Act 3
Act 3
Act 3
TCP
Child and Adolescent Development – Activity 3
A. Study the situations given below. If you were the teacher, how will you help these learners cope
with their socio-emotional difficulties?
In the first situation, as a teacher or not as a teacher, let say, as a second parent, I should help
these learners cope with their socio-emotional difficulties especially to these mother who was
worried about her 8 year old daughter, who was feeling isolated and friendless by investigating
first the situation. I need to need to find out why the student is struggling socially. Then, I
should address any issues, like for example, related to bullying or if a student is the victim of
rumors or being ostracized by others, I should be made sure that I address it immediately.
Then, I should begin to coach that student by helping him/her improve their social skills. I will
somehow help or encourage them to get involved in activities that give them an opportunity to
socialize with others to showcase their areas of interest or talents. So, overall, when it comes to
forming connections at school, we teachers play a vital role in helping more socially challenged
students discover where they fit in and it makes the parents or family of that children/student
not to worry about their most precious child in school.
And in the second situation, most of our student we handle is feeling most smarter than us
teachers, are the one who are sensible too. A kind of maturity that we feel is there in their
behavior. One big reason why children are bossy is that they are simply mimicking behavior
they see every day. What we should do teachers is to be more patient. Since we are their
second parent in school, we should meet them separately and let them know the negative
impact of their actions on others and the lesson in general. I know that these meetings will
normally be held more than once between the teacher and the student because of the gravity
of the behavior and to prevent repetition. We should explain that they can’t always get their
way. Again, when they behaves in a way that is appropriate, we should call it to their attention.
We should simply praise them for being polite. They'll be happy if we noticed and will be more
likely to continue that behavior in the future.
Well, I can see and I could simply insert the theory of Bruner here in the 2 studies. As Bruner
states that what determines the level of intellectual development is the degree to which the
child has received adequate instructions along with practice or experience. Therefore, the correct
way to teach and explain, will allow a child to understand a general concept that at first is only
understood by an adult. His theory emphasizes the role of the adult in education. In every
situation in school, every teacher stands as a second parent. Our purpose as a teacher is to give
light and hope to our students, we are the candle that light up their way. We have to teach
them with different coping strategies, teach them to stand firm and build self-confidence. After
we teachers are not the ones who will help them cope with their socio-emotional difficulties
because only them (theirselves) can do it so, we teachers are just behind their back to carry
them and encourage to stand and fight against it. And that is our role as a teacher and also as
their second parent in school.