Guidance is solution oriented.

a. Observe an instance when a teacher assisted children to peaceably resolve a problem. What did the teacher and children say and do? How was the teacher’s intervention similar or different from the guidance intervention technique(s) in the chapter. Compare findings to ideas in the chapter.

b. Ask a teacher to recall an instance when he successfully assisted one or more children to resolve a classroom problem without punishment. Ask how the teacher determined the outcome was successful. Ask the teacher his feelings about the experience. Compare findings to ideas in the chapter.