Classroom Discipline
Classroom Discipline, after reading some of the comments left in the forum I realize I am not the only one with issues of students talking. Depending on the class is how I approach how I handle them. I loud class I speak with a soft voice. Student will naturally be quite so they can hear what I need to tell them. Students who like to sit in the back of the class that think they are the cool kids, I tell them one day one, if they want to talk during class time that they can go outside when ever they wish. These are just some of the ways I deal with different classes.
There are immature 35 year olds who can disrupt a classroom yet some 20 year olds are quiet and diciplined. It depends on their DNA, upbringing and personality. It can be a challenge to manage the classroom. I find it especially hard because I am a mother and I find that as a habit I want to control the classroom like I do my kids at home. This course has taught me that I need to stay with a even voice and ask for them to participate in the classroom activities and to leave the social life for the hallways.
Soyoung, discipline is directly related to the set of rules you establish on the first day of class. If you discuss your rules and also discuss consequences of not following them then implementing your classroom rules should not be difficult. If your day one discussion included the topic of how you will manage unruly students such as asking them to leave the classroom until you have time to discuss their behavior issues in private then when a situation takes place that requires you to remove a student during a lab by asking them to leave does not take much time and would actually be expected by all of your students since it was discussed previously. The key is to practice what you preach and to be consistent with the enforcement of your rules. This does not imply you become a robot and never allow any leeway as you will always need to be able to make a human decision but the exceptions should be the rare case and consistency rules the day.
James Jackson
Nicky, also good to remember that adulthood is not always a direct relation to age. You can just as easily have a 35 year old adolescent as you could have a 25 year old adult. They key is to set expectations early and get to know your students so you understand their motivations for being in school.
James Jackson
Richard, students talking out of turn is universal and occurs in all types of classrooms. Good that you realize each classroom is different just like each student is different.
James Jackson
I found this information very helpful. Classroom discipline is my biggest challenge. I find it difficult to have to actually tell adults how to behave and what is acceptable and not acceptable. There were very good examples for me here.
Classroom discipline is one of issue that I have with distuptive or not motivative students. Specially if the classes happening in lab, it is hard to discipline them.
