Hi Jim- Maybe I'm getting too old & crusty for this job, 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 impolite and an infringement on the other students. Why shouldn't they be embarrassed about their egregious behaviour? While I always try to deal with such individuals in a low key manner at first I have no hesitation in ejecting repeat offenders from a class. In every case where I've had to do this the students later came to my office, apologized, and behaved appropriately for the rest of the term. Is there any data to support the "no-embarrassment" approach or is this just a mantra from the warm&fuzzy crowd?
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- 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 various > teaching-related links I had previously connected, without a lot > of success. I did find the following list of suggestions at: > > http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/ > teachtip/behavior.htm {all one continuous url} > > ----------------------------------------- > Don't embarrass talkers. > > Ask their opinion on topic being discussed. > > Ask talkers if they would like to share their ideas. > > Casually move toward those talking. > > Make eye contact with them. > > Comment on the group (but don't look at them "one-at-a-time"). > > Standing near the talkers, ask a near-by participant a question > so that the new discussion is near the talkers. > > As a last resort, stop and wait. > ------------------------------------------------- > > I also found some rather "harsh" approaches being recommended at > a number of what would seem like respectable sites. > > Best wishes > Jim > > ============================================================================ > James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 > Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax > University of Winnipeg 4L05D > Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > ============================================================================ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
