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The Teacher Organizing: The teacher organizing the event telephoned the parents two weeks later, asking them whether they were interested in participating (telephoning gets a more direct response than writing!). A visit was made to the home of those parents who agreed to the idea, to decide on the format of their book; at this stage, too, decisions were made about the length of the book and who would illustrate it. Usually, illustrations were produced by the parents' own children. Once a parent had produced the text and illustrations, the school took reparents are already collaborating and are able to support each other.
After a few days the teacher noted that Eleanor was fairly comfortable in school and was happy to talk about the games she was playing. The teacher noted: 'Eleanor enthusiastically told me the names she had given to all the plastic play people/
After about a week Eleanor began to greet the teacher when they met in the morning and she usually had some news to report. The teacher felt that this was a good sign that Eleanor was settling in well.
Should a child love his teacher? Yes, if "love" is taken to mean a warm, constructive relation in which the child is truly valued and helped to develop his best potentialities. No, if it means a relationship that is intense and meets the emotional needs of the teacher at the expense of the child. A teacher's strong personal affection for one child may lead to favoritism, which children keenly resent. Or it may make the child oversensitive to the teacher's opinion. |
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