In this section you will find...
1. Research-based information about self-direction.
2. Links to additional websites about self-direction.
Some good examples of how the explicit teaching of self-direction can be embedded into daily, classroom activities:
Creating Community in the Classroom
This series of lessons, from LEARN North Carolina is designed to help develop classroom community through the use of group goal-setting, decision-making, brainstorming, peer feedback, positive reinforcement, & positive peer pressure.
The lessons will help students create and maintain a supportive environment for learning.
Part 1 will focus on goal-setting process and practice.
In Part 2, students will apply knowledge of the goal-setting process to cooperatively create a plan to work on short-term group goals.
In Part 3, students will monitor the effects of their plan by determining whether short term goals are being achieved.
Finally, in Part 4, the teacher/facilitator will evaluate student progress and provide positive reinforcement for improvements.
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Students are introduced to the goal-setting process. They will practice the first step of the process as they set individual and class behavioral goals.
Students will apply knowledge of the goal-setting process by cooperatively creating a plan to work on group goals
Part 4 (Rewarding Improvement)
This lesson provides an opportunity to evaluate student progress and to provide positive reinforcement for improvements in behavior. Using a one to ten continuum, students will subjectively evaluate class progress on the ten adjectives listed as class climate goals. After this process, students will publicly recognize those classmates who have helped the class improve or who have personally improved.
Sonny Shelton, Digital Age Literacy Coach
