{"id":5446,"date":"2018-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-yes-they-can\/"},"modified":"2020-02-27T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:33:46","slug":"learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-yes-they-can","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-yes-they-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Yes They Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11590\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1-1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Climbing-Success-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This post originally appeared at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/kidsrsu.org\/professionallearning\/blog\/43018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learner Centered Practices Blog<\/a>\u00a0on April 30, 2018. Belolan is the instructional coach for RSU2 in Maine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_dFkjaigqicSI\" class=\"zfr3Q\">Do you remember hearing, perhaps back in your teacher prep program, about the study where a teacher was given a group of Special Ed students but was told that they were Gifted and Talented students, and then the learners performed at the same level as the Gifted and Talented learners would? Well, it is a thing. And it is real.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_H2wT7Vkziu2s\" class=\"zfr3Q\">The Pygmalion Effect, also called the Expectancy Effect or the Rosenthall Effect, is when one&#8217;s expectations about another&#8217;s performance or ability impacts their actual performance. Here are two videos about it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pygmalion Effect and the Power of Positive Expectations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hTghEXKNj7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pygmalion Effect\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jRmydapTZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_UDXr17ZujzMy\" class=\"zfr3Q\">I hear the words &#8220;they can&#8217;t&#8221; more often in my daily work with schools and teachers than you would think. We need to stop thinking that. Here are some ways to change the thought &#8220;they can&#8217;t&#8221; into messages that convey high expectations for all learners:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR\">\n<li id=\"h.p_DXKyWiyHkaDQ\" class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d\">They can&#8217;t&#8230;&#8230; YET<\/li>\n<li id=\"h.p_7c5bAKKCka3P\" class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d\">They can&#8217;t&#8230;. DO IT WELL<\/li>\n<li id=\"h.p_1S4CarnBkcKO\" class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d\">They CAN do it ISHLY<\/li>\n<li id=\"h.p_lxUapW_fkm73\" class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d\">They are WORKING on it<\/li>\n<li id=\"h.p_GljsyVKtk0JR\" class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d\">They WILL get it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"h.p_pZ91jF3MlAsU\" class=\"zfr3Q\">The minute we use they word &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; they aren&#8217;t going to. If there was one thing I would want to see implemented with 100% consistency across the district, it would be elimination of the words &#8220;they can&#8217;t&#8221; from teachers&#8217; lexicon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-three-ways-to-bring-more-learner-voice-into-learning-opportunities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Three Ways to Bring More Learner Voice into Learning Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-four-tips-for-crafting-driving-questions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Four Tips for Crafting Driving Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-giving-learners-more-voice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Giving Learners MORE Voice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Courtney Belolan works at RSU 2 in Maine where she supports K-12 teachers with performance-based, individualized learning. Courtney works closely with teams and teachers as a coach, and with the school and district leadership teams as an instructional strategist. Courtney has worked as a 6-12 literacy and instructional coach, a middle level ELA teacher, an environmental educator, and a digital literacy coach. 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