Week 3: Everyone can do something

7.1. The Wave model in action

In part 2 of Activity 3.7, waves 1 and 2 of the Wave model were in evidence:

Mogas was excluded from learning; he lost his parents (he was an orphan), lacked resources and was displaced.

• The teacher noticed his behaviour and was careful how he reacted.
• The teacher made an effort to raise his self-esteem by praising him.
• The teacher organised his classroom so that Mogas could benefit from peer support and gave himself opportunities to talk to him during lessons.
• The teacher and the school were flexible in how they applied the school rules about lateness in order to support Mogas.
• Although the teacher alone made an enormous difference to Mogas’s way of life and his prospects for the future, by involving colleagues and working collaboratively, even more progress was able to be made.