Questioning a student and sticking with him/her

Dear reader,

One of the skills I apply for the Skilful Teacher course is to stick with a student when questioning. The idea is to inisist that a student that was picked answers a question despite being unsure of the answer.

If the selected students struggles, the teacher should (i) prompt the student or (ii) allow the student to check around from answers or poll his/her friends. After the student finally answers correctly, the teacher should get the student to answer the question again, this time all by him/herself.

This shows that we do not give up on the student.

Thanks,
Reuben

The problem with being a buddy

Dear reader,

Some of my peers have remarked that I have established a quite potent buddy-buddy system of discipline. However, upon reflection, I am beginning to think my methodology is wrong in the first place.

I forgot to model true authority-- we should learn to have at least a higher respect for our leaders, regardless of who they are. Instead, I have been teaching students to respect authority because of potential benefits they might received.

My teaching and management should be more principled next time.