It is hard for the teachers to deal with misbehavior in a way that makes the students learn from it. Teachers should be aware of the students inside the class and they should know each student. Also they should know why students may misbehave inside the class. Every misbehavior has a cause. First of all teachers should know the cause of misbehaving, then providing a logical consequence for that misbehave. The logical consequence should be accurate and the students should benefit from it.
For example, if a student changes his seat without permission, any teacher may scream or ask him to go outside the classroom. But if you want to give a logical consequence so simply the teacher may remove a smiley face that he took previously.
Here are some misbehaviors and the logical consequence of each misbehavior.
-Scratch on his friend's book: Apologize to his friend. Help his friend in repairing the paper.
-Cheating: Take the exam from the student for five minutes. Minus 5 marks.
-Being disrespectful: Write a letter to apologize to the one he disrespect.
-Sleeping in the class: Ask him to go and wash his face.
-Interrupting the teacher: Don't allow him to talk a whole session.
Most importantly we shouldn't act without thinking, we should think well and give logical consequences.
ReplyDeleteyou are right, many teacher don't have logical consequences for the mis behavior, i notice this a lot during my observations, the teacher give the punishment just to punish the student not to let him know why he is wrong or how to correct the wrong behavior.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to know the differences between punishment and consequence. We have to be aware with our students and to follow certain consequence when they misbehave but the important thing is to be consistent when we a give certain consequence.
ReplyDeleteNice and beneficial post.. Many teachers fail to manage their classroom because they do not know how to respond to misbehavior.. Nice advises you gave...
ReplyDeleteWe must always have in mind that the right way to deal with miss behaviors is by giving logical consequences not punishments.
ReplyDeleteThat's really a nice topic to discuss. Many teachers are good in teaching content but are not loved by students just because they fail in managing their class and in giving responses to events. Teachers should be really aware in giving consequences to actions and logical in choosing the right one in the right place not just a punishment to destroy the student.
ReplyDeleteyou"re right, a lot of teachers have issues with student's behaviour. Now a days it becomes easy to learn about this issue and there are a lot of courses help teachers to learn bout it. It's really interesting topic thank you.
ReplyDeleteMany teachers spend the whole session dealing with a misbehavior, so students try to do anything to bother the class. Knowing the cause of a misbehavior is the best way to avoid repeating it. The suggestions you give for these situations are logical, save time, keep the classroom calm and suitable for teaching and learning.
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