John's Tumbelog
This is the tumblelog of John Johnston, a teacher at Sandaig Primary in Glasgow.
A Random Tumble
My main blog is John @ Sandaig
A Random Tumble
My main blog is John @ Sandaig
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TannerVision via kwout
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04:32 jgates513 : in an environment where the right click is disabled abd wikis are blocked, is a conversation about cell phones in the classroom worth the time?
See in the comment stream of Will Richardson’s interview of Clay Shirky
Jul 05
“ I don’t want Twitter to become a responsibility; I like having a casual relationship with it. I read tweets when I want to, and ignore things I’ve missed most of the time. I’ve already got people asking me if I get their replies or direct messages on Twitter - I know it will only get worse if reliability improves.
Jun 29
“ Ask a teacher or a school which learning theory governs their practice and they will be hard put to give a coherent reply. Yet reflect upon the observable practice and the dominant model will have behaviourist undertones, where we believe that we can influence a child’s behaviour through the consistent aplication of rewards and sanctions. Through this process we can make children reflect upon their behaviour with a view to them developing an understanding of what constitutes good behaviour. If we look at how most schools and classrooms are organised we can see such a model permeating our practice. However, Attachment Theory suggests that such a model cannot influence a child who has not experienced secure parenting, nor formed a secure relationship in their early years. If we reflect upon what adults are doing with children under 3 we can characterise good parenting as being caring and empathetic. Recent brain research shows that the brain does not develop the same in an environment where the child has not experienced a secure parenting environment. So such things as neglect and abuse; overt family conflict; hostile and rejecting relationships; or death and loss can all disrupt the normal secure attachment that a child requires to properly develop.
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Don Ledingham’s Learning Log » Blog Archive » Attachment Theory
A good fit with what I see at school daily. We have a nuture unit at Sandaig to try and help.
