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