My Body (Head, Shoulder, Knee and Toes)
Students are required stand up away from the table and chair, for no harm shall be done during the activity. They also need to move a bit further from their friends. The teacher will set up the song and prepare to present the song to the pupils. The teacher need to make sure that the entire pupil is comfortable with their position. The song then will be play and the teacher needs to show them the movement before the pupils started to do the same. After a few demonstrations to the pupil, now the teacher asks the students to mimic the movement that he or she had done earlier. The pupil will mimic the movement shown earlier while singing the song. The teacher needs to make sure that the entire pupil now
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This theory also can be applied into classroom management.
Background: These excerpts pertain to a year 3 class of pupil, with a reputation for being quite hard work because of the number of disruptive pupils who have friends within the group.
They refer to the beginnings of the first three English lessons not being taught by their regular teacher. The classroom has windows facing both a playground and an internal corridor.
It is behaviour (classroom management) rather than content that is focussed on here.
Lesson One
The pupil lined up in the corridor waiting to be let into the room. Their noses were pressed up against the windows, as they tried to work out who the new faces in the room were. Once allowed into the room, they looked slightly diffidently at the "new teachers" and then proceeded to take a seat and talk quite noisily. Then the regular teacher walked into the room, silence fell and a number of pupils seemed to be trying to hide their faces. Later I realised these were the pupils who were not in the usual seating
This gives opportunities for discussion, reflection and a chance to understand develop empathy for each other. ‘The ultimate objective is to enhance children’s ability to become socially and emotionally competent individuals who succeed in school’. http://incredibleyears.com/team-view/carolyn-webster-stratton/ To give a practical example of one of the key initiatives is to praise good behaviour not matter how small and ignore unacceptable behaviour so long as no harm will come to others. This strategy should always be the starting point of your classroom management. The majority of children will respond to this positive reinforcement and quickly understand how to gain phrase for doing the right thing.
In the short story “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter, Tommy`s fourth grade teacher gets sick, so the next day when the students arrive to their classroom they have a substitute teacher. The substitute teacher Miss Ferenczi and the Mr. Hibler the real teacher have different ways of keeping the students engaging the students. Mr. Hibler, teaches out of a book and when he is teaching English literature his students do not fully engaged in the material as he goes through it. From the students’ point of view, Mr. Hibler’s class is not that fun. Mr. Hibler has a time for everything such as English, math, and recess, but he only teaches the students what they need to know, and not any of the fun facts that surround the material that is currently being
David Sedaris’s short story entitled “Jesus Shaves” is a very interesting tale of a man and his fellow classmates in a French class trying to learn about important holidays. Sedaris uses multiple literary devices in his short story that drives the point towards learning about what Easter really stands for. In the early part of the story the teacher of the French class states, “And what does one do Easter? Would anyone like to tell us?” (435).
In the regular education classroom these students were very quite and the only time they would talk is if they were asked to. Occasionally they would misbehave in class but that was their way of getting attention and a way to tell the teacher they had no idea what was going on. I enjoyed seeing these students in both settings because I got a sense of who they
I observed the teacher walking around the room and working one-on-one with students. On the other side of the classroom, the second graders were working on their social studies lesson and their cursive
Within the school environment, there will be a variety of children and adults. Each child and adult will differ from the other. Some will come from different backgrounds, speak different languages and some may have additional educational needs or impairments. Children and adults from different backgrounds may speak a different language to the majority of the people in the school. Sometimes they may have English as a second language but some may only have their first language.
At Frist Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown I learned while observing and interacting how some of the different set up of areas impacted a student’s learning and space. Some of the areas were used for quiet time, noisier activities, and more active learning. This related to the (Component 2e) because organizing physical space around the classroom provides the student a variety of ways to learn together or alone inside the classroom while also developing their social skills and working through any academic or social difficulties (Component 2d). Lastly, at Head Start the lead teacher provided the students with daily duties inside the classroom. For example, some of the students had the responsibility to clean up stations, and prepare the snack/lunch for the class.
Throughout this essay I will be explaining how a behaviour policy supports teachers and how it can also create an effective learning environment. I will also be highlighting any issues which could potentially arise from the use of a behaviour policy. A behaviour policy is guidance for members of staff within a school on how to deal with different behaviours, and sets out the expectations of behaviour for all children at the school. If a behaviour policy is written well it will support the formation of an effective learning environment. An effective learning environment for young children is an environment in which all children feel able to express themselves freely, allowing them to learn effectively.
When I had sung the Little Ladybugs song to the students, they all just looked at me. Some students danced and clapped. One girl pushed a boy into the bookshelf. He started crying and came to me. Only a few students danced to the song, while others ran around the tables hitting and chasing each other.
The teacher will give some indication that they are ready to begin the lesson and students will normally sit down and respect the teachers wishes, again it is a mutual respect from and to both learners and teacher/s. It is this respect that will develop into the creation of a
Effective ways to encourage and teach appropriate student behaviors are highly valued by educators. Thus, the theorists of classroom management mentioned above continue to provide direction of contemporary
While the behaviourist approach can be used to explain simple tasks, it becomes much more problematic in the learning process when tasks and objectives become more complex, such as with higher education. Even though behaviourism has had a major impact on the education in the western world, some critics highlighted the theory’s limitations by stating it was merely a scientific model that has been tested in a laboratory under specific test conditions, and how humans have a higher cognitive process than animals. They also found the theory to be dehumanising and unethical, not to mention that there was no consideration to the humans’ thought complexity compared to animals. A possible problem in relation to teachers utilising behavioural strategies in the classroom, such as praise or time-out, is the potential for haphazard, inconsistent and incorrect implementation (Angela M O’Donnell 2012, p
Teaching is not controlling, but rather working with the students to learn, grow, and succeed together. By having strong student-teacher relationships with students, the classroom will be a place for each member to express their feelings and work together. Academic success depends on these close relationships and guidance that teachers and students have with one another. Classroom management aims at establishing student self-control through a process of promoting positive student achievement and behavior. Thus, academic achievement, teacher efficacy, and teacher and student behavior are directly linked with the concept of classroom management.
Clear expectations should be set from the first day of school and constantly be reinforced throughout the year. The classroom rule should be visually displayed for students. Teachers need to take social and emotional factors of students into consideration when it comes to behavioural classroom management. Element 3.2.1 -
While the students are viewed as empty vessels who receive knowledge form the teacher through teaching and direct