Learning about classroom management is a very new thing for me. However, I found a wonderful article on Edutopia that gives a little more insight of how to manage the classroom. The article is entitled "5 Quick Classroom Management Tips". The first suggestion they make is to use a normal natural voice when talking to your students. Raising your voice may capture your students attention, but not in the way you want. So keep your voice normal when getting students attention. The second suggestion the article makes is to speak only when students are quiet and ready to learn. This ties in with the first tip they gave, because most teachers tend to raise their voices and get angry when their students are not paying attention, but that can cause outbursts among students. The third tip that the article gives is to use hand signals and other forms of non-verbal communication in the classroom. This helps some of the other students not get distracted when someone has to use the bathroom, blow their nose, or talk to the teacher. I have seen first hand some of these hand signals in the classroom, and they are really cool to see in action. The classroom seems to run smoother this way. The fourth tip that the article gives is to address behavior issues quickly and wisely. I think that this tip will really help me a lot as a future teacher, now I know that when a student/s are acting up and causing a distraction, I just calmly pull them aside and solve the problem then and there and help the student/s to the best of my ability. The last tip that this article gives is to always have a well-designed and engaging lesson. This can be easier said than done, but if the lesson is boring and dry, of course the students are going to start acting up, because they are bored! However, if the lesson is fun, engaging and hands-on, the students will be less likely to act up during the lesson, because they are to busy having fun!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroom-management-tips-novice-teachers-rebecca-alber
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