Classroom Management

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Classroom Management

• Discipline Theory and Practice

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Goal - Aims

• Goal To enable you to teach more effectively!
• To introduce theoretical approaches to discipline
  in the classroom
• To exchange experiences in the classroom
• To discuss specific techniques

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Reflection

• Describe an experience with a disruptive student
• What happened? What was the result?
• (try and remember for later)

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What is discipline?

• Brainstorm a definition with your partner
• Discipline is the practice or methods of ensuring
  that people obey rules by teaching them to do so
  and punishing them if they do not (Encarta
  Dictionary English UK).

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Approach to discipline

• Prevent
• Supportive
• Be proactive
• From Charles (2002)

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Prevention

• Engage the students from the start
• Overplan
• Double the age minus 2

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Supportive

• Clear body language (fingers) and eye contact
• Low profile intervention reminding students of
  rules
• Private reprimand (face)
• Rapport with students and mutual respect

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Be proactive

• Lay down expectations
• Start strict dont smile till Christmas
• Be consistent
• Describe behaviours you want, not those you
  dont.
• Praise for positive acts encourages proper
  behaviour.

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Techniques

• Heres Lize!

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This thing called face
How to use it
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The in-your-face way
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Lose it



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Get it






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The managers way
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The team way, also called the wily way
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Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
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Rules of the game
If one team member misbehaves, the whole team
loses a star. The whole team needs to pull
together to get a star. Only if they have a star
for every week, do they get a reward at the end
of the month.
Can also be played with individuals if your class
is small enough.
Works better with older kids.
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Other solutions Put up rules in classroom Send
to classroom teacher / principal Reflect on what
your own school experiences were and what worked
for you and what didnt
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Dealing with discipline

• Think back to discipline situation you shared at
  the beginning of the session
• 5 things learnt from today to take into the
  classroom

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