Creating a Positive Learning Environment: Strategies for Effective Classroom Management

Running head: POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Positive Learning Environment

POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Table of Contents
Part A...............................................................................................................................................2
Description.......................................................................................................................................2
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................3
Transform........................................................................................................................................4
Part B...............................................................................................................................................6
Classroom Management Plan..........................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8
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Part A
Description
In the beginning of my career as a teacher, I had the perception of my own school days as basis
of having an idea of the school system and the mindsets of the students. I was given an
opportunity to learn and observe from other senior teachers while they were taking classes. This
would help me in creating my own unique style of teaching. While Ms. X was taking her Civics
class in which I was to observe. I have never met Ms. X before this class and was eager to learn
the crafts of the trade. There were 25 students in the class. I was sitting at the back of the class
and noticed that every student of the class was busy in other activities like listening to music,
fidgeting etc. There was very little indication of their eagerness to learn. On first glance, they
were very naughty bunch of students. Some were playing games on their phones, some brought
packets of food which was against the school policy. Ms. X entered to take her class but the
student were unmoved by the entry of their teacher. They continued to do whatever they were
doing and paid little attention to the teacher. Ms. X tried to engage the whole class into the topics
of the subject but clearly failed to do so. One of the students noticed that I was present in the
classroom which was not ordinary and enquired if I was present there to assess Ms. X. The
teacher, Ms. X continuously tried to engage the class but most of the students were not willing to
do so. After about 30 minutes of the class going on in this way, Ms. X became very angry and
started shouting and expressing her disgust to the students. She almost started to cry. This need
some of the students to at least behave in the class but some of the others were unwilling to co-
operate. There was a student who particularly caught my attention as he was sitting in the class
with his feet above the desk. He was not taking it down in spite of repeated yelling and shouting
by the teacher. The student Y was wearing a hoodie and was playing video games is mobile
while the class was going on. He also had a can of soft drinks on his desk while he was leaning
against the wall. While Ms. X recovered and attained self control in the meantime and looked at
the student to obey her commands and maintain the decorum of the class. The activity of the
student Y was also encouraging other students around him to defy the teacher. She just started to
couple together the student’s attention to begin teaching but his incident was a problem and
threatened to break peace yet again. I was observing all the while and suddenly Ms. X looked at
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me with a very pity look. Instantaneously, I acted on the incident and went behind the defiant
student. As soon as Y noticed me, I asked him the meaning of indefatigable. I hoped that the
student would not be able to answer and would not speak therefore. Then I emphasised on Y by
telling him to take his feet down or tell me the meaning of the word. The student unable to
answer the question and took his feet down. After that, I taught him the importance of respect
and lessons of life to further the impact on other students. This quieted down the whole class.
They were mostly bewildered by the determination of a stranger in controlling the class and the
class continued further without any disruption.
Analysis
I had the concept of long lost traditional and military style schooling of my young age
which became evident in the civics class. Today's students are much more encouraged to learn
rather than just teaching them certain things of the subject. I presume that the class was reluctant
to learn because the teacher was unable to connect to the students on a personal and emotional
level which is necessary to grab the attention of the class especially junior students. As the junior
students are much more fickle minded, they must be interested in the subject to help them learn.
It is the duty of the teacher to arouse interest about a particular subject in the students. The
students were disrupting the normal routine of the class as they were not connecting to the
teacher and this was not feeling important enough to listen to what she has to say. Apart from
that, they were also preoccupied by the games and gossip which can only be trumped by a far
better interesting topic for the class. I also think that the tone for the class was also not set right
at the beginning which caused more difficulties for Ms. X to now control the students. I believe
that the tone must be set at the beginning of the semester and necessary rules, regulations and
guidelines must be laid down for the students to follow through the year. In this way, a proper
regime of character might be built in the students and they would be less fidgeting in the class
and would pay attention at the minimum or not disturb or adversely influence other students into
the same habitual pattern of neglecting the teacher. It is also not encouraged on the teacher’s part
to be angry or use any derogatory remarks on the students which tends to make them more
rebellious. A teacher must be able to provide a safe and secure environment for the students to
engage in learning and the teacher was unable to provide that which added to the woes. As she
was shouting and crying, the students were finding it as an accomplishment in their own innocent
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