Personal Interest
I have been interested in the study of shy children and their inability to actively participate in a classroom environment since my youngest daughter, who is extremely shy, started kindergarten. I saw the difficulty that she faced in class because of her shyness and I became frustrated because I knew that her lack of self-confidence was affecting her ability to excel in school. Fortunately, we were able to work with her teachers and help her develop the self-confidence to eventually become an excellent student who is an active participant in her class.
Because of my experience as a parent, I am very aware of the potential to overlook or mislabel shy students and have found myself extremely conscientious of these children since I began teaching. I want to find ways to help these students develop the confidence to become more active participants in my classroom. I wondered what I could do differently in my classroom to help a shy student develop self-confidence. The student who I observed for this inquiry project came to my attention the first day I visited the class I was to student teach in. While she was clearly intrigued by a book I was reading to the class, I noticed that she was the only student to not participate in the discussion which followed the reading. It became apparent the first week I was in the class that she was not an active participant and had difficulty answering questions during class discussions. Although she was quick to raise her hand, she became very distressed when called on in class. I noted that my cooperating teacher often bypassed her, calling on other students who were more outgoing. As a teacher, I want to develop tools to help my student...
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Another thing that helps for the child to feel as a member of the class is if everyone knows their name. Something as small as it seems does tend to go quite a long way with children and people in general. I also felt like Samantha really felt that she belonged and that everyone accepted her. She was a happy child which was evident from her always smiling and her positive interactions with the teachers and the other children (her
how often student have to speak that makes the class great and participation grades take off? According to Schuman and some other professor, who have implemented same teaching processes such as engaging students in a small group presentation, interactive worksheeets, and coerced participation found that class involment helped students to overcome fear. Such activities encourage all kinds of the student to take part in class and establish good participation. However, some Professor didn't care about a students class participation. As a result, the shy student left behind the course. throughout the article, Schuman clearly explains as a mentor to the reticent students and the outspoken students how to plan for course, take part in the lesson and boost grades. For example, Schuman wrote, "The wide-eyed earnestness of a timid but studious young person can melt a professor's overworked little heart." She encourages the shy students to keep touch with the professor and ask a substantive question before or after class, visit office hours and E-mail. In addition, she said, "While you are doing the reading, you will likely find that two or three questions come to your mind. Write those questions down so that you can just ask verbatim during class." She teaches outspoken student how to prepare for a lesson before attending class. She shrewdly contends, that the outspoken student
Scarr, Sandra. "Social Introversion-Extraversion as a Heritable Response." Child Development. Vol. 40. N.p.: Wiley, n.d. 823-32. JSTOR. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.
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