Friday, January 30, 2009

Classroom Management

Today in class we watched a video on the right way versus the wrong way to handle your classroom. I feel the video gave some good tips on how to prevent your classroom from getting out of hand. The biggest thing that I grasped fromt he video as being useful was having a friendly/joking attitude. I feel when you are always yelling at your students the yelling becomes not as affective because thats all they know. When you have a friendly personality you are allowing your students to respect you not only as a teacher but as a person who has emotions and if they were to get out of hand and disappoint you they may care knowing their normally happy teacher be somewhat upset with their actions. I also like that having this attitude allows the students to have a little flexability...I mean afterall we were all students at one point and sometimes you just get antsy!! This friendliness and joking makes it easier to maybe make a point to lightly discipline a student in a joking manner but still getting the point across. I have learned through experiences in many classes that the teachers you aren't to tyrannical have more success in classroom management because the students feel like the teacher's care about them and are not always out to get them into trouble.
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  1. Dr. LuongoJanuary 31, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    Kris,

    I feel the same way you do. I think you get more from students when you create a friendly atmosphere. However, there are times when you need to be strict.

    Thanks for posting!

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  2. carmenFebruary 12, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    Hi Kris,

    I agree with your idea of giving students respect and inturn receiving respect back. Nel Nodding is an educational philosopher and has a method of teaching called care-relation teaching. I feel you may really like her approach to teaching in the classroom. In a nut sheel she proposes that by caring for a student and providing him/her with support, the instructor allows an opportunity for the student to open up. With this opportunity comes the time to here the student speak, know who he/she is, and recognize his/her learning style. Nel Nodding also suggests that a student is more likely to want to learn when the instructor has developed this care-relationship with him/her. Care-relationship teaching provides the instructor with an opportunity to educate the student in all areas as well.

    Sorry for going on too much about Nel Noddings and her theory, however I believe care-relation teaching may be appealing to you.

    Below you will find a link to an article written by Nel Noddings. Keep up the good work and see you in class.

    www.infed.org/biblio/noddings_caring_in_education.htm.

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  3. hernandojiggaFebruary 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    hey kris,

    during my student teaching, my cooperating teacher yells alot. The students express their discontent with the teacher always yelling. The students have comments like: "its too early in the day for you to be yelling" or "arent you tired of always yelling at us. But, in her defense, the students dont always to what they are told. I agree that a different approach should be taken, not only by the teacher but also by he students.

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