What's your approach to student praise? (and shame)

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What's your approach to student praise? (and shame)

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2tone@lemmy.worldM to Teaching@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Dunce Caps Are Gone But Shaming Continues: Data Walls

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Teachers humiliating a student in front of his (more often than “her”) classmates to pay attention or stop misbehavior has existed for centuries. The dunce cap, as a teacher’s tool to m…

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