Activity 1
I believe this type of approach does have value in my own teaching context. Being able to get the right behaviour from students, to allow them to learn and to see the value in learning is very important. It would need to be done carefully, however, so as to still foster a good situation for learning.
I can see this approach to learning would particularly benefit young learners – especially ones new to teaching ideas and how things work. They are young enough to be trained and will listen and want to do the right thing to earn praise, or fun things or activities.
Limitations to this type of learning – if the student knows and understands what you are doing, then they may not want to do it, simply because they do not want to be conditioned. Also, if the benefit isn't enough of a draw for them, then they may simply not comply at all. It may also be difficult to train students in that way once they have reached the desired level of behavior - you would need to make sure to move the "carrot" as the desired level of behaviour is reached (if still required).
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