Friday, 8 November 2013

Log Thirty One: Praise and Encouragement

There are four main practices used to praise and support children:

1. Verbal - Positive comments,  award assemblies.
2. Non-verbal - thumbs up, sign language and smiling.
3. Symbolic - Stars or smiley faces.
4. Written - award certificates, positive written comments.


How do you manage a child experiencing failure and disappointment who rejects your efforts at praising them for taking part? How do you get that right balance when using  praise to ensure that, a child doesn't get uninspired from hearing the same thing constantly? These questions will be hopefully answered when I carry out my professional inquiry. Thanks for reading.

1 comment:

  1. Great to see your work Marc. So children's experience and perception of failure when they are learning? Would they be learning performance? learning in primary or secondary? Can you put a context to your inquiry?

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