Classroom Environment - Teaching Methods
A Note before you go to the Educators' Form
Traditional classroom environments are generally effective for many students. Nevertheless, we are asking you to share any innovative methods you use to improve your own classroom environment to help students learn.
However, it is clear that for disruptive children, traditional methods often fail. Children with certain medical conditions (e.g. ADD/ADHD) often do not do well in traditional classrooms.
Generally, attempts to “control” these children will fail repeatedly. They go year to year to classrooms as disruptive students. Research in this area suggests that “managing” their behavior brings better results. We want to learn about methods and techniques you use that have been successful especially with these student types. Clearly, traditional methods work with certain students, particularly those who see future payoffs for being good students. However, some students do not make a connection between today’s behavior and tomorrow’s rewards. What methods do you use to reach these students?
Again, what methods do you use to reach your students, especially those who come into the classroom disruptive? Some educators believe that making a connection with these children helps – getting to know them, finding out about them, talking to them without other kids around – helps improve their behavior in the classroom. Do you attempt to make such connections? Do you have time? If so, do you find it does help with improving their behavior?
Students who do not listen and follow the teacher’s instructions may have problems in the future for keeping jobs and being “successful adults”. What techniques do you use to get these students to listen and follow instructions, to pay attention, to listen the first time? How do you connect to these students and get them to respect authority and to follow your classroom instructions?
Please share your successful methods with other educators! Please be specific, provide examples.
Please fill out the Educators' Form. Thank you!
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