| In a few years I will become a teacher in my | | | | the time for poor behaviour. |
| own classroom. As I sit here and try to | | | | |
| figure out what will be an important topic | | | | By reading through the different articles I |
| for me to understand I think of classroom | | | | have found that there are several different |
| management or classroom behaviour. Walking | | | | ways and reasons that students act out in |
| into a new school that contains many new | | | | class. Some ways that students act out |
| faces, not only students, but staff also is a | | | | include daily tantrums, yelling, self-injury, |
| scary thing. I want to make a good impression | | | | aggression towards others, property |
| on all these new faces. This means that I | | | | destruction, and non-compliance with |
| have to show the children and staff that I | | | | instructions. Some reasons for inappropriate |
| know what I am doing; I know how to manage a | | | | behaviour include problems with their family, |
| classroom. Therefore, the question that I am | | | | need for attention, poor anger management, |
| researching is to investigate techniques and | | | | and mental disorders. These are things that |
| skills I need to know in order to keep my | | | | as a teacher I have to remember that I am |
| classroom under control? | | | | going to have to deal with everyday and each |
| | | | student is going to be different. As a |
| Discipline in classrooms is important for | | | | teacher I need to keep journals, talk with |
| both students and teachers. Inappropriate | | | | parents and counsellors. I need to do |
| behaviour can be placed into two categories. | | | | everything I can to help this child and help |
| The first category includes behaviour that | | | | maintain control in my classroom. One last |
| disrupts learning and the second category | | | | thing, to break routine and add some stress |
| includes behaviours that cause disruptions | | | | relief is to add some art to the curriculum. |
| during the lessons. Both categories cause | | | | Many teachers don't realize how just ten |
| problems for the teacher and the students, | | | | minutes of colouring can relieve stress, even |
| but by classifying them it may help the | | | | in adults. Art allows students some time to |
| teacher find out the reason for the student | | | | themselves and a way to express how they are |
| acting the way they are. Developing a | | | | feeling. During this art time it is said that |
| discipline program within a classroom has | | | | it is best to not give a certain assignment, |
| proven to help maintain a positive learning | | | | but to provide them with the tools that they |
| environment. When coming up with a discipline | | | | need to make what ever they choose. Art can |
| program it is best to include the following | | | | give the classroom a more relaxed feeling. By |
| three components: reduce the possibility that | | | | reading these three articles I have learned |
| inappropriate behaviour will occur, reinforce | | | | some approaches to controlling behaviour in |
| appropriate behaviour when it occurs, and | | | | my classroom. I have also found out that all |
| punish inappropriate behaviour to minimize | | | | kids are different and it may take some time |
| recurrence (The Elementary School Journal.) I | | | | to figure out why a child is acting the way |
| have also learned from several of the | | | | that they are acting. I think that some of |
| articles that classroom rules, classroom | | | | the techniques and skills I have learned in |
| routines, good seating arrangements, and | | | | these articles I will be sure to use in my |
| carefully planned lessons help to minimize | | | | classroom. Well at least give them a try! |