The document discusses issues with a teacher's practices including favoritism, lack of intervention or scaffolding for students, verbal abuse, and inappropriate language use. It also discusses problems with the learning environment including unhealthy competition, peer pressure, and a lack of support. Drawing from educational psychology theories, it suggests the teacher's style does not cater to different types of learners, the importance of meeting students' basic needs for learning, and improving interactions and inclusion in the classroom.

1. Teacher
practices
favouritism
result
oriented
teacher do not
intervene or
remediate to
help pupil
doesn’t
scaffold
learning
uses verbal
abuse/humiliation
doesn’t role
model good
behaviour
monotonous
tone during
teaching /
doesn’t check
for
understanding
uses
inappropriate
language and
sarcasm
Counselling skills
Teaching pedagogies
Piaget’s theory
-According to theory,
student’s cognitive
development is
gradual: requires a
solid foundation and
proper scaffolding
Types of learners
-teacher’s teaching
style not catered to
all kinds of learners
Choose instructional
media based on
-Appropriateness
- Suitability
- Visual design
- Practicality
(Quek Choon Lang,
Angela Wong, Tay May
Yin)
Problems Identified:

2. Pupil:
Andy
lack of self-
esteem /
confidence
lack of
interest in
subject due
to teacher
easily
distracted
Types of motivation
- intrinsic
- extrinsic
Kohlberg’s moral
cognition theory
Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs
Poor student-teacher
relationship
Problems Identified:

3. Environment
unhealthy
competition
in class
peer pressure
negative
social
space
unsupportive and
incondusive
learning
environment
Educational Psychology of inclusion
-Teacher needs to promote social and
academic inclusion via various strategies
e.g.i ndividual counselling,
peer tutoring,
individualised goal-setting
Brof’s theory
-Based on theory, levels of interaction in
class has to be improved
Community->School->Family->Individual
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- According to Maslow (1968), only when basic
needs are met can an individual become
motivated to take risks, learn and attain full
potential.
-Based on Maslow’s theory, when the need for
esteem is satisfied, one will feel confident and
valuable; otherwise, a person tends to feel
inferior, weak, helpless and worthless.
William Glasser
-Based on theory, human character is
always directed to satisfy one of these
five basic needs
e.g. sense of belonging and being loved
Problems Identified: