Classroom management

    At this blog entry, I would like to share with you what I observed when it comes to classroom management at my practice in the Smart School. It won't be a long post because what is surprising there are only sometimes some problems with discipline.

    This week I was on a project lesson in class 7. Children were talking about education in Britain. They watched a video connected with this and after that, I and Patricia asked them questions about education. They behave well for the whole lesson. There was only one problem with sitting. In the room that we were, they were sitting on pouffes without desks. Some children started lying on them. The teacher just told them once that it is inappropriate behaviour and they changed their positions.

    At the English lesson in class five children were very active when the teacher was introducing the new vocabulary with the use of flashcards and games like miming. They were sitting on a carpet and when one kid didn't pay attention and was talking with a friend, the teacher told him to change place and it worked. When they got back to their sits and started doing exercises on handouts, one kid was talking and the teacher just said his name and 'I am watching you' and he stopped. Also when someone wasn't paying attention teacher chose that kid to answer her question connected with the activity that they were doing.

    At project lesson in class two children were sitting on a carpet for the whole lesson. When someone was behaving badly teacher started counting. When she reached to number three everyone was calm. In that group is a girl from the UK. She speaks only English so she wants to answer all questions. Sometimes she doesn't give a chance to others to say something. When she talks too much, the teacher uses the gesture of closing something and she tells that girl to turn off for a while and it always works.

    It was the 6th of December, so children were selling sweets on the corridor because they were collecting money for charity. Because of that teacher at the English lesson in class five had a problem with latecomers. She reminded them that they need to be on time on lessons. At that lesson also came a different teacher that was angry at kids because at the break they took things from her shelf and desk. The teacher reminded them that they are not allowed to touch teachers materials without permission. After that, the teacher conducted the lesson as usual.

    As we can see there weren't many disruptive behaviours but if they occurred teachers managed with them without any problems. All teachers have a different kind of solutions that best suits him or her and that is the most effective in his or her class. When a teacher from the very beginning shows the class that he or she will not let them do whatever they want and that he or she is consistent, children will be polite and they will not break classroom rules. It is also important not to be carried away by emotions in stressful situations.