Right this minute I am thinking about sociological or psychological experiments. I haven't heard of anyone doing a Skinner test on operant behavior or spouting Watson's theories, but they underlie a project we are committed to in our school: the advisory period.
The idea behind advisory is excellent - teachers will connect with a group of students throughout their entire 4 years at Bartlett. In this 1/2 hour class we work on social issues, personal development and job skills. That is the theory, the reality is that I see many kids just wandering the hallways, I gather many "orphans" into my classroom and while I make sure to get a little bit of something in each period it often seems to be a wasted effort on my part. Maybe it's not - I have some pretty great kids in my advisory class and I certainly like them, so the idea of making a connection has been achieved.
So is our experiment a success? Are we achieving the aim we desire for the program as it exists? Are the kids better off for participating in our experiment?
I don't know.
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