Do not praise your students too much!!!!
According to the Irish Independent, teachers “obsessed with praising” children are in danger of creating a generation of egotistical pupils. That’s the message of a leading child psychologist who argues that school staff and parents feel they cannot criticise their children for fear of upsetting them.
Dr Carol Craig, director of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing in Glasgow, claims that the need to be positive all the time leaves pupils with an “all about me” mentality.
So there you go!
I guess for your students’ sake, don’t bear it in mind when you are grading and marking exams!
http://www.independent.ie/education/praise-agenda-isnt-doing-young-pupils-any-favours-1729572.html
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