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of teacher sensitivity into student achievement is precisely what remains to be demonstrated.
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increases teacher sensitivity and language stimulation in order to ensure school readiness in our youngest children and develop students who are independent learners, thinkers and doers who can persist in any learning situation.
Keep pushing to
raise teacher sensitivity but, given that change takes time and there will always be someone in a child's world that is less - sensitive - than - desired, give that child McGonigal's tools too.
For instance, a program called RULER in the United States is designed to improve the classroom atmosphere by creating a sense of warmth and mutual respect, reducing hostility, and
improving teacher sensitivity to students» emotional and academic needs.
An evaluation of the ECMH consultation project published in the Infant Mental Health Journal found positive impacts
on teacher sensitivity and child behavior.
In accordance with this, in a sample of children placed in a shelter with alternative caregivers, it was observed that more children formed secure attachments with the more sensitive and less detached caregivers (measured with Arnett Scale
of Teacher Sensitivity; Howes and Segal 1993).
VIG increases
teacher sensitivity and language stimulation Fukkink and Tavecchio's RTC provides clear evidence that VIG, as a tool for teacher training in early childhood, was effective in increasing teacher sensitivity and language stimulation.