NBT1 Task 1 Classroom Management Philosophy By Rebecca Skeens Introduction What makes a classroom a place of controlled, exciting exploration and learning? What is the difference between an unruly, chaotic, unsuccessful class and a wellordered, well-behaved, successful class? It is the teacher and her implementation of a well-thought out management plan. If left to their own devices, a class of students will develop and natural hierarchy consisting of the ruling few, their lieutenants, the foot soldiers, and the general peon population. This naturally formed structure is not conducive to a cooperative, respectful, safe, learning environment.
The leaders are the ones who have the ultimate say in how things will run. While the symbolic frame provides a sense of community, it can also cause tension when new members are brought into a team of veteran teachers. These new teachers must learn how to function within this frame and if they have any new ideas to share concerning the symbolic frame, veteran members may appear hesitant. What were the most valuable elements you learned from the Politcal Frame Wiki? How can you apply what you have learned?
In order to provide students with the best education imaginable that would enable them to prosper, it is necessary to combine, or balance, both technological and traditional methods of teaching in the school environment. Traditional methods of teaching are vital to the prosperity of America’s youth because they stress the importance of individualism and independence that is a required trait in the real world. Two of the most controversial teaching styles stressed through traditional methods of teaching are working amongst one another in small groups versus working independently. In today’s economy, there are numerous jobs that require group work in order to benefit not only the individuals but also the work force as a whole by providing a more competent and united front. While group work may be beneficial in certain aspects of the learning environment, group work demotes the sense of identity that is required to stand out in the global job market, or college for the matter.
Trainers should help students in creating such presentations and taking questions .All these activities require more efforts. The trainers should design the course carefully so that they can achieve the main objectives of learning business English rather than involving games in them so that learners are helped not only in learning but also even in the future job activities. Disagreement:- In the teaching of business English as a foreign language, games are very important. Every new learner finds it difficult to cope up with learning of n w language initially and continuous classroom discussions becomes monotonous, slow and boring. Games make lesson learning fun.
It is the schools responsibility to be able to provide good enough teachers, who can prepare these students. In order to have a good education, there must be qualified teachers there to teach and prepare students effectively. Bauerlein questions schools curriculums and the way they are presenting “complex texts” (Bauerlein) to the students; “The more high school teachers place complex texts on the syllabus and concoct slow, deliberate reading exercises for students to complete, the more they will inculcate the habit” (Bauerlein). Students learn what their teachers tell them they have to learn, without knowing the effects the teachings will have on them whether good or bad. That is why schools providing qualified teachers are so important
Therefore you would need to try and make it more engaging and stimulating, perhaps by making it more difficult or time-consuming so the students really have to work to complete it. If the activities are taking longer than expected and you can see that the children are struggling, things again would need to be addressed and changed. Without evaluation the learning activities things would never change and learning would become incredibility boring. We all need to reflect on learning to make improvements for a better learning environment for children and young adults.
The stability in the classroom is necessary to meet basic needs of students. I believe firmly that if basic human needs are not met then there is no hope for curricular learning to take place. The student needs to be comfortable to learn. To correct a behavior that is already in progress prevention can also be a method of attack. The key is to discover the antecedent and change it, remove it, or take action to create a new one.
As teachers, I believe it is ingrained in us that we must be all-round in our subject knowledge as well pedagogy and additional skills necessary for the teaching profession. The concept that teachers should focus on their strengths and talents and not place all their efforts on improving their inadequacies, as asserted by Strengths-Based psychology, invented by Donald Clifton (Liesveld, Miller, & Robison, 2005), is both a new concept to me and quite revolutionary. It creates a new perspective on what a great teacher is and how we, as teacher leaders, should cultivate this in ourselves as well as our staff. I have never been given the opportunity to analyse my personal strengths and talents in such an in depth and unique way as provided by
Informing teachers can be a powerful approach, if only teaching staff find a suitable way to deal with the complication. At last, it mostly depends on what way does the victim choose to confront the
Assessment Item One – ‘What is an Effective Teacher?” Personal Beliefs - Abstract There is no definitive answer, rather levels of effectiveness. The accumulation of considerable experience teaching in both private industry and as a High School teacher has resulted in me anchoring my teaching practices on what I consider to be pedagogical lynchpins: passion, subject knowledge, exemplar teaching, equity, structure, high expectations of all students and student motivation. Additionally, I feel that teacher development is a critical factor for progressive, effective teaching to eventuate. Passion for teaching is paramount, because if I am not interested, then why should they (be)? If I have to sell a ‘product’, then it is one in which I must have my heart.