The Substitute Teacher Effect: A Novel Study On Student Misbehavior In School

Why are students so apathetic and chaotic when their regular teacher is gone for the day? Is this a natural mindset, or is it learned? If the mindset is learned, do our schools play a role in developing it? Do cultural factors play a role? ...And why are these questions so rarely asked? The students seem to be at their worst on "sub day," but it's not so clear why. We could be lazy and assume, as we often do, that this is simply childhood. But perhaps the common wisdom is not wisdom at all. There must be some better explanation as to why, upon seeing the substitute teacher, the students break down and turn up. Teacher and author Sammy Kayes spent more than two years trying to understand this phenomenon, as he worked full time in over twenty schools, hundreds of classrooms, and with thousands of students. He was eventually forced to conclude that the "sub" effect is far more than a mere nuisance. It is a visible sign of a disfunctional school and social system: authoritarian rather than democratic, valuing obedience over judgment, and dismissive of the importance of childhood itself.

• | Author: Sammy Kayes
• | Publisher: Sammy Kayes
• | Publication Date: May 07, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 108 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0692676805
• | ISBN-13: 9780692676806