On Friday, March 17, I attended a webinar titled You Know Better: Bridging the Gap between “Knowing” and “Doing”, presented by Jill Molli, M.Ed.
The presenter of the speaker is a musician; he sang one of his songs before her presentation started! However, thanks to the poor WiFi connection in Lebanon, I couldn't tell any of the words he said! Happy days! :)
The speaker started her presentation with a very interesting question: Why do people know the right thing but not do it?
Then, she introduced the theory of Conscious Discipline, started by Rebecca Bailey. To make things clearer, she presented a video containing short interviews with teachers expressing their thoughts about the effectiveness of applying this theory in their classrooms. All teachers praised the effects of applying this theory in the classroom. One teacher even told the story of how one of her students' mother stopped punishing her child frequently after being introduced to the concept of Conscious Discipline.
To make long story short, here's a statement explaining what the theory is all about: When teachers become aware of the mental state of their students when they don't do the right thing, their discipline will become effective.
The speaker presented a picture of the three regions in the brain that affect the behavior of people through emotions:
She explained how the brain interferes in our behavior when we are in each stage. If we use threatening methods to stop students from misbehaving, they will move to the survival stage, and therefore try to defend themselves. This defense is manifested in even more misbehavior.
The speaker then presented 12 brain skills that we usually expect students to acquire from a young age. She explained that those skills need 24 years to mature; we need to stop using the expression "You should know this by now!" very often!
The speaker then moved to an extremely important point. She said that our children are not missing skills; they are only unwilling to learn new ones because they are in self-preservation mode. To solve this issue, my practices and responses to their misbehavior have to answer the questions below:
To make them feel safe, you may present the routines of the classroom visually or apply physical exercise before transitions. Another helpful practice is simply to ask them to take a deep breath before starting a new task.
In order to help students feel that they are loved, they have to feel connected to the teacher, their classmates, and their class. That's why assigning students to roles can be extremely helpful here. Each student can be assigned a role for a certain period of time; each role has to help keep the classroom environment as smooth as possible.
The more students are exposed to problem-solving tasks, the faster they develop their skills.
Students have to solve real-life problems, posed in real-life situations. This will make learning more meaningful.
I really enjoyed attending this webinar. During the webinar, I participated in two polls posted by the speaker regarding our knowledge of conscious discipline.
The speaker is really fun to watch. She kept a wide smile throughout the presentation and used clear visual aids (not all are included here).
I'm looking forward to attending more presentations by Mrs. Molli and other speakers discussing pedagogical issues.
*Pictures included in this post are all taken from the material the speaker used during her presentation.
The presenter of the speaker is a musician; he sang one of his songs before her presentation started! However, thanks to the poor WiFi connection in Lebanon, I couldn't tell any of the words he said! Happy days! :)
The speaker started her presentation with a very interesting question: Why do people know the right thing but not do it?
Then, she introduced the theory of Conscious Discipline, started by Rebecca Bailey. To make things clearer, she presented a video containing short interviews with teachers expressing their thoughts about the effectiveness of applying this theory in their classrooms. All teachers praised the effects of applying this theory in the classroom. One teacher even told the story of how one of her students' mother stopped punishing her child frequently after being introduced to the concept of Conscious Discipline.
To make long story short, here's a statement explaining what the theory is all about: When teachers become aware of the mental state of their students when they don't do the right thing, their discipline will become effective.
The speaker presented a picture of the three regions in the brain that affect the behavior of people through emotions:
She explained how the brain interferes in our behavior when we are in each stage. If we use threatening methods to stop students from misbehaving, they will move to the survival stage, and therefore try to defend themselves. This defense is manifested in even more misbehavior.
The speaker then presented 12 brain skills that we usually expect students to acquire from a young age. She explained that those skills need 24 years to mature; we need to stop using the expression "You should know this by now!" very often!
The speaker then moved to an extremely important point. She said that our children are not missing skills; they are only unwilling to learn new ones because they are in self-preservation mode. To solve this issue, my practices and responses to their misbehavior have to answer the questions below:
In order to help students feel that they are loved, they have to feel connected to the teacher, their classmates, and their class. That's why assigning students to roles can be extremely helpful here. Each student can be assigned a role for a certain period of time; each role has to help keep the classroom environment as smooth as possible.
The more students are exposed to problem-solving tasks, the faster they develop their skills.
Students have to solve real-life problems, posed in real-life situations. This will make learning more meaningful.
I really enjoyed attending this webinar. During the webinar, I participated in two polls posted by the speaker regarding our knowledge of conscious discipline.
The speaker is really fun to watch. She kept a wide smile throughout the presentation and used clear visual aids (not all are included here).
I'm looking forward to attending more presentations by Mrs. Molli and other speakers discussing pedagogical issues.
*Pictures included in this post are all taken from the material the speaker used during her presentation.
It is an attractive presentation. Also, we can benefit from it too much inside our classes. Attending such webinar in order to build ourselves more and more and to connect over all the world by an easy way.
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