Miss Gee Essay

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Biography Miss Gee is a professional artist/theatre designer recently turned secondary Visual Arts and Drama teacher. She has worked in theatre, film and television designing both wardrobe and scenery. She holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts and Advanced Diploma of Production Design, both from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). After studying the performing arts and experiencing the industry, she took 6 months off to travel America to teach art and design to young people. This experience abroad ignited a newfound passion in her to pursue teaching. Thereafter, Miss Gee set into motion a career change, undertaking a Post Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) degree at Edith Cowan University (ECU) to make teaching …show more content…

Like these theorists, her pedagogy is aimed towards prevention of misbehaviour rather than subsequent punishment. In her classroom, Miss Gee implements Ginott’s model of congruent communication, articulating the implications of a scenario whilst acknowledging the students feelings. For example using Ginott’s “I phrases” such as “I feel…” to communicate effectively the impact the misbehaviour has on others. This method of Ginott’s congruent communication conveys to students that their behaviour is bad; the student themself is not ‘bad’. As Ginott advocates using a calm tone of voice over yelling, the atmosphere stays ‘chill’ and misbehaviour deescalates. The open and harmonious communication strategy used in Miss Gee’s classroom ensures that issues in the classroom are managed without the need to resort to screaming or punishment. Likewise to Kounin’s classroom management model, Miss Gee believes the teacher is accountable and responsible for the student’s behaviour and the class momentum; it is crucial the teacher is present and shows care. To ensure that learning can transpire, Kounin’s ideas of teacher presence, with-it-ness and group movement are key. In addition, student-devised ‘rules’ regarding the respect of equipment and others, are another strategy to ensure students have accountability for

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