Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Control in the Classroom
The classroom setting plays a large part in the amount and type of control that teachers obtain in their classroom. Too much control may create a dominating atmosphere in the classroom that may create a too intimidating situation for students to be themselves or to be active members of the class. A classroom as to have respect to have control. A mutual respect between both student and teacher is the most dire quality for a classroom environment to obtain. This respect can be gained on the very first day. Honesty from the teacher to the students puts the students at ease. For example, when a teacher walks into a classroom and states that they hate pop quizzes, they hate giving them as teachers and hated having them as students, and that they won't be giving them either an automatic respect is put in place in the classroom because the students can then relate to the teacher and knows that the teacher actually cares. I feel like respect in the classroom is the root of all control.
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I also said respect was a key element in the classroom! Without a mutual respect between the teacher and the students, it's hard to imagine that the class would have any progress at all. If respect is obtained, I believe the four basic concepts of choice theory (fun, power, belonging, freedom) are bound to happen!
I couldn't agree more with you Meg on the fact that respect is the key to control in the classroom. I also, wrote about having respect in the classroom and to me it is the true reason why teachers have control in the classroom becuase if there is a lack of respect between the teacher and the students, the teacher will not have very control in the classroom.
Respect, responsibility, care and concern for each other .... what else might Glasser say?!
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