Schmucks: Chapter 6
Expectations


OBJECTIVES

 

             CIRCULAR INTERPERSONAL PROCESS.

             EXPECTATIONS ARE NORMAL AND ARE CREATED OUT OF PAST ASSOCIATIONS, FROM INFORMATION, AND FROM SOCIAL STEREOTYPES.

             ATTRIBUTIONS ASSIGN A CAUSE TO BEHAVIOR, EITHER THAT OF ANOTHER OR OF OUR OWN.

             EXPECTATIONS AND ATTRIBUTIONS ARE COMMUNICATED TO OTHERS INFLUENCING THE OTHERS’ BEHAVIORS

             SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: TEACHERS UNCONSCIOUSLY CREATE AND PERPEUATE SOME STUDENT BEHAVIORS.

             THERE ARE CONCRETE ACTIONS ONE CAN TAKE WHICH USE EXPECTATIONS IN CLASSSROOMS TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING.