One example that my teacher does is the raising her hand above her head and counting down from 5-0 to gain the students attention. This increases students awareness of their surroundings and helps them know that they are losing focus and need to regroup their thoughts. Also the teacher has laid out that if they are still being disruptive after she gets to 0, they have the chance to lose participation points, adding a level of fear that is controllable for both the teacher and the student. This link is a great reference to see how this simple tool of counting down can help get students focused.
Ms. Brugger also allows her students to work together in pairs or groups often to help go over material that they learn. This way the students are practicing both maintenance and elaborative rehearsal by repeating to each the material over and over again while also connecting material to other outlets.
With theatre, we draw from many real world experiences to give us motivation, meaning, influences, ect. So naturally in the classroom, the lessons tend to get connected to real world material for the students to connect to. Ms. Brugger always tried to connect her lessons to something happening in the world today so the students can understand how powerful the material we are learning is and so they can start to make their own connections and encode in their brains how what they are learning can be applied to something. With monologues, referring it to a job interview, and being able to talk comfortably in front of someone or a group of people. The skills needed to do both are the same and can easily be transferred from one to another.
Wait time is something that can be awkwardly important. We don't like these awkward pauses in our discussion, but it gives students time to think for themselves and digest the information. Ms. Brugger even told me in her comments on my lesson that I taught for her class that I needed to give more time to allow students to think and respond, as well more time for them to quiet down to listen. She explained to me the importance of making sure everyone is on the same page and that while everyone may appear fine on the outside, in their heads they are all processing the information differently and needed different amounts of time to think. It's better to wait longer and let everyone process than to only allow half the class to understand it.
Ms. Brugger also allows her students to work together in pairs or groups often to help go over material that they learn. This way the students are practicing both maintenance and elaborative rehearsal by repeating to each the material over and over again while also connecting material to other outlets.
With theatre, we draw from many real world experiences to give us motivation, meaning, influences, ect. So naturally in the classroom, the lessons tend to get connected to real world material for the students to connect to. Ms. Brugger always tried to connect her lessons to something happening in the world today so the students can understand how powerful the material we are learning is and so they can start to make their own connections and encode in their brains how what they are learning can be applied to something. With monologues, referring it to a job interview, and being able to talk comfortably in front of someone or a group of people. The skills needed to do both are the same and can easily be transferred from one to another.
Wait time is something that can be awkwardly important. We don't like these awkward pauses in our discussion, but it gives students time to think for themselves and digest the information. Ms. Brugger even told me in her comments on my lesson that I taught for her class that I needed to give more time to allow students to think and respond, as well more time for them to quiet down to listen. She explained to me the importance of making sure everyone is on the same page and that while everyone may appear fine on the outside, in their heads they are all processing the information differently and needed different amounts of time to think. It's better to wait longer and let everyone process than to only allow half the class to understand it.
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