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Which of the following is NOT a role of a teacher?
What is the term for when the entire class behaves as a group with its own ways of interacting and causing issues?
What is the term for when behaviors or issues among students affect how students interact with teachers?
What is the approach that views the classroom as a complex system where everything affects everything else?
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What is the term for when students unconsciously project feelings they have from home or other situations onto their teachers or classmates?
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Which of the following is a cause of classroom management difficulties?
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Which of the following is NOT a type of classroom management difficulty?
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What is the role of a teacher in terms of society?
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What is the main reason why teachers need to understand the psychological roles of students in the classroom?
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What is the term for when students take on roles within the class, such as leaders or followers?
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Study Notes
Introduction to Groups and Group Dynamics
- A group is a collection of individuals with regular contact, mutual influence, common goals, and a sense of belonging.
- Group members must be able to communicate freely and openly with each other.
- Group dynamics is essential to study to understand how relationships are formed and how forces act within a group in a social setting.
Meaning of Group
- A group is a number of people who interact with each other regularly, establishing relationships among social beings.
- A group is a unit of society with its own characteristics, except for being a concrete entity.
- A group can be defined as two or more people who share a common definition and evaluation of themselves and behave accordingly.
Attributes of a Group
- A group has a set of people who engage in frequent interactions.
- Group members identify with one another and are defined by others as a group.
- A group shares beliefs, values, and norms about areas of common interest.
- Group members define themselves as a group and work together on common tasks.
Group Dynamics
- The study of groups, their structure, functions, and behavior is called group dynamics.
- Maintenance behavior in a group provides social-emotional support, which consists of encouraging, improving, harmonizing, compromising, gate-keeping, and standard setting.
- Gate-keeping refers to deciding who has access or rights to a community or identity.
Self-Interest Behavior
- Self-interest behavior in a group can take away from group performance and affect task achievement.
- Examples of self-interest behavior include dominating and controlling, blocking, manipulating, belittling, and splitting hairs.
Group Norms
- Group norms are standards and acceptable behaviors developed over time.
- Examples of group norms include loyalty norms, dress norms, and reward norms.
Principles of Group Dynamics
- Group members must have a strong sense of belonging to the group.
- The barrier between leaders and followers must be broken down.
- The more attraction a group has to its members, the greater influence it will exercise on them.
- The prestige of a group member in the eyes of other members affects their influence on the group's decisions and actions.
Features of Group Dynamics
- Group dynamics is concerned with the interactions and relationships between group members.
- Group members continuously change and adjust their relationships with each other.
- Dynamic groups are in a continuous process of restructuring, adjusting, and readjusting members to reduce tensions and eliminate conflicts.
Socio-Cultural Foundation
- The society and culture exercise massive powers on the formation of curriculum.
- Curriculum designers and developers are deeply influenced by the socio-cultural foundation.
Roles of Individuals within the Classroom
- Leader: guides and inspires classmates by taking charge and setting a positive example.
- Class clown: seeks attention and humorously disrupts lessons or activities.
- Fall guy: takes blame and punishment to gain favor with the group.
- Instigator: causes trouble but appears not to be involved.
Causes of Class Management Difficulties
- Transference: students project feelings from home or other situations onto their teachers or classmates.
- Group-as-a-Whole: the entire class behaves as a group with its own ways of interacting and causing issues.
- Group Roles: students take on roles within the class that can clash and create problems.
- Systems Approach: the classroom is a complex system where everything affects everything else.
- Parallel Process: behaviors or issues among students can affect how students interact with teachers.
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Learn about groups, group dynamics, and teamwork. Understand the characteristics of a group, how members interact, and achieve common goals.
