Effective Learning Environments
Description
This week I read about effective learning environments and different classroom management strategies for dealing with behavior issues.
Analysis
Classroom management are different strategies that teachers use to create positive and productive classroom experiences (Slavin, 2014, pg. 272). Classroom management starts on the first day of school by setting class rules and procedures and also making expectations of conducts clear to all students (Slavin, 2014). To provide an effective learning environment for students, classroom management strategies should include ways to prevent misbehavior, ways to respond to students misbehaving and using class time correctly and effectively. To keep students engaged in the classroom, teachers must provide an atmosphere that is conductive to interest and inquiry, and permitting activities that engage students (Slavin, 2014, pg. 272).
Classroom management issues that I have seen and experienced have been disrespectful students, students who want attention so they disrupt the class, and students who disrupt the class because they cannot keep up with instruction so they act out. When dealing with these different situations, as teachers we must find out why students are misbehaving so we can target the behavior and stop it. Students act out to get attention from their teachers and peers. To manage these disruptive behaviors teachers should provide students with interesting lessons, use class time effectively and structure activities to have little down time for students to misbehave (Slavin, 2014). By keeping students busy in meaningful activities and making classroom rules and procedures clear, this may prevent students from misbehaving.
If students do misbehave, first the teacher may give the student a nonverbal cue to stop the behavior. Giving nonverbal cues does not disrupt the class while learning. If this does not work, the teacher can praise the behavior of students who are behaving appropriately. If this strategy does not work, give the student verbal reminders of what behaviors are acceptable in school. If none of these steps work, let the students have a choice to either comply with the rules or suffer from the consequences. Some consequences for misbehavior can be timeout, parent notification or removal from the classroom.
Reflection
The concept of classroom management is very important in my classroom. When students come to kindergarten, sometimes it is their first experience in the classroom setting. By setting a foundation and having rules and procedures, students learn that they have their own responsibilities to follow these rules and responsibilities. If they don't adhere to them then they will have consequences that follow.
The concept of classroom management is significant concerning my classroom because without management, students would feel that they could do what they want in class. I believe some students would act out and other peers would do the same because they think it be okay to do so. Without classroom management, I think some students will not learn as much because they would have no structure to sit, listen and pay attention in the class while I am teaching.
I will use the different strategies and techniques for classroom management. These strategies like prevention, nonverbal cues, praise, correct the behavior, verbal reminders, and then consequences when students refused to comply are steps that I will follow for students who misbehave. It will take a few trial-and-error sessions to learn these steps but it is worth the try for having students who comply and behave.
Based on the information I learned, rules and procedures are required in all classrooms. Teachers have to enforce them all the time so students don't get out of hand. If students misbehave because they are bored, change up the lesson and make the lesson meaningful and engage them more. If students misbehave for attention, remove them from the attention-seeking environment. There are so many options instead of yelling at them when they misbehave.
References
Slavin, R. E. (2014). Educational psychology: Theory and practice (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
This week I read about effective learning environments and different classroom management strategies for dealing with behavior issues.
Analysis
Classroom management are different strategies that teachers use to create positive and productive classroom experiences (Slavin, 2014, pg. 272). Classroom management starts on the first day of school by setting class rules and procedures and also making expectations of conducts clear to all students (Slavin, 2014). To provide an effective learning environment for students, classroom management strategies should include ways to prevent misbehavior, ways to respond to students misbehaving and using class time correctly and effectively. To keep students engaged in the classroom, teachers must provide an atmosphere that is conductive to interest and inquiry, and permitting activities that engage students (Slavin, 2014, pg. 272).
Classroom management issues that I have seen and experienced have been disrespectful students, students who want attention so they disrupt the class, and students who disrupt the class because they cannot keep up with instruction so they act out. When dealing with these different situations, as teachers we must find out why students are misbehaving so we can target the behavior and stop it. Students act out to get attention from their teachers and peers. To manage these disruptive behaviors teachers should provide students with interesting lessons, use class time effectively and structure activities to have little down time for students to misbehave (Slavin, 2014). By keeping students busy in meaningful activities and making classroom rules and procedures clear, this may prevent students from misbehaving.
If students do misbehave, first the teacher may give the student a nonverbal cue to stop the behavior. Giving nonverbal cues does not disrupt the class while learning. If this does not work, the teacher can praise the behavior of students who are behaving appropriately. If this strategy does not work, give the student verbal reminders of what behaviors are acceptable in school. If none of these steps work, let the students have a choice to either comply with the rules or suffer from the consequences. Some consequences for misbehavior can be timeout, parent notification or removal from the classroom.
Reflection
The concept of classroom management is very important in my classroom. When students come to kindergarten, sometimes it is their first experience in the classroom setting. By setting a foundation and having rules and procedures, students learn that they have their own responsibilities to follow these rules and responsibilities. If they don't adhere to them then they will have consequences that follow.
The concept of classroom management is significant concerning my classroom because without management, students would feel that they could do what they want in class. I believe some students would act out and other peers would do the same because they think it be okay to do so. Without classroom management, I think some students will not learn as much because they would have no structure to sit, listen and pay attention in the class while I am teaching.
I will use the different strategies and techniques for classroom management. These strategies like prevention, nonverbal cues, praise, correct the behavior, verbal reminders, and then consequences when students refused to comply are steps that I will follow for students who misbehave. It will take a few trial-and-error sessions to learn these steps but it is worth the try for having students who comply and behave.
Based on the information I learned, rules and procedures are required in all classrooms. Teachers have to enforce them all the time so students don't get out of hand. If students misbehave because they are bored, change up the lesson and make the lesson meaningful and engage them more. If students misbehave for attention, remove them from the attention-seeking environment. There are so many options instead of yelling at them when they misbehave.
References
Slavin, R. E. (2014). Educational psychology: Theory and practice (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
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