лекция 8 TaLnted

1. Do you know these people?

DO YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE?
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Viktoriya V. Bezhina
PhD, c.p.sc., associate professor of the FL
department
BKRU

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What is in common between them?
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3. Great underachievers

GREAT UNDERACHIEVERS
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Albert Einstein, the founder of the modern physics,
He won the Nobel Prize in physics. He began speaking
being 4 years old, reading – in 7. He studied bad and
even at the age of15 was expelled for underachieving.
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4. Great underachievers

GREAT UNDERACHIEVERS
Isaac Newton was the worst pupil in his class until his
friend made a comment on him. After that he began
studying hard and became the best student.
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5. Great underachievers

GREAT UNDERACHIEVERS
Ludwig van Beethoven made orthographical mistakes
and couldn’t do mathematics.
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6. Great underachievers

GREAT UNDERACHIEVERS
A.S. Pushkin was an underachieving student especially
in mathematics. He was the last but not the least to get
the attestation diploma in Lyceum.
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7. And even…

AND EVEN…
Tomas Edison had been
attending school only for some
months, the teachers called him
a blockhead.
1093 patents for inventions.
His favorite phrase was: “Do you
think I would invent so many
things if I went to school?”
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8. Lecture 7: «Underachieving pupils»

LECTURE 7: «UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS»
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Definition of underachieving.
Reasons for underachieving.
Ways of work with underachieving pupils.
«The easier it is for the teacher to teach, the
harder it is for the child to learn»
(L.N. Tolstoy)
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9. Where are you in the picture concerning the topic of todays lecture?

WHERE ARE YOU IN
THE PICTURE
CONCERNING THE
TOPIC OF TODAYS
LECTURE?
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10. 1. Definition of underachievement (choose the best and explain why)

1. DEFINITION OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT
(CHOOSE THE BEST AND EXPLAIN WHY)
An underachiever is a person that fails to achieve
his or her potential or does not do as well as expected.
Underachievement is a violation of interaction
between teachers and pupils and external factors.
Underachievement is a misfit of the child to
requirements of the school concerning mastering
skills, getting knowledge and forming personality.
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11. Classical definition by I.Podlasy

CLASSICAL DEFINITION BY I.PODLASY
The underachiever is the child being unable to
demonstrate the level of knowledge, speed of the
thinking and performing operations compared to
other children in school.
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12. 2. Reasons for underachieving

2. REASONS FOR
UNDERACHIEVING
List 3-5 the reasons for
underachieving
Reasons for
underachieving
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13. Reasons for underachievement (sort out in two groups – external and internal reasons):

REASONS FOR UNDERACHIEVEMENT (SORT OUT
IN TWO GROUPS –
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL REASONS):
Health problems
Social instability and low value for school
Imperfectness of the school system
Low level of academic readiness for school
Individual peculiarities (short memory span, unstable
neural system)
Low level of intelligence development
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14. Reasons for underachievement (sort out in two groups – external and internal reasons):

REASONS FOR UNDERACHIEVEMENT (SORT OUT
IN TWO GROUPS –
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL REASONS):
External reasons
Internal reasons
Social instability and
Health problems
low value for school
Imperfectness of the
school system
Influence of family,
street, micro-groups
Low level of academic
readiness for school
Individual
peculiarities (short
memory span,
unstable neural
system)
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15. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? WHY?
If your student is underachieving, it doesn’t
mean that he or she is naturally lazy or
indifferent about school.
Your student can be underachieving because he
or she is extremely bright but needs a different
challenge.
Underachieving is an ongoing problem and a
normal experience.
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16. Three basic groups of reasons for underachievement

THREE BASIC GROUPS OF REASONS FOR
UNDERACHIEVEMENT
Pedagogical
Psychological and
phisiological
Social and economic
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17. 3. Ways of work with underachieving pupils

3. WAYS OF WORK WITH
UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS
What would you do if you had
an underachiever in your class?
What exercises would you give?
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18. Some ways of assistance

SOME WAYS OF ASSISTANCE
Observation over the process of work
Performing specially designed tasks
Discussing the algorithm of performing
the task
Identifying the mistakes, errors and
blunders of the child
Teaching effective ways of performing
the task or reshaping the existing
techniques.
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19. Create the success situation !!!! Which phrases can be helpful for the underachieving child?

CREATE THE SUCCESS SITUATION !!!!
WHICH PHRASES CAN BE HELPFUL FOR
THE UNDERACHIEVING CHILD?
Evaluation for details – This part of the
work has been done in a good way!
Advance praising – You will manage it!
Hidden instruction – you remember that…
Intensifying motivation – we need it for…
Personal approach – Only you can do it
better!
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20. Whose fault is it if the child is underachieving? Who is to blame?

WHOSE FAULT IS IT IF THE
CHILD IS UNDERACHIEVING?
WHO IS TO BLAME?
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https://youtu.be/5rdVKG5JynQ
Your opinion?

21. Who is to blame? Do you know that…

WHO IS TO BLAME? DO YOU KNOW THAT…
80% of parents
Teachers (88%) blame
consider the fault of
the teacher:
Unfair attitude – 29%
Inability to find an
approach to the child
– 48%,
Low qualification of
teachers – 23%
parents for:
Passive attitude and
inattention to the
child (81%),
Unwillingness and
inability to help the
child (19%)
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22. Ways of overcoming underachievement:

WAYS OF OVERCOMING
UNDERACHIEVEMENT:
Pedagogical prophylactics
Pedagogical diagnosing
Pedagogical therapy
Upbringing influence
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23. Some tips for the work with underachieving pupils

SOME TIPS FOR THE WORK WITH
UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS
Providing more time for thinking;
Variety of tasks;
Tendency for external entertainment;
Using means of non-verbal communication (signals, pictures,
tables, schemes, plan);
Teaching working with the dictionary;
Changing types of activities;
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24. Assignment

ASSIGNMENT
Write an essay on one of the following topics below –
200-250 words:
«The reasons of underachievement of pupils»
«Underachievement of pupils: parents or
teachers?»
«My advice of work with underachievers».
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25. Where are you in the picture concerning the topic now?

WHERE ARE YOU IN
THE PICTURE
CONCERNING THE
TOPIC NOW?
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26. You worked well! Do you have any questions???

YOU WORKED WELL!
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS???
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