2A: Respect & Rapport

Teaching depends on the quality of relationships among individuals. Students are more likely to recall those who treated them with respect than the lesson taught (p.64).

-positive, supportive enviro.

-interact w/students as individuals

-see student perspective

-students should feel valued & safe to take intellectual risks; rules are established

-teacher sets tone for how to treat one another

2B: Culture for Learning

-describes ‘norms’ that govern the classroom w/everyone engaged

-“cool” to be smart; ideas valued

-ideas build on one another

-students can explain the “why”

-high expectations for ALL pupils

-no fear of ridicule for ideas

2C: Classroom Procedures

A ”smoothly functioning classroom is a prerequisite to good instruction” (p.69).