Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Let's give teenagers more opportunities to choose

Whether you call it "Self Determinationa Theory" or you use William Glasser's vocabulary from "Choice Theory,"   

As a high school teacher, I have been motivated by the use of the word "choice" in the work of Dennis Yuzenas.  Look at his middle school class at Middle School of the Arts, recorded in 2009 and 2011.  You can find his video by searching "youtube  dennis yuzenas 9 minutes"...



Matt Blazek, a teacher in Palm Beach County, developed a list of projects (again, to communicate the choices to his students).  You can download a sample from his book at www.TinyURL.com/BlazekProjects and see his video at TinyURL.com/MattBlazek.


This blog, ASchoolofChoices.blogspot.com, is an occasional record of how a team of teachers uses procedures to elicit positive 
behaviors in teenagers.  You can see more at our blog
projectsandProcedures.blogspot.com

You can see a list of procedures and posters that were used in August 2015 to introduce a school to new procedures that resulted in students adopting to an environment of choices.
You can contact the team through Steve McCera
+1 (954) 646 8246   SteveEnglishTeacher@gmail.com
Also:  TheEbookman@gmail.com

Recommended reading:
LeavingToLearn.org
Leaving To Learn (the book) by Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski
TinyURL.com/LittkyChapter1
TinyURL.com/LittkyChapter4
The Ten Expectations video by Big Picture Learning
The NPR Interview with Dennis Littky from 25 April 2005
"We ask students to make choices and they often feel overwhelmed.  They haven't been given choices in more than 8 years of school and they don't trust adults." -- Dennis Littky  (this is a paraphrase of the quote from the NPR interview.  I'll look up the exact transcript)


See Ross Greene's Positive Cooperative Behavior system.
Plan B checklist   http://www.livesinthebalance.org/paperwork

Self Determination Theory

Self-Determination Theory

www.selfdeterminationtheory.org/
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is a theory of motivation. It is concerned with supporting our natural or intrinsic tendencies to behave in effective and.
Theory - ‎Publications - ‎Questionnaires - ‎Faculty

Self-Determination Theory

www.selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) represents a broad framework for the study of human motivation and personality. SDT articulates a meta-theory for framing ...

Self-determination theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory
Wikipedia
Self-determination theory (SDT) is a macro theory of human motivation and personality, concerning people's inherent growth tendencies and their innate ...

What Is Self-Determination Theory? (Deci and Ryan)

psychology.about.com › ... › Psychology Topics › Motivation
People can be motivated by a number of things, including the need for personal growth and fulfillment. Self-determination theory focuses on internal sources of ...

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