modern strategies and methods successfully used in remedial education activities

Modern strategies and methods successfully used in remedial education activities

Education is, in any society, the vector of sustainable development. Developing human capital and increasing the competitiveness through initial and continuing training, for a flexible and globalized labor market, are the major objectives of the Government program.

In order for the school to assume an active role in the prevention and control of violence, the first investment must be made in teacher training. Organizing training courses for teachers to cope with working with difficult classes or students must start with the following objectives:

-Closer observation of the student behavior for a better understanding of the causes of violence; -Improving communication with students who exhibit violent behavior and establishing relationships of trust; -Easing conflicts with the opinion makers; -Development of the school family partnership; -Collaboration with specialists during network working;

Conflict metaphors The conflict is a struggle, the conflict is an onion, the conflict is a plane out of control - discuss ways of conflict management. Ex: for the conflict as a war metaphor, waving a white flag or setting a truce could be a step towards management of this conflict. Transform these metaphorical solutions into practical solutions. (For example, if the conflict is like a battle, the flag could mean a message to the opponent indicating the openness to discussion) "What feelings do you associated with conflict? What words mean conflict? "

Different people adopt different strategies for resolving conflicts. These strategies are learned in childhood and they usually seem to work. At a "preconscious level all seems natural in such situations, but in fact we apply a learned personal strategy and since it was learned, we can always change it by learning new and more effective methods of resolving conflicts. How we act in a conflict is affected by our personal goals and of how importance is the respective relationship. Depending mainly by these two factors we can identify several strategies for how we can act in case of conflicts.

To cope with conflict situations, the teacher develops one of the following strategies: 1) evasive strategies - he currently ignores the crisis created and continues 2) Diminishing strategies (moderation) - he minimizes the disagreement with the students. 3) Power strategies he calls on his power and on different constraining methods 4) Compromising strategies he resorts to promises 5)Negotiated problem solving strategies - through discussion between opposing parties

Methods for improving teacher effectiveness in the management of disruptive behaviors of students: 1. The teacher can use body language to stop the undesirable behavior 2. Using the system of incentives 3. Positive instructional support 4. Developing a plan for discipline in the classroom, the system of rules and incentives

School Conflict Mediation For a constructive conflict resolution, the opponents have to follow certain rules: -Remain calm and control their anger, frustration or other strong emotions; -Focus on the problem at hand and not on blaming the other; -Express their feelings and wishes; -Respect the other points of view and to try to understand them; -Cooperate for finding the solutions that would please everyone involved.

Alternative conflict resolution refers to a certain order in managing a conflict: - negociation; -mediation; -reconciliation; -discovery of facts; -arbitration.

Negotiation. Problem solved voluntarily or established understanding directly between those involved in order to achieve common interests Reconciliation. Voluntary negotiations with a third party, which is usefull for getting the parties to open a dialog or it mediates information Mediation. Voluntary participation in formal processes, in which a third party helps those in conflict to identify problems and to satisfy the major interests The discovery of facts. Investigation conducted by a third party, resulting in a recommended deal. Arbitration. Voluntary or required participation in a process of explanation, presentation and clarification of needs, interests and positions, which leads to the CONSTRUCTION of a deal with the help of a neutral party.

The students in our school need a remedial education because: low socio-economic level; low access to information sources; lack of education of the parents who are unable to help the students and show low expectations regarding the success od their children; lack of parental presence (the parents are away in other countries), the children are left in the care of grandparents, aunts or others; relatives which show low interest for the childrens school performance; high risk of school failure

The purpose of organizing remedial activities is to stimulate the completion of compulsory schooling (school dropout prevention) and to improve school success rate for children from disadvantaged groups. Organizing a remedial program has a significant impact on school life, aiming at changing attitudes towards the students which may have at a certain time difficulties in learning. During these classes, the students are supported in making their homeworks, in school recovery and improving learning difficulties activities, and in arts education activities or fun games with an indirect educational purpose.

Youth involvement in violent episodes is a widespread problem in every school and its neighbourhood, being influenced by race, religion and gender. The feelings of frustration and despair have become an issue among the educators and other adults directly involved with young people. These actors are often overwhelmed by hostile, aggressive and violent students. One in five teachers can cite incidents when he received verbal or physical threats from students. Physical aggression and intimidation are often the first reactions of the young man when he has problems or disagreements.

To obtain the best results we need teachers to diversify teaching strategies based on student's individual learning style and use appropriate teaching materials: a) Picture Boards to develop the language skills. Images should be a starting point for discussions, which should develop awareness and creativity. b) Distribution materials. Students can compose small texts, oral or written. The material can also be used also in team work, small groups that promote student interaction with its peers.

c) The computer helps students to see what what they can not see in their everyday life (Power Point presentations), games can be used in any sequence of the lesson: to secure and update knowledge, for teaching. d) Using games during learning situations, role play, drama, stories using the names of the class students or which present situations that students have gone through. The game stimulates the intellectual functions, shapes affective and motivational processes. Through games the student feels responsible for solving the given problem. The student assumes roles taken either in daily life or from stories. Role plays are various and they facilitate the learning of concepts.

e) Interdisciplinarity: the discovery of original ways to approach a common topic to create possible and necessary connections to achieve the purpose; combining the methods used in other subjects. f) Working in groups provides a wide range of interrelationships that support learning and highlights its social role. g) The use of interactive methods: brainstorming, double journal entry, clusters, cube, five-minute essay (students may be asked to compile a text of 4-5 sentences that would convince a friend to read the text.)

h) Creative resolution of class conflicts; i) Collaboration with the family - we mentioned above that the mother supports intervention. Strategies for raising self esteem and confidence in ones own efficiency are: the teacher provides positive feedback to students on their achievements and tries to getting them used to give credit to their personal capacity for their success

Regarding the strategies for building a close teacher - student relationship, and at the same time an efficient one, we must consider the following parameters: 1.Give priority to increase the socialization skills; 2.Creating and maintaining motivation through adapted teaching requirements with immediate and objective assessments and self-assessments; 3.Personalized message and empathic behavior for a real communication; 4.Flexibility in the design of the learning activities; 5.Teaching focused on the student (accepting certain wishes and suggestions; encouraging personal initiative, discovering and developing of skills)

To develop learning motivation and to avoid fatigue and routine, activities were designed to be folded on the predominant types of intelligence (STEP BY STEP interest centers) During each activity the focus was on promoting continuous progress, providing symbolic rewards, empowerment of all students.

How do you increase the effectiveness of remedial activities? 1. Diversity, accessibility and the esthetic of the presented teaching material; 2. Custom environment with the students essays or changing the work location; 3. Applying cooperative learning strategies as ways to promote social harmony 4. Perception and feedback from the parents during the remedial activities; 5. Involvement of the mediator in the smooth running of the remedial education activities;

Through the remedial education activities the thinking and perception of the teachers which were involved in the program, related to the educational act within and outside the school, changes. Other teachers outside the ones directly involved in this programme participated, thus leading to the change of mentality. The human resources that we should support are: students, their colleagues, school mediator and family, in the happy cases where the family is next to the child.

After repeated meetings with the parents involved in remedial activities, they understood that their role is that of educators of their children; they have learned where and when their role of educator ends; they got to know that sometimes they learn from their child and that the school is close to them and supports them in training and educating their child.

What has been accomplished through the remedial activities? The student has become from the object of teaching, the subject of teaching; The student is co-participant in its training Students are more self-confident Solid foundation in education and personality formation The beginning in mentality changing or a mindset that is formed from the start on solid, healthy coordinates

Bibliography: 1. S l v stru, Dorina: Education psychology, Editura Polirom, Iai, 2004 2. Verdier, Pierre: New guide to the childs wellfare,Le Centurion, Paris, 2000

modern strategies and methods successfully used in remedial education activities

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