Thursday, 29 June 2017

ED 334 Students Best Discussion About a Wonderful Classroom Management




The ED 334 students discussed about what classroom rules should be like and how to develop them and this is how it goes. The classroom rules should be posted on the walls where the students could easily see. Should focus on the ways students interact with others. The teacher should always enforce the rules, and limit the number of the rules (3-5) so it will be easy for the students to remember. They also discuss on how do develop classroom rules. Like classroom rules must be establish at the beginning of the school year. When creating your rules, ask for students' assistance, and most importantly  the rules should state concisely and positively. For example, instead of saying "No fighting" you can say "respect each others". 
After the discussion about the rules, there was a discussion about logical consequences. A logical consequence is the term effective teachers used in classroom management to avoid punishment in the classroom. We must avoid punishment because it does not increase students’ responsibility; instead it increases evasion and deception. So consequences are the better way to use in our classroom, because they reinforce the internal requirements of self-control and commitment, and help children learn alternative ways to behave. Therefore, they do not hurt or humiliate the students, and they also do not respond to character, and are not meant to make the students feel bad. So, there are three types of logical consequences in which they happen when the rules are broken. These logical consequences are time out or time owed, loss of privilege, and fixed the damage. 

Time Out 
Ex. During class, Tatiana always makes a snide remark about another student's response to a question.
Tatiana may asked to leave the scene, "take a break" by sitting by herself facing the wall. She may returns when she appears to have regained control and is ready to participate in a positive way.

Loss of Privilege 
Ex. During class, two students are talking instead of working even after clearly being told to stop talking.  
They have to sit by themselves. 

Fix the Damage 
Ex. A student hurts the feelings of another student. 
That student will apologize to the person she hurts 
  

 Second part was about Routines and Procedures
Routines and Procedures, define as the wide variety of skills and techniques to keep students, organized, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during class. However, there are two characteristics under routines/procedures which are, instructional routines/procedures and managerial routines/procedures. 
Instructional routines are the routines teachers use during instructional activities
Ex. For getting the students' attention. 
Hand signal 
Raising your hand and say listen, freeze until you get all the students' attention

Managerial routines are the routines teachers use in between learning activities (transition) 
Ex. Using the restroom
Restroom pass


When teaching routines/procedures you should set the goals by stating what you expect students to do. Explain, by stating, explaining, modeling and demonstrate the routines/procedure. Rehearse and practice them under your supervision. And last but not least, reinforcing the routines/procedures until they become the students' habit. 


                                                                     To Be Continue....


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