Cognitive-behavioural approaches such as the Talk Sense To Yourself program (TSTY) and Stop, Think, Do are often called programs in cognitive restructuring and/or social skills. Like Glasser's Control Theory and Dreikurs' goals they lie in the democratic range - believing that student behaviour is a function of choice involving thinking, feeling and acting but this choice can be assisted by a empathic and positive interaction with teachers.
These approaches involve a partnership with students in which teachers provide feedback, cues and techniques for students to better self manage their behaviour.
From the lecture or using the clips below try to develop some understanding of several of the techniques used in this approach. There are 3 primary skills we will cover - reflective listening, the emotional temperature graph and teaching talk sense to yourself. |
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 . . . . . . Using the emotional temperature only takes a couple of practices for most people so find a partner and think of a classic scenerio or one you encountered while on PEX and see how it works for you. Remember the point of the graph is to get a map of the students thinking and emotions so the details or numbers are not a important as the recognition of the stages in the movement from rational to irrational thinking. |
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Albert Ellis was one of the originators of cognitive restructuring and developed an approach called Rational emotive behaviour therapy. Listen to this interview with him just before he died by Phillip Adams from ABC radio. | |
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Chapter 10 - Motivation in learning and teaching: Pages 391 - 400
Chapter 11 - Creating learning environments: Pages 444 - 459 |
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