Teacher comments and behaviorreveal their attitudes

Be open minded

Introduce new teaching strategies

Discuss risk taking anddemonstrate something you havenot mastered

Demonstrate "metateaching" bydiscussing the risks you are taking

Consider ways to rewardgenuine peer support for risktaking

Be prepared with naturalconsequences for unsupportivebehavior

Learn and use students' names

Build trust

Do not tolerate bullying

Encourage postiveteacher/student relations

Use humor whenappropriate to ease tensions

Consider how you handle errors yours and students

Create situations in whichstudent work is not evaluated

Create assignments that allow formultiple drafts and nonpunitivefeedback

Invite question asking

Invite theorizing

Create context for problem solving

Demonstrate how to turncontroversial topics into researchquestions