Please post some comments about how you handle swearing in the classroom. I just want to know some of your tactics. Are there different standards in the PE setting? Say you have an intense game of pickle ball unfolding and you have an intense student who misses a serve, is this any different?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Shit!
ReplyDeleteMy cooperating teacher sends them into the hallway, leaving them unsupervised. I'm not sure this is the best tactic, but it usually works.
ReplyDeleteI would be having a chat about appropriateness and sportsmanship. Sometimes, given a student's living environment, the words are often used and it is hard to break one of the habit when under stress (like a missed shot.) Sometimes, just talking to a students and presenting it as a bad habit to break takes the action out of the idea that your are judging them as "bad" but that it is a habit we need to break. It has worked for me. The students I have worked with admit that it is a habit...not something they chose to say deliberately.
ReplyDeleteSorry about typing--it is early!@$##$
ReplyDeleteI think swearing is not okay in the school setting, regardless of it being PE or another subject.
ReplyDeleteI think it goes back to helping the students become prepared for their future. For most jobs, it is not okay to drop the 'F' bomb if you get upset. So, I think that an intense game of pickle ball would be a great time to work on self control.
We can all ultimately control what we do, In fact, that is about all we will ever be able to control. Lets start having the students work on it now. No swearing, No exception!
I think it is important to stay consistant. it doenst matter if you are in a sit down classroom or a PE class i dont think it is ever appropriate for students to be swearing. During my classes if i haer someone swear i give them the choice of a Wednesday school or push-ups. The never choose wednesday school but we can get into trouble if we dont give them the option.
ReplyDeleteIn the college setting, swearing generally isn't a big issue,so I have never had to deal with it. But I think all behavioral issues are best resolved by preventative measures. If you explain the difference between acceptable and unacceptable classroom behavior in advance,inappropriate behavior is less likely to occur. Explain your classroom policy at the beginning of each semester/year and remind your students of your expectations occasionally. Be upfront about the consequences as well. Todd Swan makes a great point that behavioral issues are a matter of volition, i.e. students choose to behave in a certain way; they have agency, and they need to be aware of the consequences of their actions. This translates directly to citizenship because students who take responsibility for their actions tend to make better citizens. And in the end, education is as much about evolving as a person as it is about learning any particular skill.
ReplyDeleteDentinger