Tone as cause and effect of learning
by Terrell Heck
in 20 words that can influence the way students thinkWe said, “Dialect influences how students see themselves and their role in the learning process. In fact, a student’s ongoing internal dialogue, his thoughts about himself, and his self-identity as learners is not just a ‘factor’ in learning but one of the most important individual factors.”
This is fundamental to the principle and practice of social-emotional learning Social emotional learning strategies). It may be useful to briefly look at some basic ideas and basic assumptions about style in learning.
Tone as cause and effect of learning
First: tone is important. It affects human beings and students are human beings.
secondly. A tone can be notable in its “substance” and value as well as in its abundance or absence. That is, a tone can be “good” or “bad” and it can be “a lot” or “a little” of it.
Third. The tone can be both a a reason and impact. This means that the tone can cause “something” or may be caused by something. For example, it could be a lack of trust creates One tone is uncertain while another tone may create a clear lack of confidence.
Fourth. As a factor in ‘climate’, tone is closely linked to mood and together contributes greatly to that climate.
VI. Any climate created is intentionally conducive or not conducive to creativity, collaboration, and learning.
Seventh. Students experience some kind of tone in every interaction (even if this tone seems somewhat unremarkable – this is a “clinical” tone). This means that almost everything a student experiences in the learning process has a “tone.”
Eighth. Having demonstrated that tone affects students and can be modified (through our choice of words, among other factors), it means that we as teachers can modify something that affects students.
Ninth. To make these adjustments, we have to know what tone is and how to adjust it.
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