Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Department of Languages
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Online Lectures
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Year
and Semester
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Year-3
Semester-1
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Subject
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Industrial
Training on Teaching Practice-8
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Subject
Code
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TEF
3112
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Course
Unit
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Effective
Classroom Management-3
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Date
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20.05.2020
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Time
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Practical:
9.00 am-11.00 am
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Lecturer
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D.N.
Aloysius
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Practical
Hours
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02 Total No
of Hours: 16
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Effective Classroom
Management
Penalties
Every classroom management system should have a list
of penalties for poor behavior choices. Don't discuss these while you and the
student are still angry. Wait until the situation cools off before imposing
penalties, and do so privately. Remember to let the student know that you are
upset with his behavior. Once the incident is over, treat the student exactly
as you treat your other students. If they see you are not holding a grudge
against them, they are more likely to behave better in the future.
Parental Involvement
Parental
involvement can help teachers a lot in understanding their students and manage
them accordingly. Teachers should try to win over the confidence of the parents
and they would help you a lot in instilling values and good behavior in your
students. It is not that you need to contact the parents only in a troubled
situation. You can also keep them informed about their child's improvement in
studies and suggest some techniques in order to help them enhance their child's
learning skills.
Sense of Humor
You know that a great sense of humor reduces barriers
and lightens the atmosphere especially during heavy periods. An ability to make
your students laugh will carry you far and gain you more respect. It also
increases your popularity. Humor is also a significant aspect in classroom
management. Sometimes, all it takes is
for everyone to have a good laugh to get things back on track in a classroom.
Many times, however, teachers confuse good humor with sarcasm. While humor can
quickly diffuse a situation, sarcasm may harm your relationship with the
students involved. You should use your best judgment, but realize that what
some people think as funny others find to be offensive.
Patience
Every teacher is expected to have patience in the
classroom in order to maintain a good working relationship with the students.
Teacher need to be able to demonstrate patience and should be relaxed and
stress- free in the classroom. In other words, she should be friendly with the
students and able to maintain a mutual relationship with them. Patience is
really a great virtue within a teacher in the classroom.
Fairness
Teacher should treat
all students equally and should not discriminate them for any other
reason. Students have a distinct sense of what is fair and what is unfair. You
must act fairly for all students if you expect to be respected. If you do not
treat all students equitably, you will be labelled as unfair and biased and
also students will not be keen to follow your authority and advice. It is an immense damage for your personality
as a teacher as well. They will ignore and disrespect you and thus your image
as a teacher will be adversely tarnished in and outside the classroom.
Keeping Students involved
Keeping students involved in the lesson is the most
effective classroom management plan. Instead of having students raise their
hand to respond to a question aloud, you should have all the students write
down an answer to the teacher's question. Not only will the teacher get much
more class participation, but the quality of student responses will also
improve.
Physical Arrangement of the
Classroom
It is obvious that every
teacher knows that a safe, clean, comfortable and attractive classroom can
stimulate learning and helps them build a classroom community. But, for many
teachers, setting up the physical environment of their classrooms can be quite
daunting, especially when faced with older buildings, crowded classrooms and
insufficient storage space. You can make the most of your classroom environment
by carefully considering your needs and the needs of your students.
Seating Arrangements
Seating arrangement is one of the main aspects of
classroom management. Teachers should consider the physical arrangement of the
classroom and also they should be aware of the nature of the students involved.
Teacher needs to be able to walk around the classroom without moving students’
desks here and there. Teachers need to take into account that students seated
in the center or front of the classroom tend to interact more frequently with
the teacher and the number of behavioral problems tend to increase as the
students sit farther from the teacher.
Practical:
Discuss
the factors that contribute to an effective classroom.
References:
1.
Allen,
J.D. (1986). Classroom management: students' perspectives, goals, and
strategies. American Educational Research Journal, 23, 437-459.
- Classroom Management and Teaching
Observation, Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education Colombo,
1985.
- Effective Classroom Management by D.N.
Aloysius
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