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Great
Expectations®
(GE) is an
eclectic
approach to
teaching
that
encompasses
the very
best of what
is known
about
teaching
today.
Drawing from
many
learning
theories,
teachers do
whatever it
takes
to teach
students
through an
integrated
holistic
curricula.
Students
become
self-directed
learners,
productive
citizens,
effective
communicators,
critical
thinkers,
and
cooperative
contributors
in
the
classroom as
well as
society.
The Great
Expectations
(GE)
teaching/training
model is
guided by
six basic
principles
(Tenets).
These Tenets
provide
guidelines
for program
training and
implementation
and serve as
standards
for
evaluating
GE
schools/districts.
The Tenets
are as
follows:
High
Expectations
- Teachers must
hold high
expectations of
students. When
students
recognize those
expectations,
they will
respond by
reaching upward
to achieve them.
—Robert
Rosenthal and
Lenore Jacobson
Teacher
Attitude and
Responsibility
- Teachers who
have positive
attitudes
possess the
influence
necessary to
shape the
attitudes of
students. The
teacher's
attitude is one
of a facilitator
of learning who
encourages and
believes in
students, and
who requires
excellence in
every detail.
—Haim Ginott,
John and Eunice
Gilmore
All
Children Can
Learn -
All children can
learn no matter
what labels
are placed upon
them, whether it
is learning
disabled, low
socioeconomic
status, unstable
home life,
inner-city, or
rural.
—William
Glasser
Building
Self-Esteem
- Building
self-esteem is
the key to
helping students
believe they are
capable of
learning and
motivating them
to try.
—Harris
Clemes, Reynold
Bean, and Aminah
Clark
Climate
of Mutual
Respect
- Students are
empowered to
take risks
necessary for
growth when
encompassed in a
climate of
mutual respect
in which
mistakes are
seen
as
opportunities to
learn and their
ideas and
efforts are
appreciated. The
teacher must
extend the same
respect to
students that
he/she desires
to receive from
them.
—Rensis
Likert
Teacher
Knowledge and
Skill
-
The teacher must
be knowledgeable
and skillful in
learning theory
and teaching
methods that
enable students
to achieve
academic and
social success.
—Benjamin
Bloom |
