Praise is Worth a Thousand P☺unds

 “What an imagination Kinley!” a teacher praised his student.

  Kinley smiled and said, “Thank you.”

The teacher throws another question. All students put their hands up.

“Let me…,” someone says.

The teacher has a very complaisant and lively class. The teacher thinks students a good friends and the students think teacher the sun; the sun that shines warmly and equally.

The teacher uses encouraging remarks every time his pupils make slight progress. The students work hard to get the best remark from their teacher. They glow, gaining interest and arising curiosity and prepare for the best response. They are curious of what could be the next good word! They want to please the teacher, and the teacher wants to impress them; fulfilling both objectives and goals of his or her life at last.

The teacher uses so many means of verbal and written reinforcements like; how smart, I’m proud of you, what a good listener, magnificent, that’s the best, awesome, remarkable job, super work, outstanding, exceptional (Some remarks frequently used) and besides then he also makes written comments, pats, applauses, smiles, gestures, gifts and acknowledgments. The skill of reinforcement is a basic tool that a teacher uses to enhance teaching and learning.

For a systematic and successful teaching-learning process, the feedbacks of relevancy, immediate or timely, factual, helpful, respectful and sometimes confidential as per the need, would be of greater assistance.

The students also learn to do good things with good remarks. Pupils are like tender beans plants, if not supported, they will not flourish with the fruit.

Scientific study has found out, a badmash person would become a good person in a pleasant environment or surrounding and otherwise vice versa. The psychologists also argue that, “students of teachers who emphasize teaching behaviors such as praise and encouragement tend to learn more than students of teachers who emphasize criticism and punishment,” and that the teachers who “check students’ progress regularly and adjust instructions accordingly” are using effective teaching strategies.

So in teaching-learning area, the kind of environment and strategies adopted will decide and affect the students’ studies and living lives throughout.

An encouraging class will have supportive and attentive class, and by way develops enthusiasm in learning.

If observed thoroughly, people’s mannerisms will tell that the magic of reinforcements in teaching has so much effect in their studies and life also.

What are soothing to our ears are nicely said words/ sweet words, just as if sweets are sweets to our mouth. We desire and but sometimes we demand it and especially students must sometimes “Deserve and Desire.”