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Maybe? The major, MAJOR difference is that if a kindergarten class is in front of a teacher, the teacher can see the class and there are consequences for misbeh
by sailfast 6y ago
Maybe? The major, MAJOR difference is that if a kindergarten class is in front of a teacher, the teacher can see the class and there are consequences for misbehavior / disobedience and the teacher can manage the class. The teacher has tools for making the kids pay attention that don't really seem possible over a longer-term Zoom meeting.
The kids require supervision by parents on the other end of the call to achieve even close to this (the parents don't have the same "classroom management" skills), so I figure... "Might as well do it myself". That's the main Zoom vs. Kindergarten difference.
- davidf560 6y agoThere's another aspect too: when kids are in a classroom together, there's a peer-pressure effect. If all the other kids are listening quietly and doing their worksheets, the remaining children are likely to fall in line (not 100% guaranteed, of course). My observations of Zoom classes with young kids this spring is that this effect did not occur virtually. Not to mention that home is filled with lots of fun, distracting stuff that the kids otherwise wouldn't have access to during the school day in a classroom.