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This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the prospective teacher the importance of being aware of classroom activities and some critical factors in deterring deviant behavior. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (a) instruction in the use of protocol materials, (b) a discussion of the concept of "withitness" or awareness, (c) two practice lessons in the recognition of awareness and proper techniques in the effective deterrence of deviant behavior, and (d) practice exercises in applying the techniques of "withitness" in simulated teaching situations. The principle underlying this module is that teacher behaviors which demonstrate a teacher's awareness of what is going on in the classroom tend to increase student work involvement and decrease disruptive student behavior. Four teacher behaviors are noted: (a) desisting--the teacher demonstrates "withitness" by telling students to stop the deviant behavior, being sure that the desist is directed at the initiating student and that it is administered before the deviant behavior spreads; (b) suggesting alternative behavior; (c) concurrently praising--the teacher avoids direct confrontation with the disruptive student by concurrently praising the nondeviant behavior of other students; and (d) describing--the teacher describes or has the disruptive student describe the desirable behavior which the student usually exhibits or should exhibit in place of the deviant behavior. (HMD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert