Title: Re: Applied Survivor Activity
I am so upset by this posting that I can hardly see to type. There is so much wrong with this that I hardly know where to start. The two worst offenses, of course are:
"-stupidity of student
-anyone with Tourettes' "
Then of course, the idea of escorting "undesirables" from the classroom, based on the outcome of a popularity poll, is unconscionable.
I could visualize that, if M. Sylvester were to indeed incorporate this "paradigm" into the classroom, perhaps the students would see clearly enough to escort him from the classroom.
Considering past postings from Michael, I'm not sure whether his posting was tongue-in-cheek, just posted to yank our chains, or serious.
Please say you were only joking, Michael.
Beth Benoit
University of Massachusetts Lowell
>>>> I am toying with the idea of incorporating the Survivor paradigm in class.
Just as in the TV series,someone gets kicked off the island;in my Classroom version I
would ask students
to secretly vote who they feel should be kicked out of the class.The criteria to be used
to express
their desire to kick a student out of the class would be:
-stupidity of student
- unrelenting tardiness
- lack of communication
- poor critical thinking skills
- dozing off
-anyone with Tourettes'
The students who are voted to be kicked out would then be escorted out of the class and
permitted
to re-enter after they have apologized to the class.
It is hoped that this activity would lead to a high self-monitoring of behavior and hence
improve classroom
morale.
Michael Sylvester,Ph.D
Daytona
Beach,Florida<<<
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