Gaps Exist-They always have and always will. However creating an environment to promote positive behaviour enriches the learning process, catalyses closing gaps between teachers and students and creates an understanding of learning patterns. Differentiated instruction provides students with different avenues to acquire content; Encouraging positive behaviour creates an acceptance and understanding that all students within a classroom can learn with a positive disposition, regardless of differences in ability.

1. I MAKE A DIFFERENCE :
Promoting positive behaviour in the
classroom to enhance learning!
Shareen Ratnani
Kiddie Planet Preschool

2. Gaps exist….. And will always exist
Even between you and me……….

4. We see things not as they are but as we are
conditioned to seeing them - Steven Covey
• We view the world
objectively ( based on
our own perceptions)
• WE create gaps.
Perception

5. • No two children are alike.
• No two children learn in the
identical way.
• An enriched environment for one
student is not necessarily enriched
for another.
• In the classroom we should teach
children to think for themselves.
Brain Research confirms what experienced
teachers have always known :

6. Differentiating Instruction
• Curricular Goals should be the same but
learning must be differentiated to be
effective.
• Promote a positive attitude in the child to
enhance learning.
• Students with specific needs should be
presented with activities to strengthen
their skills and gifted children may work on
more complex activities.

8. Managing behaviour
and developing
positive attitudes is
vital as it helps
learners to cope in
different ways.

9. You can do just that!
You can make the difference !

10. Encouraging Positive Behaviour
Encouraging
Positive
behaviour
Being a
Role
Model
Praising
Good
Behaviour
Helping
develop
self -
esteem
Motivating
Students

11. According to the psychologist
Lev Vygotsky, the way
children learn is by
internalizing the activities,
habits, vocabulary and ideas
of the members of the
community in which they
grow up.

12. BE A ROLE MODEL
Lead by example
Talk politely, using positive language and
explaining reasons behind your requests
Listen to children
Control your feelings and actions

13. 1. Specific or descriptive praise
2. Appropriate praise
3. Demonstrate enthusiasm
4. Avoid negating the praise
It is very important to praise a child/ give rewards that will
inspire the child to repeat the actions. When you praise a child,
it shows him you have noticed and appreciated his actions and
value them.
How to Praise effectively:

14. The Hamburger Method

15. Is Punishment Necessary?
•Punishment is not the same as
discipline. Children who are
punished, spanked and deprived still
remain ill-mannered.
•Punishment is humiliating and brings
down the self –esteem of a child! It
does not help to achieve discipline
NO

16. • Positive discipline teaches children responsibility.
• Set rules and make children aware that there will be
consequences if the rules are broken.
• Recognize the reasons kids do what they do and
work to change those beliefs, rather than merely
attempting to change behavior.
Discipline comes from the Latin word “ dicipulus”
which means a follower of truth, principle or a
leader.

17. SELF-ESTEEM
Support learning
Avoid comparing students to one-another
Address All Students
Incorporate different learning styles
Self-esteem is the emotional aspect of self
and generally refers to how we feel about or
how we value ourselves (one's self-worth).
When students feel good about themselves,
they are much more likely to become better
achievers in the classroom.

19. MOTIVATED LEARNERS
• Give accurate feedback ( tennis ball )
• Explain
• Have students participate
• Shift thinking ( from activity to objective)
• Use positive emotions to enhance
learning and motivation
• Remember that energy sells