As I stated earlier, stop talking when class noise is
distracting, and don't start again until noise stops. Don't
request anything ... just stand there philosophically.
How does one stand there philosophically?
Could you provide an illustration?
Does a pipe help
Hi
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, James Guinee wrote:
As I stated earlier, stop talking when class noise is
distracting, and don't start again until noise stops. Don't
request anything ... just stand there philosophically.
How does one stand there philosophically?
Could you
For an excellent example of crowd control, watch the movie The Butterfly a
Spanish movie widely available. The protagonist is a teacher in a Spanish
school during the Spanish Civil War. A beautiful, if sad, movie overall, but
the scene important to this discussion occurs in a one room school
Hi
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, James Guinee wrote:
As I stated earlier, stop talking when class noise is
distracting, and don't start again until noise stops. Don't
request anything ... just stand there philosophically.
How does one stand there philosophically?
Could you provide
Hi
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, don allen wrote:
Maybe I'm getting too old crusty for this job,
I'm no youngster myself!
but I'm not sure that I understand the rationale of Don't
embarrass talkers. These people are being rude and
disruptive. There isn't one of them who doesn't know that it
is
The old fashioned way was to arrange a thin piece of plastic on a clamp, take
some dental impression compound (Kerr brand, if I recall correctly, a kind of
wax), soften it in warm water, mold it around the piece of plastic, and have
the subject bite down on it. When it cools and hardens, the
I love how this message reads in the context of the subject line: Re. Class
noise.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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From: Donald H. McBurney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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of the subject line: Re. Class
noise.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
The old fashioned way was to arrange a thin piece of plastic on a clamp,
take
some dental impression compound (Kerr brand, if I recall correctly, a kind
of
wax), soften it in warm water, mold it around the piece of plastic
That is interesting, Charlotte. Having never had the opportunity to
grow up in -- or even visit -- Hawaii, I would have never known of that
culture clash.
Thinking about it, I am sure there are other cases where the same clash
would occur. I am equally sure that I would be unlikely to
TIPsters:
Due to confluence of circumstances, I haven't taught a large section in a
few years, but I'll pass along another strategy for noise control in large
classrooms.
A faculty member in another department on our campus uses this strategy: If
the noise level gets annoying, he gives one
Hi
Glad to hear that a soft, personal approach worked. I did some
searching of psychinfo and the internet, including various
teaching-related links I had previously connected, without a lot
of success. I did find the following list of suggestions at:
, September 19, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: Class noise
Hi
Glad to hear that a soft, personal approach worked. I did some
searching of psychinfo and the internet, including various
teaching-related links I had previously connected, without a lot
of success. I did find the following list
Jim- That link (included below took me to the index page (just a list of pages). Did
the link you used intend to go to:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm
If so you can actually get to the whole site at:
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From: jim clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: Class noise
Hi
Glad to hear that a soft, personal approach worked. I did some
searching of psychinfo and the internet, including
As I stated earlier, stop talking when class noise is
distracting, and don't start again until noise stops. Don't
request anything ... just stand there philosophically.
How does one stand there philosophically?
Could you provide an illustration?
Does a pipe help? :)
Jim G
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From: jim clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: Class noise
Hi
Glad to hear that a soft, personal approach worked. I did some
searching of psychinfo and the internet
which supports such an
hypothesis?
-Don.
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From: Charlotte Manly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Class noise
Actually, the original post at the bottom of this message
My personal feeling, Don, based on informal observation.
Charlotte
Aloha Charlotte,
I can certainly appreciate that there are cultural differences which must be
taken into account when moving to a new locale. I would concur that if the
mainstream culture establishes a rule about saving face
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Subject: RE: Class noise
Hi
Glad to hear that a soft, personal approach worked. I did some
searching of psychinfo and the internet, including various
Hello all,
I know the list just had a good discussion on this issue,
but thought I'd share an experience that happened in my
class this morning. This is an Intro Psychology course with
about 310 students, and I've only been teaching for just
over 2 years now. But, I've also had small classes,
Completely off the top of my head: Since it sounds like you've got pretty good
classroom dynamics, but a soft voice and a big class, how about using a whistle, like
in camp? Blow the whistle when it gets too noisy or one person is addressing the
class but can't be heard. Just a thought
of the problem I know is
me, as I'm fairly soft-spoken and do not present a very threatening
presence.
As I stated earlier, stop talking when class noise is
distracting, and don't start again until noise stops. Don't
request anything ... just stand there philosophically.
I've also noticed that classroom
It would also provide better job security than tenure. You can't fire
whistleblowers, can you?
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Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Class noise
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From: Mike Scoles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:11 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: Class noise
It would also provide better job security than
Completely off the top of my head: Since it sounds like you've got pretty
good classroom dynamics, but a soft voice and a big class, how about using
a whistle, like in camp? Blow the whistle when it gets too noisy or one
person is addressing the class but can't be heard. Just a thought
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