by Cristina Nuta -

Maintaining classroom discipline is a growing problem for many schools. Some children seem incapable of following the rules perhaps because they fell they are unreasonable or unclear. Some teachers have to spend almost half of their course just to make children pay attention or be silent, because some of the classmates behave badly during classes.

But there cannot be such excuses in schools. In certain schools, some teachers have taken measures: they immediately write the names of the children who misbehave on the blackboard. They know that they are in trouble and they know that they will receive a bad penalty.

The effect is to improve behaviour, allowing more time to be spent on teaching. ‘Assertive discipline’ introduced in schools seems to have positive effe cts in the behaviour of students. Some schools have introduced a system of laws which give the student the right to choose how they behave but they must face the consequences of that choice. A set of straightforward rules is displayed on a wall in each classroom, together with a set of rewards and consequences.

Therefore, among the rules there can be: arrive on time at lessons and enter the room quietly; remain in the seat unless asked to move; come to lessons properly equipped; listen to and follow instructions the first time they are given; raise the hand before answering or speaking; and treat others, their work and equipment with respect.

Pupils who behave well during a lesson are rewarded with a mark in the teacher’s record book. If they accumulate more and more marks, pupils can receive letters of recommendations to their parents, or even go in a trip. Teachers can also award a certificate of merit for individual pieces of good work or behaviour or long-term excellent punctuality or attendance.

Assertive discipline allows the stuff to deal quickly with disruptive pupils: children can see the consequences of their actions on the wall. Put rather more conventionally, society has moved on, it seems, from the time where the teacher could expect good behaviour from the majority of pupils as a matter of course. Now they have to reward it.
Classrooms with the Writing on the Wall written by Cristina Nuta for FamousWhy.com
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Tags: classroom, write, wall, school, pupils, discipline

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Category: Education  - ( Education Archive)

Date Added: 08 July '07

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