Answer the following questions from Chapter 1 in Dr. Jensen’s book
Dr. Jensen informed us that the number of children of poverty, children in low-income situations, is predicted to increase in the near future. Explain at least 2 ways this fact will impact your future classroom and teaching practice.
Name the factor that Dr. Jensen claims is most closely correlated with dropout rates?
Dr. Jensen stated that, “low achieving high school students report a sense of alienation from their schools”. Define alienation and explain one reason why children might report a sense of alienation from their schools.
Describe 2 strategies will you use to prevent your students from reporting a sense of alienation from their schools by the time they are in high school?
Define empathy.
Explain 3 behaviors that you could model that promote empathy.
Articulate what matters about the timing and duration of poverty for children.
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1. This fact will impact me and my future teaching practices because it means that I will have to adapt my curriculum to those who do not have. This means providing more time in the library to work on a research project or more time in class to do an art project because once most of those kids leave my classroom they will not be able to work on anything that involves anything other than a pencil and paper and in some situations not even that. Another way this will affect me is by having to spend more time explaining things to the students because most of those children that live in poverty do not have someone at home that is able to grasp the concepts that are being taught and will not be able to help the children with homework or answer a question on how to do something because the parents do not understand it themselves. This sounds harsh but in all reality it is the truth in most cases.
2. In his book Dr. Jensen credits absenteeism as the factor most closely correlated with dropout rates. Unfortunately, in lower level grades this cannot be helped because if the parents cannot bring them then the children just do not come, and in higher grades where the kids can bring themselves a lot of times the children are having to step into adult roles and work a job to help support the family. The fact that parents who have a negative attitude about school also plays into absenteeism. If the parents do not care about school and the kids learn from them that school is just a big waste of time, they are more likely to be absent.
3. Alienation means that those kids believe that no one cares or that their teachers don’t like them or talk down to them and because of this the students will often give up on academics. The reason for this goes back to the attitude that is instilled in them at an early age. If their parents have the attitude of not liking school and telling the kids that school is a waste of time then the kids will start believing this and not liking teachers and think they are talking down to them when just trying to explain the correct way of doing something. One strategy that I plan on using is to get to know my students really well and to let them know that I am there to help them, not to just be a teacher but also someone they can rely on. Another way I can prevent them from feeling alienated by the time they reach high school is by teaching them the proper way of thinking about school. Instead of letting them think school is just a place where their parents send them to get away from them for 8 hours; have them think school is fun and in turn make school a fun place to come a learn.
4. Empathy is indentifying with children of poverty by understanding their thoughts and attitudes. You can establish a culture of caring and not giving up on a child because if the child can sense that you are giving up on them, and they will be able to, then they will give up on themselves as well and they will help contribute to the feeling that teachers do not care about them. Another way is by speaking respectfully to the kids; do not down grade them or talk to them like they are less than the other students because of where they come from, expect the same thing from them as you doo from any other student. A third way is by using positive affirmation, this means praise the kids when they do something good and also use positive posters and other displays in the classroom that will make them feel good about themselves.
Because the rate of children in low-income situations, my classroom and teaching practice will have to be more teacher vs. one student contact. Being a teacher, I have to continuously show support towards my children in my classroom because with me being the backbone to their success they have to know I will do anything in my power to help them understand a concept. Also another way in which it will affect my teaching styles and classroom structure is that I have to make lessons more interesting so that my students will have excitement in learning. This will help my students stay focused and know that learning can be fun.
The factor that Dr.Jensen claims is most closely correlated with dropout rate is absenteeism. If the student shows up to class and learns something it can help improve their lives because with them being in the classroom, the teacher can be the motivator and the support system that the child isn’t getting at home.
Alienation is the state of being isolated for the objective world. The child might report a sense of alienation for their school because some teachers don’t sit down and talk to the child about school and other problems the child maybe experiencing at home or with friends. Also, the child may feel like the teacher has given up on how the child is doing with grades. Teachers need to make sure that they give the child the attention they need because if they don’t the teacher is only setting the child up for failure. The child needs to understand that they aren’t the only one that has to go through things.
One way I can help my students from feeling a sense of alienation is have teacher student conferences. This will be a way of keeping up with the child and the problems they may be experiencing in the classroom with other students and/or at home. This will allow the student to understand that I will be there for them not only has a teacher but as a person they can come to with problems. Another way I can help my students prevent feeling a sense of alienation is going over grades with them after every test. This will allow my students to understand where they stand with grades and how well they need to do for the next test so that they can raise their grades if they don’t do as well as they thought they will. By doing this if my students have a problem with studying I will set up times so that my students can come talk to me and ask me questions on the material they could end up on the test.
Empathy is encouraging the child that they can do better than their circumstances and that the teacher cares about how the child is doing.
When the child is younger poverty during this time can experience lower rates of school completion than child and adolescents who experience poverty in later years. Also for those children who experience poverty for multiple years can lead to earlier mortality. I can model empathy by encouraging the child that is living in poverty doesn’t determine their future. Another way I can model empathy is having posters up in my room that motivate my students. Lastly, I can enforce that I am there for them as a role model that they can look up too.
• If poverty increases in the near future I will have to, one, prepare myself by making sure that I understand what these children are going through so that I can help them learn effectively. Then two make sure that I have the proper tools and methods to help them learn anything that they haven’t learned or are behind on. I would probably take the time to get to know each my students and their parents so that I know what to expect when they first walk into my classroom. If the children are coming from a low-income situation I would have to realize that they probably have not had the proper tools to learn what they needed to know before they started school. They will need more attention and help to be able to understand the material so I would have to put forth more effort to make sure they get that time they need.
• Dr. Jensen says that absenteeism is most closely correlated with dropout rates. That is because if the students aren’t there they can’t learn. He says that it usually comes from parents having a negative attitude towards the school. If a child’s parents had a negative experience with school they are going to try and stop their child from having a bad experience and may discourage them from going to school. Which this doesn’t help the student it hurts them because it can put them behind and stop them from achieving any goals in life.
• Alienation means to feel isolated or left out. Being alienated makes one feel like no one cares, which is how these high school students feel that go to low-achieving high schools. They are feeling like the teachers don’t like them and are talking down to them so they just stop caring and give up.
• One of they was I will prevent my students from reporting alienation once they are in high school is by spending enough time with them to make sure they can get all the help they need. Also making sure to let them know that I am always available and willing to help whenever they need it. Then I would pay attention to how I talk to them to make sure that my words come across to them positively. I would especially give them positive reinforcement so that they will see that I really care about helping them do well.
• Empathy is being able to understand what someone is going through. With children in poverty this is very important because if you don’t understand then you will not know how to teach a child in poverty.
• 3 behaviors that I could model is to make sure that I don’t lower my expectations of them, assure them that I know how it feel to be their situation, and show them that I really care about them and will not give up on them. If these students are going through poverty during preschool and early school years have a harder time completing school. If I start these behaviors early on then it will hopefully stay with them as they move forward in life. Also if they just so happen to have a bad experience with a teacher they can keep going and not give up.
Soon, not only academic curriculum will be taught, but the way different social classes interact with each other and the teacher. As a teacher I need to be a support for the child. Kids coming from low-income families are faced with lots of doubt, which causes them to become untrusting of people. I want to show my students that if they let me know the situation they are facing that I want to help. Having someone students can talk to when they have a problem at home, will help to release the emotions they are feeling, helping the student to focus on the lesson and improve academic achievement. Also, improving relationships among classmates will show kids even if you do not agree with the way people live you must still respect them. This teaches kids that when someone shows you respect that you should always give respect. I hope to support friendships between students from different family situations. If students are taught to give respect to all, schools would have a positive effect.
Being absent is the main reason for student dropout rates. Today, missing class can jeopardize the clarity of a lesson. If students are always absent from class, they become unaware of what is happening in the class. Students shouldn’t be punished for their parents decisions. For many struggling parents, having their children in school is the least of their worries. It is my job to make sure that all students succeed, even if that means having to give after school help to those who have missed several days of class.
Alienation is when a child is not accepted by their classmates. The child always feels inadequate due to hateful teasing. Today, if you are different from the status quo then you are shunned. In sixth grade I was alienated because of weight. I soon realized my old friends were no longer my “friends”. Because of the stress, my once straight A average dropped to a low B/C average and I became angry all the time.
To keep my students from alienation, I must keep students equal. In most classrooms success is defined by the relationship with the teacher. Having favorites causes others to lose respect for you. I don’t want kids to doubt that I care for their academic progress. All of my students deserve to be treated like their achievement is just as important as another. I would also like to see schools have an after school club designated for those who struggle with alienation. When teachers see signs of alienation in a child’s behavior, they submit their name to the group. As a group I want kids to see there are others who are like them. If they can identify with at least one student and form a friendship then they will see that they are not alone.
Empathy should be found in good teachers. Empathy is important for kids coming from low-income homes. These students don’t want a teacher to feel bad or to give them anything. What they need is for their teacher to know the situation and realize that it may require extra help, but with time they will succeed. Many times kids who come from poverty are held to lower standards. Teachers lowering their expectations of students, are only setting them up for failure.
Teachers should show children they care by trying to relate. They should be willing to show them they’re important to the class. Also, I believe that respect should be given to kids no matter how disrespectful they may be. I know there are going to be times when kids need to be disciplined. However, if you always yell at a child soon they are going to lose all respect for you. If you respectfully tell what they are doing wrong they’ll have a better attitude towards you. If students don’t learn to respect each other then, certain students feel superior to others. All kids should feel welcome in school no matter their home life.
For young students who experience poverty, they are less likely to complete school than anyone. This means that as educators, we need to focus on helping these kids succeed. Giving them the required attention and making sure that everything we teach is learnt, not memorized.
1. Studies show that students who come from low SES backgrounds have a higher absenteeism rate. This will directly affect me as a teacher if the number of low SES children increases in the next few years. That means there will be more students in my classroom who come from poverty, and that I may have to deal with many students being absent a lot. It becomes harder for a child to learn what he or she needs to learn if the child is not at school, which in turn makes the teacher’s job more difficult in trying to get that child caught up with the rest of the class. If everyone or the majorities of students are from low SES backgrounds, then it becomes possible that all students may never catch up. Because of this, children may also develop a negative attitude towards school. This will also make the job of the teacher more difficult. If a child has a negative attitude about school, then he or she is not going to want to be there, which will make learning more difficult.
2. In regards to my answer for number one, absenteeism is the factor most closely correlated with dropout rates. When children do not attend school, they either become discouraged by their academic achievement because of their low rate of attendance, or they become so behind with the work that they feel overwhelmed and give up on trying to do well.
3. Alienation, in regards to education, is when a student feels like he or she is separated from or held to a different standard that his or her classmates. These kids who feel alienated believe that no one cares for them, including their teacher. As a teacher or teacher candidate, it is important to understand how to make children feel like they are loved.
4. I will make sure to always praise my students when it is appropriate, so that they will feel like their work is appreciated, and that someone cares enough to notice when they are doing well. I will also try to treat all of my students the same. What I mean by this is that I will make sure I do not show any favoritism.
5. Empathy is when a person understands a situation even if they haven’t dealt with that situation or a similar situation personally. It is important to understand where your students are in terms of emotions and educational/psychological development in order to teach effectively.
6. Sometimes it is not always easy to feel empathy towards a child. A lot of times it’s easier to pity them or sometimes even become frustrated with them. Instead of pitying a child, a teacher should show empathy. One way to do this is to sit down with each child individually and spend a few moments with them asking them about how things are going at home, and just let the children know that you are there for them no matter what. Another way is talking to them about any behavioral problems they may be having. Let them come to the conclusion themselves about how what they did was wrong.
1.) One way that this fact will impact my future classroom and teaching practice is making sure that I interact and get to know each one of my students personally. Another way that this fact will impact my future classroom and teaching practice is the way I teach my students. This meaning that I will teach my students according to how fast they learn certain concepts.
2.) Dr. Jensen claims that absenteeism is most correlated with dropout rates. In regard to Dr. Jensen’s claim I believe that absentee is a major cause for all students to drop out of school. Every school has a handbook and rule for missing a certain amount of days. When students make the decision when they want to attend school and when they don’t it impacts their learning ability. Missing numerous school days causes students not to achieve. But when they show up for school, and perhaps that day may be a test day they have no clue how to pass the test. That causes student not to be confident and they want to give up on school. So therefore absentee is a major deal with dropping out of school.
3.) Alienation means being isolated from a group or activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved. One reason why children might report a sense of alienation from their schools is if in their classroom their teacher causes an act of racism towards them during a certain activity. This means that the teacher is not allowing one particular child to be involved in the class activity because of their skin color.
4.) One strategy that I will use to prevent my students from reporting a sense of alienation from their schools by the time they are in high school is separating all my students into groups with a mixture of ethnicity whenever we are doing activities. Another strategy that I will use to prevent my students from reporting sense of alienation is making sure everyone is involved; meaning all my students have a chance to voice their opinion, all students feel comfortable in their surroundings, and even make sure they are getting along with all their classmates.
5.)Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Being able to understand and being able to share the feelings of another is a major deal for m because as a future someday I have to be able to know how little people (students) feel when they are happy, sad, or even in pain, etc.
6.)Three behaviors that I could model to promote empathy are interactions using different scenarios, acknowledging how to share, and putting themselves in someone else’s “shoes”.
For those children who experience poverty during their preschool and early school years experience lower rates of school completion than children and adolescents who experience poverty only in later years.
1. I believe that the increasing of children in low income situations will have an tremendous impact in my future classroom and teaching practice. Two ways that this fact will affect my future as an educator is first and foremost I will have to adapt myself to these students and make them feel as though they have as great of an opportunity to succeed as their counterparts. Secondly, I will have to be prepare to be an role model, parent, counselor, and even friend to some of these students. I know that I would have to be caring to let these students know that even if you feel like life is terrible outside of school , and no one cares, I believe in you.
2. Dr. Jensen writes and I quote "Unfortunately, absenteeism is the factor most closely correlated with dropout rates." Usually most under priveleged children do not have anyone at home making them go to school. It is basically a situation where they do what they like. Most parents are to busy or just do not participate in any activities related to their child's education. For example going to parent-teacher comferences to see the academic success of their child or children.
3. According to the book, and what I have read alienation is the issue of students believing that no one cares about them, or that their teachers talk down to them or do not like them. A child may feel like they are being alienated if they feel like the teacher doesn't care about them.
4. Two strategies that I would use to prevent my students from reporting a sense of alienation by the time they are in high school I will always make my students know that I care. I will help them to understand that they can confide in me and talk to.me whenever they need to. Secondly, I will always encourage them to want better for themselves, I will let them know that the can succeed just like anyone else.
5. In my definition, empathy is genuinely caring about a person or a situation are in and understanding that you may not be able to change it for that individual but you can be a support system and show they you care.
6. Three behaviors that I could model that could promote empathy are: 1. Establishing a school culture of caring, not of giving up. 2. I could help foster such a culture by speaking respectfully, not condescendingly of and to my student population. 3. I could use possitive affirmations, both vocally and through displays and projects. All these behaviors are excellent ways to show my students that not only do I care about their education, but the entire school does.
According to my reading, the amount of time a child or children have been living in poverty affects their future. According to Dr. Jensen, "children who experience poverty during their pre-school and early school years experience lower rates of school completion than their counterparts." For the children who live in poverty for several years and receive interventions, just carries on a continuous stream of problems. So basically the longer an child lives in poverty the more it can corrupt them.
The number of children living in poverty is on the rise. Teachers have a great opportunity to help these children succeed; therefore, studying children of poverty and devising strategies to work with them will be most important. One way this will affect my future classroom is with behavior and classroom management. Once I realized that common negative behaviors can be an effect of poverty, I knew that knowing a child’s background will be a major part of classroom management. Also, the prevalence of poverty most likely will call for incorporating more health lessons into the other subject areas so that these students can learn things such as stress management.
Absenteeism, related to issues of transportation, health care, and family care, is the factor most closely related with dropout rates. Another issue that children of low SES face is feeling a sense of alienation, or emotional dissociation. I think that children of poverty who do not have a secure attachment or positive, supportive relationship with any adult at home puts a lot of weight on his relationships with school faculty members. If a student does not feel that he is received well or supported, he may give up or feel unimportant. I plan to do several things to help combat this problem. First, I will try to really get to know my students so that I can empathize, or recognize and understand, their situations. Secondly, I will support them by offering affirmation for effort and success.
There are many ways a teacher can show empathy towards students; some of them are being respectful of their diversity and offering praise for effort. Another way to empathize with students is to offer help when their weaknesses make a task difficult, such as reading and writing a report.
According to studies done, the earlier a child faces poverty, the more damaging and crucial. Also, a child who lives in chronic poverty suffers continuously. It is imperative that teachers and school staff intervene as early and consistently as possible for the best outcome of success.
Part One
The number of children in poverty will increase in the near future and this will play an important role in the classroom because many of the children of poverty are children of immigrants and this will add to the diversity of students in the classroom. Another impact that this increase in children of poverty will have an effect on will be the learning styles of the students and ways one must come up with to address and accommodate their needs and being able to incorporate lessons and learning techniques in the classroom. Children of poverty often come from homes that are unstable and this can affect the way they learn in the classroom. If students live a chaotic household then this lifestyle can secrete into the classroom in show through their classroom achievement and behavior. Children of poverty don’t have access to cognitive-enrichment opportunities or positive and supportive networks.
Dr. Jensen claims that absenteeism is the factor most closely correlated with dropout rates. Many students are absent from school and tardy from class because many of the parents have a negative view about school. Also the lack of transportation, health care, and family care often contribute to students not attending school during the early years, such as preschool and kindergarten. These patterns and behaviors and then instilled in the child and they grow to learn that school is not of importance so they fail to show up in high school, and as a result, dropout.
Dr. Jensen describes alienation as feeling as though no one cares or even feeling like the teacher does not like them. Teachers may display this type of behavior towards their students when they talk down to them. Often times when students feel this way they give up because they do not receive that extra push or extra words of encouragement and motivation to strive for greatness. When students sense this type of alienation from their schools they often give up on academics. Children might report a sense of alienation if their teachers are talking down to them or if they sense that there is a lack of caring, and dependable adults in the school.
One strategy to help students not feel alienated would be allowing them to showcase some of their work on the walls of the classroom. Allow them to feel some type of ownership because they might not have anything at home that they can say is solely theirs. Another way to make the children not feel alienated would be to not talk down to them and allow them to voice their opinions and ideas. Allow the students to explain their reasoning behind feeling a certain way to homework questions or other activities that occur in the classroom. This would help with their self-esteem and their communication skills.
Part two
Empathy is being able to relate to someone without them being communicated directly by an individual and placing yourself in their shoes. Behaviors that one could model that would help promote empathy would have to be speak respectfully, and not condescendingly, of and to your students and by using positive affirmations both vocally and through displays and posters. I think that if your student s feel as though you’re not taking pity on them then they are able to perform better academically.
The timing and duration of poverty matter. Children who are exposed to poverty during the early school year’s experience lower rates of school completion. They also live in the poverty line for multiple years and the less support given each year carries on into the next year, which, then carries on into the next generation and translate to earlier mortality rates. One has to address these issues soon, because if they’re not addressed then this cycle of poverty continues. I think that despite being exposed to poverty at an early time in their lives, children can turn negative life experiences into positive behaviors that they can carry over into their future lives so that they are to fulfill their potential. I feel that with the right guidance and understanding students of poverty can succeed in life.
I do think there will be a significant increase in the number of students who will come from poverty in my classroom but I feel that how I address their needs will not only help me but help them as well. I think that if you know the student comes from poverty and you have an idea as to what they may be lacking in the home you can better assist your students without the usage of sympathy but rather being able to show empathy. I think that if you allow your students to know how much you care, then it makes it easier for them to express themselves and make them what to learn and what to come to school. When students know that teachers care then they get a sense of belonging and feel as though they should go to school despite the negative influences in their home and community.
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