Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The learner is the center of the educational Understanding why things work.
focus (the stage).
Allowing the children to be involved in
Knowledge must be constructed by the the classroom rulemaking process gives
learner by interpretation and them a clear understanding of why the
reinterpretation. rule is necessary.
Norms- specific expectations that teachers establish for childrens behavior - ways of behaving
that everyone takes for granted as part of the culture of the classroom.
Have the reason for the rule as part of the rule as necessary
The rulemaking Process
Dont Rules:
Children may view rulemaking as another Children find it easier to think in terms of
exercise in trying figure out the right prohibitions than in terms of what they can or
answer or say what they think the teacher should do.
wants to hear. Children have trouble thinking in generalities.
This is not rulemaking. The child does not Try to make Dont rules into Do rules.
understand the need to treat others in
Ask the children how they like to be treated and
moral ways. what they would need to do to make the
classroom a happy place.
The GUIDED rulemaking process
When children are suggesting rules and the teacher enforces the rules, the reason for the rule
should be emphasized.
Teacher: WHY?
Student: Because you could fall down and hurt yourself or run into someone and hurt
them.