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Liberation Teaching (Ch. 12)

Choose 1 of the following questions (1, 2, or 3) for this week’s discussion:

1. Rico is a young boy in your program. This afternoon, he put a towel around his neck and shouted “Super Rico!” as he jumped on two other children reading quietly in the library area. He hit the children a few times and then grabbed their book and ran away, laughing and yelling, “I saved the magic book!”

a. What is the most probable source of Rico’s violent activity?

b. Where does Rico most likely fall in the violence pyramid?

c. Which level of mistaken behavior do you think this instance falls under, and why? How would you handle this situation?

2. Referring to the text, identify a guiding principle important to you in relation to each of the following:

• Guidance response to bullying
• Liberation teaching
• Resiliency mentoring
• Antibias education
• Peace education
• Levels of parent engagement

Discuss the importance of these principles to you in your professional development.

3. Interview a teacher about bullying and his/her response to it.

a. Do some children seem to bully more than others?

b. Are some children more likely to be bullied?

c. How does the teacher work with the class to prevent bullying? Work with individuals frequently involved?

d. Compare your finding from the interview with what the text says about these questions.

a minimum of 2-3 short paragraphs and a maximum of 4 paragraphs.