What kind of teacher are you?
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Nothing is as pathetic as a defeated authority who does not admit to that defeat.-R Dreikurs
Do you believe that imposing your will on children is the only way you can control a class? A teacher who is committed to “making”pupils d as they are told, forcing them to learn, berating them when they don’t, punishing any misdemeanor and denying any creative freedom of expression is one who is autocratic and tyrannical. Were you taught in that manner? Did you like the teachers who treated you that way? If you had an autocratic music teacher, would you continue on with your music lessons?
Have you ever heard a teacher said that you’re hopeless in music and told your parents that you should give up music? No one child should ever be considered “hopeless,”according to Alfred Adler. Any child who is told that she is a failure is being deprived of her dignity and as a result will lose respect for herself.
