Breaking Through to the Quiet Students | Stephen Patterson

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1/22/2021

Breaking Through to the Quiet Students | Stephen Patterson | Education

a Breaking Through to the Quiet Students by spatterson | Jan 22, 2021 | education, stephen patterson

As a teacher, you walk a constant tightrope of educating all students under your wing and making sure that outliers don’t miss out on the joys of learning. The responsibilities of educating a child belong to the parents, the educators, and the child themself. Without a true collaboration, it can be challenging to reach students who are quietly struggling. Shy or quiet students might have a host of reasons for being apathetic or unresponsive. It is essential to dig deeper before attempting a cookie-cutter solution because hasty decisions might be counterproductive. Shyness due to underlying causes such as autism requires empathy and sensitivity on the part of an educator. The worst thing would be to draw attention to someone for whom that’s their greatest fear. In addition, the objective should never be to change a student’s disposition or true nature by making them more conversational or boisterous. The goal is to inspire and encourage a love of learning. That being said. A teacher absolutely cannot do this alone.

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