...or stimulus. Misbehavior means when you do something wrong or bad. In order to describe each picture word is sort of difficult because are all related. Let’s try to visualize a math class. Every student knows they have to come to school every day to learn. The children enter the classroom, sit down and start working with the problem of the day. Some student’s are occupied and focusing in their work this is called classroom management. There is a group of students working immediately with their work and focusing in what they have to do, this is called good behavior. Students that are loud and trying to catch other student’s attention instead of working are called misbehaving. Students that obey the rules in a classroom is called having discipline. Students should be discipline according to the rules established by the teacher and should be able to know what the consequences are when they break these rules. Classroom management, discipline, behavior and misbehavior are similar but different and they each connect in a certain way. Discipline and classroom management are two different concepts. The meaning of Discipline is how an educator manages the ways students perform in a classroom and maintains under control. Harry Wong who wrote the book The First Days of School suggests that these two topics are clearly different: “Classroom management is not discipline. You manage a store. You don't discipline a store. You manage a team. You don't discipline a team. You manage a classroom. You...
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...8th grade students are becoming more social and this gives them to opportunity to work together to come up with creative homework solutions. This not only allows them to be engaged in the class but also with each other and keeps a relaxed and pleasant work environment (Wong, 1998). Mr. Collet also encourages self-motivation by having the students keep a day planner and to be responsible for copying their homework assignments down rather than having it handed to them. In the 7th and 8th grade students begin preparing for college and by teaching them early to set aside study time by keeping a planner builds good habits for the rest of their education (Savage, 2009). They have a concrete manner in which to copy homework assignments but also to manage their free time which may be less and less as they get older and participate in more activities. Mr. Collet encourages active engagement in his class by working with the students on their day planner, picking up and turning in assignments on time and by giving them an opportunity to dispute and grading mistakes. In the 7th and 8th grade students are becoming more independent and building study skills that they will use later on. By working with them on their day planners, the teacher can show the students how to manage their time. Since they are also using their planners to copy down homework assignments, the students are engaged in developing some of their assignments as they go along. This means that they are more likely...
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...The purpose: This article is a letter written from teacher going into his second year of teaching and his name is Robert Kolar. Robert Kolar says you shouldn’t take it personally, have an outlet, organize, simplify, and trust yourself. The article give information to help make the school year run smoothly, because there will be a lot of responsibilities to take care of. The Discussion: The article breaks down don’t take it personally, have an outlet, organize, simplify, and trust yourself. Don’t take it personally means you have to stay emotionally in check. You have to try different ideas until you find the right way to handle a situation. For example every student doesn’t act the same or learn the same. Have an outlet means you should...
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...an effective teacher and ensure my classroom will facilitate learning I must have a good classroom and behavioral management plan. Since I currently do not have a classroom I will base my management plan on what I observe and read. Harry Wong’s book and the Love and Logic program are excellent resources for classroom and behavioral management information. I find their information very helpful when implementing my own rules and plans. The Love and Logic plan places emphasis on establishing good relationships with each student. By applying this program teachers can build relationships that will be beneficial to students as well as teachers. Harry Wong’s book instructs teachers how to execute procedures and rules through organization....
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...In the classroom there can be many things that can influence students to misbehave or become overly districted. Teachers have to find solutions before behaviors become out of control and take control of the learning environment. When students become aggressive or hostile these behaviors can have a very negative impact on the teaching environment. This could be a wide variety of behaviors in an earlier elementary grade such as kindergarten, students sometimes become aggressive over a certain seat, this disruption can end up causing a major delay in the learning environment. The teacher will have to stop everything else that is going on and deal with the argument. We have learned from Harry and Rosemary Wong that a good way to interrupt this behavior before it can start is by assigning seats to students. In this case the teacher might place students that tend not to get along away from each other. A classroom can quickly become out of control and effect the learning environment when students continue to talk when the teacher is speaking, or at quiet group time. When a class of third graders are having reading time and several classmates continue to speak out loud the teacher could try a behavioral chart that redirects them and gives them a little time to think about the inappropriate behavior they are displaying. Another way to get their attention would be a small praise or reward for the...
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...Running head: WEAK CURRICULUM VS INADEQUATE INSTRUCTION Weak Curriculum Vs Inadequate Instruction Calvin Salter Grand Canyon University: EDA 561 February 13, 2012 How could someone judge whether the curriculum is weak or the instruction is inadequate? What kind of evidence would have to be presented to show that curriculum is weak? We have grading systems now in place for teachers to see if they are using adequate techniques, by the implementation of the formative assessment system. We shall dive in deeper to find out which is which or if both are an issue at some point. Does the grading system produce valid measures of learning. I think it depends on how a person teaches and assigns grades. For example, if a teacher assigns grades based on student understanding of material, and by understanding I mean a student grasps the basics and can apply them to other situations. On the other hand, grades can also be determined by what a student can recall when its exam or test time. In that sense I do not think it is a valid measure of learning. Are there alternative methods of measuring learning that would be more meaningful? As I mentioned above, I think application. When students can apply what they learned that is a great measure of learning. In college is when measures of learning are more meaningful. Things are taught and learned in class while outside of class you have assignments that students have to apply the knowledge...
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...Classroom Management: Special Needs Students Managing a special education classroom means consistency and routines from the start. By Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong * Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Robin Barlak, a special education teacher in Parma, Ohio, works with preschool children who have a variety of disabilities: autism, speech and language delays, ADHD, severe behavior issues, and physical and developmental handicaps. Yet despite the added challenges of working with this group of children, “the school year got off to a great start,” says Barlak. “My students quickly became very familiar with the procedures and routines. No stress for them and no stress for me.” The Need for Structure More than any other group, special education students at any grade level need structure. To create a caring atmosphere, a safe environment, and a positive learning climate, Barlak teaches her students procedures beginning on the first day of school, and she reinforces them daily. She works with a teaching assistant, three nurses, and five therapists. They function as a team, ensuring that every child can say, “I like coming to school because everyone knows what to do. No one yells at me, and I like to learn.” Structure for the Day Robin establishes consistency in the routine of the classroom with a schedule for all to follow. The many people assisting the students rely on this schedule to maximize their time with the students. 8:20–9:15 a.m. – Free Play Students work on developmentally...
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...Current Personal Philosophy of Classroom Management Robyn Alexander Grand Canyon University: EDU 536 August 14, 2013 I). As one consider their current view of classroom management, I characterize my own style as speedy, energetic, tough love, humanistic, and reasonable in view. I’ve briefly described them as: a. Speedy: I ‘nip a problem in the bud” as soon as I see early signs of trouble or danger. Speedy interventions are proactive, and help to take care of little issues before they become big ones. For example, if a student blurts out, "I don’t like this assignment because it’s stupid." I don’t tolerate the use of "stupid" as I consider it as them saying ‘whoever created this assignment is stupid”. Even though that probably is not what he or she meant, the word “stupid” is a slur and violation of the classroom rules. Therefore, I would go up to the student quickly and quietly to remind him or her that their language or comment(s) in class should not be negative, disrespectful, or offensive. b. Energetic: By creating classroom rules, teaching, and allowing students to be a part of a moving environment, it gives them power and offers a proactive, not reactive approach to try and eliminate negative situations from occurring. When students know what is expected of them, the rules become a part of them. After this is practiced, and instilled in them from the beginning of time, it allows the students to own up to their own behaviors and be more involved in the moving classroom...
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...that I have used them. In a desperate attempt to seek control of the class new teachers often fall back on these. Even as a student teacher, I often heard the more experienced teachers use them. Albeit effective in the short run, is it the most effective way to manage a classroom? The tried and true guru of classroom management, Mr. Harry Wong states in his book, The First Days of School:How to be an Effective Teacher, “A teacher who is grossly inadequate in classroom management skills is probably not going to accomplish much.” He further states, “The ineffective teachers, each day, become more stressed, burned out, frazzled, negative, cynical. and angry.” Wow! This is not what I want. With the desire to become a teacher of excellence, I must understand that the difficulty of managing middle school children will not just happen. Furthermore, I must also understand that creating a great lesson won’t magically make them behave either, no matter how many hours I spend on it. There must be a plan, and that plan must be implemented every day and in every class....
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...Running head: Implications for Classroom Management Legal and Ethical Implications for Classroom Management Phedelia Singleton Grand Canyon University EDU-536 Classroom Engagement and Management December 21, 2011 Ethics is a word for human behavior which includes classroom behavior. Ethical behavior is a realm of classroom ethics. In every complex society proper ethical is difficult, but it starts when a child is young. The implications below are a few of many ethical principles in the classroom which are significant among our students today. Teaching Ethics: The Role of the Classroom Teacher For many years, ethical development (children’s character or moral development) has been a controversial topic. It is important to emphasize character development among students as part of preparing students. Controversy has developed over the years into, whether the teacher or parents is responsible. Preparing children as productive adults has challenges for schools. There are few questions as to who should feed character development. There are concerns for the counselor and parents as prime candidates of building children ethical characters. But, teachers are in position as a key influence among students. The Ethics of Classroom Silence Teachers can question student refusing to actively participate in their own learning. It is said that students are acting unethical in this area. Students benefit from learning and the teacher is effective...
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...Ms. Gonzalez is a bilingual fourth grade teacher in Gilbert elementary, Irving ISD that I interviewed. She has been teaching for thirteen years including this year and it's her first year teaching fourth grade. She came from Tamaulipas, Mexico and used to be a a gymnastics teacher in Mexico. She discovered that she loved teaching and decided to enroll in a university in Mexico. After she graduated and began teaching in Mexico, she was offered in the exchange program to teach in the U.S.A. She learned English through the program and later transferred to America five years later to begin teaching kindergarten. I have known her for a year by helping out in her classroom from time to time and have become good friends. She was the first teacher that saw and treated me as a teacher and not a student or a teacher's...
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...Personal Pedagogy Statement: Being a Witness, Teaching English Cherise Mayes Azusa Pacific University November 4, 2013 Language and Second Language Acquisition Language is not fixed or limited to words and a series of rules that connect them together. Language is a rich form of communication and social practice involving interpretation and meaning making. Language is our system of communication before anything else; it bridges knowledge, beliefs, opinions, and emotions from one being to the next while creating a bond between them. To learn a language is to understand the relationship between language and culture. How people learn a second language varies systematically and involves the development of listening, speaking, writing, and reading skill sets in the target language. Penny Ur (2012) gives some theories and main ideas on how one acquires second or foreign languages. Intuitive acquisition, habit-formation, cognitive process, and skill learning are defined and probably some of these theories have truth in them. (p. 7) But not one of these alone can underline the complexity of the process of learning a second language. Concrete learning drills in writing and reading literature, acknowledges grammar, uses translation methods, and creating a learner-centered environment where naturalistic communication is utilized. Students and the Teacher: Playing their Parts The student role is being an active learner within all four skill sets, writing, speaking, listening...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction The classroom is the place bounded by the wall and roof which teachers houses their students for the purpose of giving instruction to their students. In other words, it is a place where teachers and students engage in discussion. To some teachers, classroom teaching is a complex process in a complex environment whereas to others, classroom teaching is like rearing their own children in their own home. The classroom is an immediate environment where management is applied in order for students to acquire formal knowledge. It is made up of the teacher, students, learning devices, and the learning environment. Management, on the other hand, can be seen as a process of designing and maintaining any setting in which people work in groups for the purpose of achieving common goals. The Oxford Dictionary defines management as the act of running or controlling or skill of dealing with people or situations in any way. Loomiz (1980) defined management as a method where a group of people at the highest level of organization plan, organize, communicate, coordinate, control and direct the actions and activities of people who work for the organization toward the achievement of organizational objectives. In the school setting, in order to achieve its aims, a school has to have objectives, and to achieve these objectives, the various people with responsibilities in the school, especially in the classroom have to plan organize and lead. Classroom management...
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...of definitions (Martin & Sass, 2010). According to Martin and Sass (2010), classroom management entails an “umbrella of definitions that include learning interactions, learning, and the behavior of students” (p. 1125). I include the self-efficacy, educational training and the experiences of teachers to the umbrella definition of classroom management. This chapter will present a brief overview of the theories influencing classroom management, models of classroom management, empirical research in the field of classroom management, and the effects of variables associated to this research study. First, behavioral theorist such as John Dewey, B. F. Skinner, William Glasser, Jean Piaget, and Albert Bandura will be discussed since they have played a central role in teachers’ classroom management philosophies. Second, classroom management models by Lee Canter, Linda Albert, Harry Wong, and Kame'enui, Sugai, Colvin and Lewis will be discussed. Next, empirical research by Ladner (2009), Baker (2005), Little and Akin- Little (2008), and Martin and Sass (2010) will be presented. In the final section, research on the demographic variables of this study will be discussed. The past century has brought about many changes in education. As theories have evolved, approaches to classroom management have changed. In the past, teachers focused on controlling students based on Skinnerian ideas. Presently, a broader research agenda to classroom management...
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...Classroom Procedures My classroom procedures will be based off of the studies of Dr. Harry Wong, Dr. Fred Jones, and Dr. Rick Lavoie. The room will be organized and structured, and procedures will be clearly demonstrated for the students. The procedures will be taught and re-taught, and will stay consistent throughout the entire year. Student will know the procedures so well that they will become habit. The students will know exactly how to behave in any situation. By following the doctor’s research I will have a more efficient, less disordered classroom. My students will have a safe and anxiety free environment. Beginning of Class: My students will be greeted at the door before every class. Students will be required to check in by...
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