1. Mindy A. Bañuelos & Miguel Mendoza

2.  Take out a piece of scratch paper  Quick Write (1 ½ mins)  List reasons why you think we shouldn’t say “Good Job!” to students?

3.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sywMkf 5QhI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sywMkf 5QhI

4.  According to Alfie Khon’s home web page, Alfie Kohn is a classroom management theorist that resides in Boston with his wife and two children.  Alfie has been described as the most outspoken critic education’s fixation on grades and test scores.  Writes  Author His books have been translated into 14 different languages.  Appearances “The more kids are led to focus how well they are doing, the less engaged they tend to be with what they are doing.” Alfie Kohn

5.  Progressive Learning  Emphasizes hands on activities  Groups discussions  Students are engaged  Actively finding answers  Focuses on individualized learning  Attending to the whole child  Helping children become not only good learners but also good people  Community  Children learn with and from one another in a caring community, and that’s true of moral as well as academic learning.  Collaboration  Working with vs. “doing to” model

6. I. Manipulates children II. Creates praise junkies III. Steals a child’s pleasure IV. Loses interest V. Reduces achievement

7.  Classroom arrangement

8.  http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/wt lfiacchart.htm http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/wt lfiacchart.htm

9.  Children should be collaborating and engaged  Personal mementos should be in the classroom  We should not say “Good Job!” to a student  Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRE2gqjQx5Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRE2gqjQx5Q "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

10.  Kohn, A. (2009). Alfie Kohn: “Achievement vs. Learning. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sywMkf5QhI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sywMkf5QhI  Kohn, A. (n.d.). Biography. Retrieved from http://www.alfiekohn.org/bio.htm http://www.alfiekohn.org/bio.htm  Kohn, A. (2001). Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” Retrieved from http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm  Kohn, A. (2008). Progressive Learning: Why It’s Hard to Beat, But Also Hard to Find. Retrieved from http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/progressive.htm http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/progressive.htm  Kohn, A. (1996). What to Look for in a Classroom. Retrieved from http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/wtlfiacchart.htm http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/wtlfiacchart.htm  Naturemum (2008). Alfie Kohn on Punishment. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRE2gqjQx5Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRE2gqjQx5Q