Lifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
In this episode, Dr. Shaw discusses a child's desire for attention, and specifically she is talking about what mechanisms are at work when a child is motivated by the external reward of attention as opposed to the internal rewards that come with success. It's a tricky situation because bestowing praise on a child is an important part of marking and noting the child's appropriate behavior, but you don't want a child to be doing the right thing for the wrong reason, for example, just to get praise or attention. Dr. Shaw cites an interesting example of something that would occur when she was teaching in a classroom wherein a child would seek praise in an artificial manner. The internal versus external rewards for children is a fascinating topic, and Dr. Shaw offers good guidance in this brief but poignant podcast.
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