Chapter+5--Haim+Ginott

Biography of Haim Ginott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Ginott

** Applications 1 thru 14 ** 1) **Teachers should use clear communication.** "Communication is the key."

2) **Teachers should use //__sane__// messages**. Teachers should address the students behavior instead of the student's character.

3) **Teachers should refrain from using punishment**. Should not use punishment to handle discipline issues or problems. Ginott feels it hinders the development of a students conscience.

. 4) **Teachers should ignore four- letter words rather then making them a issue in front of the class or veiwers of the incident**.

5) **Teachers should use guidance rather than critism.**

6) **Teachers should handle their own anger appropriately.**

7) **Teachers should show acceptance and acknowlegement with uncritical messages.**

8) **Teachers should avoid name-calling and labeling students and should avoid diagnosis and prognosis.** This is "extremely" important "   ** DO NOT LABEL YOUR STUDENTS **   ."

9) **Teachers should avoid sarcasm and ridicule.**

10) **Teachers should strive for brevity when disciplining students**.

11) **Teachers always should use //I-//messages instead of //you//-messages**. You messages attack the student's personality & character

12) **Teachers, when disciplining, should provide students with a face-saving exit.**

13) **Teachers should respect students' privacy and avoid asking prying questions.** Do not ask students private questions in front of the whole class or other students, they may not want to share their personal information or let anyone know what is going on.

14) **Teachers should provide appreciative praise and avoid evaluative praise.**

 Haim Ginott's most famous quote:
I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or de-humanized. **// // Between Teacher and Child // ||
 * **I** //** have come to a frightening conclusion.