While reading this chapter about classroom behavior, a lot of things jumped out to me. While I have been in the classroom I have noticed a lot of things about the behavior in the classroom, and a lot of it has related to what is in this chapter. One big thing that I blocked with my pen is "If students are really learning, they will be asking questions all the time." (p. 40). One major part that also stood out to me was to "Treat students consistently, but also as individuals" (p. 48). This chapter also talked about the different ways in which you should deal with misbehavior. If you should resort to calling the parents right away, or talking to the student first. Also, when there are substitutes to know what to expect from the class while you are gone.
This chapter was very interesting to me. Since I have been in the classroom I have seen various types of behavior, ranging from good to bad, respectful to disrespectful. The first quote in the previous paragraph is important to me, because I strongly believe in that. When you are asking questions, it means you are interested in what is being told to you, and you learn by asking questions. So when my students in my classroom are asking questions, I will not get discouraged by this, I will embrace it, and answer any and all questions my students have. The second thing that I quote in the previous chapter really stood out to me because I find that this tip, while I completely agree with it, will be very challenging to do. It's hard to treat a class as a whole consistently, and then to address individual needs. It needs to be done however, and to be an effective teacher I will find ways to do this, and treat my classes and the individuals equally.
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