The Science of Praise - An effective practice and tool within our schools and classrooms

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The School Psychologist

Huma Imtiaz

3 episodes

1 week ago

Welcome to The School Psychologist podcast, where we discuss topics relating to the field of school psychology, education, and the mental health of children as well as youth in our schools. Through this podcast we hope to bring you in depth knowledge and resources on how we can enhance the social, emotional, and academic well-being of our students. We welcome all listeners, especially those that work in the field of education, including but not limited to teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and of course aspiring as well as current school psychologists!

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The Science of Praise - An effective practice and tool within our schools and classrooms

The School Psychologist

32 minutes 54 seconds

1 year ago

The Science of Praise - An effective practice and tool within our schools and classrooms

Humans seem to be wired toward having a positive response when praised or given recognition for their hard work and accomplishments. Researchers have discovered that receiving praise releases dopamine in our brains, the same chemical that is unleashed when we experience other joyous moments such as eating our favorite dessert, engaging in a meditation, or even when we fall in love. Dopamine and it's feel good effect is what motivates us to keep engaging in these behaviors, as our mind and body crave to continuously experience the feelings of pleasure that results from the dopamine release. It is then no wonder that praise is a very simple yet effective practice that can be utilized to motivate and engage our students. In this episode we will take a deep dive into the reasons why students should not only be praised when they achieve the highest grade in the class, or score a seat in the honor roll, or win the spelling bee. But that they also need consistent praise and recognition for their effort, hard work, persistence, and dedication while they are striving to reach an academic or behavioral goal (s), despite possibly having failed a few times. In this way, praise, when utilized with good intention and integrity can be a powerful as well as effective tool to prepare our students for persevering through the challenges and failures they will inevitably face in life. The purpose of this episode is to help educators understand how praise may help our students adapt a growth mindset, build their resilience, while also cultivating feelings of trust and safety so that students can feel comfortable making mistakes. The goal is to give our students a solid understanding of how it is in the midst of failure as well as consistent trial and error that they will give birth to some of their biggest achievements in life.

Additionally, this practice is a form of positive reinforcement/support. The power of PRAISE lies in empowering our students even as they are experiencing the productive struggle that is required of any human when they set out to achieve a particular goal.