Framework Of Poverty

Dr. Ruby Payne’s book “A Framework for Understanding Poverty” highlights a lot of important things for students in poverty. Registers of language, being an effect role model, discipline, creating relationships are only a few of the many important points. All the point that Payne makes could be used in the classroom At the beginning of the school year teachers want to establish a good relationship with your students. Creating these relationships with these students is important. According to Payne the relationships are essential for survival in poverty, which the most significant motivator for students in poverty. Payne references S. Covey’s Seven Habit of Highly Effective people, or the emotional bank account. The first step of creating
Like in creating relationships there needs to be clear boundaries. In order to establish clear boundaries it is important to understand the Karpman triangle. The Karpman triangle has three roles but a person can’t take on all three roles at the same time. Rescuer, victim, and abuser/bully/persecutor are the three roles of the triangle. Once a person becomes one of the roles it usually becomes an endless cycle to get out. Payne gave an example of a boy who came home and told his mother that he was board in school. His mother asked him whose problem it is was and he said that it was the teachers. The story goes on to include the principle and the father. Each person would at some point take on all three roles but not at the same time. The situation would not have continued if the mother had gotten in to the triangle. The only way to not get in to the triangle is to ask
The five registers are frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. In the school setting frozen an inmate should not be used. Frozen register is language that is always the same like wedding vows and the Lord’s Prayer. Intimate register is between lovers, but if used in school setting it is considered to be sexual harassment. The most common form of register used in school is the formal register, which is standard sentence and word choice. This form is used because complete sentences and specific word choice are used. When talking with a student one on one consultative register can be used. Consultative register is like the formal register but is used in conversation but not as direct as formal register. The casual register can be used but with caution because it is a language that is used between friends. The word choice is general and not specific and the conversation is dependent on nonverbal assists. In the school setting the formal and consultative register should be used with sometime the use of causal