Influences in the Teaching Environment

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Many factors such as classroom condition and student behavior can influence the teaching environment of the classroom both negatively and positively. However, the negative conditions of a classroom and disruptive behavior of students collectively and collaboratively are known to be most influential when it comes to the teaching environment. A teacher who spends the majority of her class time dealing with disruptive student behavior is a frustrated teacher who has loss control of the class to the disruptive student(s). Any student who intentionally creates a disturbance in class which interferes with the teacher’s ability to teach and other student’s ability to learn is considered a disruptive student. (Amada) When a teacher has to spend too much time regulating the class by continually having to stop the flow of teaching to address the behaviors mentioned above can create an environment in which the teacher is frustrated and unable to implement the teaching goals of the class, thus students are not getting what they need which is a safe, well-managed classroom environment that promotes learning. This frustration can stem from the teacher not having prepared for the occasions of disruption, not fully relaying, rehearsing and reviewing the class rules and displaying them in a place where they can be seen and quickly referred to, and not having a solid plan which does not allow for dead spots in the lesson which can be an open door for disruptive students. Some examples of disruptive student behavior are grandstanding, class clown, chatty Cathy, the intruder, the sleeper, the distracted student, and the gadget keeper. Grandstanding or showing off is often attributed to the student who speaks out in class without permission or monopolizes the class discussions by not letting anyone else speak. (Amada) This type of disruptive behavior can negatively affect the

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