Description
Setting high expectations involves requiring learners to put in maximum effort during their lessons. High expectations do not mean expecting all learners to meet a certain standard. Instead, it means expecting each learner to try to beat their own personal best.
Advantages
- High expectations are necessary to ensure that learners continue to strive for improvement. Without high expectations in the classroom, learners can become complacent and lose respect for education.
Disadvantages
- Instructors need to be aware that sometimes learners have off days due to a variety of factors.
- Instructors need to balance high expectations with compassion for their learners.
Implementation
- Measure learners’ prior knowledge to ascertain their current developmental level.
- Have learners aim to achieve at or above their current ability in a given task.
- If learners underperform, provide formative feedback and insist they revise their work to make edits and improvements.
- Allow learners to progress to new tasks only when their work has met or exceeded the minimum standard you set for them.
