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Self Fulfilling Prophecy!(Gloom and Doom)

by Oldschoolteach

Self Fulfilling Prophecy!(Gloom and Doom)

Posted February 20, 2012 by Oldschoolteach in Education Issues, Student Issues, Teacher issues. Tagged:educators, K through 12, raising our expectations in the classroom, rigor in the classroom, self fulfilling prophecy,teacher expectations of students. Leave a Comment

I remember when I was in college a LONG time ago, we learned about the self-fulfilling prophecy. I don’t recall the professor who taught it, but somehow it has managed to stay in my head after all these years. If you believe it, it could happen, good or bad, positive or negative, our expectations influence those around us. When the professor introduced this concept, he wanted to emphasize the damage we could do to our students if we had