does a school day look like from a s
2、tudents perspective?,Routines Sitting Listening Activity Social Connections Distractions Desire to succeed Boredom,I sat silently in classrooms,10% of the time 75% of the time Almost never 50% of the time,Socialization How Important is it in American Schools?,Should concern us minimally It is a posi
3、tive contribution to society Distracts us from learning Is part of democracy Some combination of the above,Delay and Social Distraction,Causes? Responses?Socio-cultural approaches Scaffolding Constructivism Authenticity,Approaches to the Clock,Traditional 7-8 period day Block Scheduling Modular Sche
4、duling Home-schooling,Which schedule did you experience in middle school / high school,Blocks Modular / rotation Traditional Home schooled,Gatekeeping,Structures and authority / power dynamics put teacher in this role. Teacher is active, students are passive.How can a teacher make gatekeeping less o
5、f the day?How can schools limit this tendency?,Types of Grouping in Schools,Heterogeneous Homogeneous Tracking Detracking Inclusion Mainstreaming Ability Grouping,Socio-cultural Factors,De Facto grouping Includes de facto segregationSocial construction of genderIncludes the gender wall,Socio-cultura
6、l Factors,Societal AttitudesRacism Classism Status,In my school.,Race was a major concern Race was a minor concern Race was hardly a question #1) and I experienced racist behavior,My high school included groups with fairly rigid identities and boundaries,For Sure Not so much I was ok with it Adults
7、ignored it Some combination of these,Families, the Economy and Schools,Stereotypical versions of the ideal family (aka as the Cleavers) are not always the case:Children are the poorest group in U.S. Intact traditional families are less than 6% of American households 1 in 5 children are in single hou
8、sehold families,“Your Job doesnt include dealing with their family life.”,When is this not the case? What is pedagogically the reality? What is philosophically the hope? When or where do you draw the line?,Which of these were you most aware of in your school district?,Homelessness Sexuality and teen
9、 pregnancy AIDS / HIV Dropouts Substance Use Teen suicide,My School addressed gender and sexual identity,Well with sensitivity and student involvement Avoided these issues Made a mess of these issues These issues dont belong in schools,Homework?,Too Much None Not enough to prepare for college Busywork Crucial for learning,Schools As Affective Institutions,Schools, while institutions, are about people (children) Research suggests the importance of affect to learning Advising Student Organizations Assets Theory (Search Institute),
