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DEFINITION 1
I am about to read you a persuasive speech, on a topic most of you would
disagree upon. That it feels like I am out to a ttack the teachers of this wonderful
nation, but in reality I am speaking the mind of the unheard, the kids who sit in
the back of the classroom. I am here to pers uade you on teachers, and how to
make their student teacher relationships bett er. In a recent survey taken by
students themselves only 48% of students think their teachers care about them.
And sadly only only 45% of students think te achers care if they are absent from
school according to teaching.monster.com In these findings I think teachers can
and should work harder to ensure that stude nts know they are important, valued,
missed, and cared for.
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DEFINITION 2
One student who faced these kinds of hardships told a researcher
that the greatest thing a teacher c an do is to care and to
understand. Because if not, he said, t he kid will say, Oh, theyre
giving up on me, so I might as well give up on myself. Researchers
have found four ways a teacher can show they care. The first one
being getting to know the student ge nuinely, and getting to know
the life they live on a daily basis.
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DEFINITION 3
This especially goes for if the student comes from a culture, or
socio background. Numerous studies have showed that cultural
misunderstanding can affect studen ts and their learning. So take
time out of your day, maybe do an int erest inventory on all the
students, or even visit their homes/n eighborhood. That is one thing
that can go a long way with some of t he students, and can help
you touch on a deeper base with the students.
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DEFINITION 4
Another thing you can do is actively listen to your students, actively
listening to them is a meaning of find a gre ater meaning behind what
they are saying. And then after you find w hat they are meant to say
doing check ins with the student on a regul ar basis could go a long way.
We understand as a student body that it's not a teacher's job to do check
up with the students, but some student rea lly do need that extra check to
go a long way. Having the chaos in the cla ssroom, having that extra time
set aside to do a check up with a student c an really help a student voice
what they have yet to understand in the cla ss.
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DEFINITION 5
The next thing recommended to do is to a lways ask for feedback,
whether it be on subject, or just random. B y having this time to write
down what concerns and what confuses the student, and then you read
those, it shows the student that you truly do value their opinion. Having
something like a forum to provide construc tive and timely feedback --
criticism or praise -- through taking social m edia to your advantage like a
group Google Doc, Twitter, helps you impr ove your teaching. It also helps
students, emphasize their feelings and it sh ows that learning is about
partnership and working together.
