Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Sleeping students During my internship class my cooperating teacher lets students sleep during class. The students walk into class and put their heads down and sleep the whole time. She dosent try to wake them up. What can you do as an intern to make the students stay awake during class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I'm not sure why the teacher allows it. Maybe try talking to the teacher and explain that you are looking out for his best interest and that he is missing instructional time by sleeping.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: The solution suggested is simple enough and relies on the teacher being able to explain their reasoning. Without talking to the teacher first to understand why they are not doing anything, I don't think making any decision about how to handle sleeping students is necessarily the best solution. It may become a point of contention with the cooperating teacher, and it would be better to understand their reasoning first. Rated On: February 26, 2018 2:34 am Rated By: PeMuQa                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is exactly what I would do in this situation. Rated On: February 26, 2018 2:46 am Rated By: QaHyWe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: The teacher obviously knows that these students are sleeping. Rated On: February 26, 2018 3:19 am Rated By: TaTaBy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I will talk to the teacher and explain the situation and why he or she has her student sleeping Rated On: July 6, 2018 2:26 pm Rated By: yqunaz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Talking to the teacher is the first and only step, I feel. Rated On: October 11, 2018 4:19 pm Rated By: ypaseR                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original No Comments: I am not saying that we should let students sleep the entire class period every day but we also do not know their home situation and if they are living with a single parent or heard parents up fighting all night or a baby crying or maybe if its numerous students sleeping that says it is not the student but the teacher and the lesson and more needs to be done in order to enhance the learning experience. Rated On: October 11, 2018 7:30 pm Rated By: ubeBaz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think talking to the teacher about this teaching style is important. Rated On: October 15, 2018 1:26 am Rated By: uQaLur                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't think this solution is useful. Rated On: February 24, 2019 4:08 pm Rated By: Nicole Morris