It's about the entire class
Traditional management techniques have focused on targeting specific behaviors of individual students and formulating a process to change the behavior. This approach assumes that the interaction is solely between the teacher and the student.
I would suggest that in the classroom setting, all interactions are between the teacher and the
entire class. Even though a teacher may be interacting with a particular student, the
entire class is involved observing the interaction that is taking place.
My approach is to first utilize techniques that are "entire class" oriented instead solely dealing with the individual student that is acting inappropriately.
Hi Amanda,
Use good judgment; sometimes it is better to just deal with the student(s)in the situation.
Patricia Scales
Does this lead to embarassment for the student, in turn leading to an even larger issue? I agree that sometimes making the entire class aware of a siutation will make the inapprorpiate behavior go away but with adult learners I would be afraid that they would feel threatened in a way.
