How To Set Behavioural Norms in the Classroom - Full Value Communities
How To Set Behavioural Norms in the Classroom - Full Value Communities is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
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- Share ACTIVITY IDEAS 28 Apr 20 0 Comments Fun Activity To Set Behavioural Norms BY RICHARD MAIZELL There is an activity called ‘Crossing the Mall’ which is based on the group exercise Elevator Air.
- It’s pretty simple, really, but the outcomes can be revealing.
- Get your group in a large circle and explain they are to imagine being in a large shopping mall.
- Ask them to cross the circle and find a spot on the other side.
- The first time they cross, participants should go out of their way to ignore each other.
- If you reflect on these norms, you will find a universality to them.
- A Full Value Community lives by these norms. Students create a Commitment to them, learn how each norm works by using highly engaging activities for practice, and circle up when needed to talk about their lives together in their classroom community.
- These norms, and the defined commitment that students make to each one, become the threads that knit all classroom activities together. The norms play out in small and large group work and can be tied directly into academic and non-academic content areas.
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Share ACTIVITY IDEAS 28 Apr 20 0 Comments Fun Activity To Set Behavioural Norms BY RICHARD MAIZELL There is an activity called ‘Crossing the Mall’ which is based on the group exercise Elevator Air.
Get your group in a large circle and explain they are to imagine being in a large shopping mall.
Ask them to cross the circle and find a spot on the other side.
The first time they cross, participants should go out of their way to ignore each other.
If you reflect on these norms, you will find a universality to them.
A Full Value Community lives by these norms. Students create a Commitment to them, learn how each norm works by using highly engaging activities for practice, and circle up when needed to talk about their lives together in their classroom community.
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