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Managing student behavior is the most important thing you can do as a teacher. True/False
True
Who should be managing the classroom?
You, the teacher.
As we are controlling the behavior we have to not only think about the behavior affecting the teacher but also the students. True/False
True
Students will know if you do not what.
Care about them.
The most important thing you can do for your students is to show kindness, be there for them, and build support. True/False
True
What should we think when a child misbehaves?
Think about it as a learning need, and think about the skills we need to teach that might be lacking.
The students should see you as the person on their side. True/False
True
How should students react when they see you at the grocery store?
Excited
If you want your classroom to be authoritarian, and have students do things without reason, and not care about the students, you should do what.
Find another profession.
The word bribe has a negative connotation we should you what instead?
Tangible Incentives
We should always be stringing the students along with carrots, instead of through incentives similar to working for a paycheck. True/False
False
Incentives help build appropriate behaviors. True/False
True
If you only tell students what’s the right thing to do, and only give them a pat on the back, they may not improve behavior. True/False
True
If you have a jokester in your classroom, you should put them in high-traffic areas like the trashcan, and pencil sharpener. True/False
False
Why is the Visibility of Students Important?
- If students know you can see them they are more apt to behave appropriately “Behavior Management Strategy”.
- You can be held liable if something happens out of your sight.
Teacher insurance policies will pay for your legal fees, and to keep you out of jail. True/False
False, only legal fees
Visuals should be what?
Big enough for everyone to see, or the students will lose interest, and possibly misbehave.
Your teacher’s desk should be towards the side or towards the back why?
You want to be in an open, closed, and free area. Not towards the front which creates barriers between you and the students.
You need to set up your environment to prevent student conflicts. True/False
True
What happens when the football team practices outside your classroom?
Close the windows
Schedule this time for activities
Give them individual work you can monitor
It’s possible to create a perfect classroom. True/False
False, we need rules and procedures to help control behavior as each classroom setup cannot be perfect.
What are some reasons why children misbehave?
Home life
Past school experiences
Basic needs not met
Regardless of the cause of student behavior, we need to put things in place to manage behavior. True/False
True
Children in the early 1900s were beaten and abused often, this still happens however we have better more human choices and policies now. True/False
True
The Behavioral Approach
By B.F Skinner in 1953, a highly structured learning environment that focuses on behavior modification, which decreases inappropriate behavior and increases appropriate behavior. Both positive and negative consequences are given using this approach. The children work toward goals in this highly structured environment.
Psychoanalytical Approach
Based on the work of Sigmund Freud, is an effort to look at the child more in-depth through the use of things such as psychotherapy which may help resolve deep-seated issues. Dr. Dan recommends using consequences while doing this.
Humanistic Education Approach
This is based on love, trust, and an encouraging environment. Help the students be free individuals with free choices, and if we love them enough they will make the right choices. According to Dr. Dan without using this with other approaches it most likely won’t work, consequences match real life.
Ecological Approach
Where you look at solving problems in their environment, through school, family, and community. We focus on why there acting a certain way and find the cause. Do we have unrealistic expectations/rules, or are we being discriminatory?
It’s important to be cautious when using one theory, it’s better to combine theories. We should also never use theories as a crutch. True/False
True
Sometimes teachers will blame parents, we should take on the task of unmanageable children, and make the hard choices. True/False
True
Biophysical View on Behavior
Physical, genetic, and hereditary traits cause behavioral issues.
The Biochemical View on Behavior
That behavior is caused by excess, or extreme lacks of certain bodily substances.
The Cognitive Development Theory
Jean Piaget suggests that children’s behavior develops in stages, he also believes that certain forces based on biological factors can contribute to behavior. This view holds that students can adapt to the environments, and be intrinsically motivated.
Positive Reinforcement
A kind of behavioral analyst approach that explains why when behaviors are given certain consequences good, or bad the behavior rate or occurrence increases.
Negative Reinforcement
another kind of behavioral analyst approach that explains how something negative, or unpleasant can motivate a certain behavior that makes the unpleasant thing go away.
Extinction
A behavior analyst approach is the reverse of a positive reinforcement, by removing the positive reinforcer we get extinction.
Antecedent Control
Trying to manage behavior by controlling stimuli, or things that trigger a childs behavior.
Research shows that teachers who take time to lay out rules, policies, and procedures at the beginning spend more time teaching content and academics later.
True
10 Important Rules!
- rules should be stated behaviorally, focus on the behavior you want to see.
- Rules should be written clearly and concisely
- Rules should be stated positively
- Rules should be consistent with your philosophies
- Rules should be limited to 3-5 general behaviors
- Rules should be manageable, and forceful
- Rules should follow school policy
- Rules should be posted
- Rules should not violate the student’s best interest
- Rules must be taught!
Rules should make sense! True/False
True