James W Alexander  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  60 views  |  Read Full

 

Some classroom noise is not only inevitable, but desirable. Silence is, of course, important for some kinds of learning and most lessons should have some periods of silence. Learning often does start with silence while students need to listen carefully with no distractions to stop them listening to the teacher, but sooner or later effective learning is going to involve students discussing, exploring, reasoning, experimenting

Stewart Jensen  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  63 views  |  Read Full

 

Most teachers will agree that having a good relationship with their students really helps in all areas of teaching. Classroom discipline, classroom management and general student performance can all be effected by the quality of the teacher-student relationship. But where to begin?

Liz Marsden  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  49 views  |  Read Full

 

Adults should set the terms when dealing with kids' behaviour... Ok, I know that sounds pretty obvious. Adults usually think they are setting the terms on kids' behaviour but the reality is often very different... Let me offer an example of what often happens... This example concerns yet other kid who has been presenting major problems in school and at home for years..

Sunny  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  123 views  |  Read Full

 

Five main causes of teacher stress and solutions.

Liz Marsden  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  91 views  |  Read Full

 

Multitudes of so called experts sit around tables at endless meetings, pontificating about children's appalling behaviour in schools. Pearls of wisdom abound, they write a report or two and then disappear to the next meeting...

Samantha Koertge  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  156 views  |  Read Full

 

We all grew up with our parents, friends and mentors teaching us through the use of phrases, sayings and colloquialisms that seemed to fit perfectly to the subject at hand. But those sayings can be adapted to lots of situations that we face in the classroom, including the topic of classroom discipline.

Liz Marsden  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  121 views  |  Read Full

 

A recent conversation with a teacher in a mainstream school that has recently referred yet another 'uncontrollable, we've done everything and nothing works' child to join the behaviour unit made me think about the dangers of consistency! Hard to believe? How can consistency be dangerous?

Jennifer Dobson  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  133 views  |  Read Full

 

Cell phones are becoming more and more popular and parents are starting to get them for their kids at younger at younger ages. While they can be very useful and convenient they just don't have a place in the classroom. Here are some great tips for minimizing distractions caused by cell phones in the classroom!

Liz Marsden  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  117 views  |  Read Full

 

Too many teachers in classrooms are waiting far too long before they take any action when children start to behave unacceptably. They're full of complaints about bad behaviour but don't see their part in behaviour standards deteriorating! How do you set boundaries, then? Well, think about it logically...

Deborah Laurel  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  187 views  |  Read Full

 

All trainers have to manage difficult participants at one time or another. Whether the difficult participant is a talker or know-it-all, a fighter or arguer, a quiet or withdrawn person, a complainer, an unconsciously incompetent person, a distracter, or a rambler, the trainer needs to know what to do and what not to do when handling the behavior, and how to avoid taking the behavior personally. This article will discuss the talker or know-it-all.