I would like to become a early education major. My main focus is Kindergarten, and my kindergaten teacher used the behaviorist theory. I remember my teacher giving tickets if children did good deeds. For example, if we were quiet on our bathroom break we were rewarded with one red ticket. Thiswas very exciting to us because every two weeks there was shop at the end of the day. This only happened on friday, and however many tickets you had determined what fun prizes you could buy. This helped children stay quiet and participating during the class, and i think it had some benefits.
I think I would use this in my own classroom because it helps develop those little skills that they need in the long run. For example, it teaches them to be quiet and to play nicely with other students. They also could earn tickets if they are helping other students in need. I think that it is a good little incentive to help encourage them to behave in an appropriate way. It is also small enough that the children will still want to behave in a proper way after they leave kindergarten.
I want to teach in the early education department as well and also chose the behaviorism theory. The tickets are a good idea on how to involve the children and keep them focused.
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