Saturday, March 22, 2008

Chapter 3: Classroom Behavior

One idea in this chapter was to discuss classroom behavior expectations. Expectations vary form teacher to teacher. Give the students a chance to "add their own needs to the list, and come to agreement on conflicts." (p. 38)
While I was in the classroom it was really hard for me to know when to speak to the kids. There is so much variation from teacher to teacher that it doesn't surprise me that the students want to know clearly what is expected of them. The teacher would have to be very careful when allowing students to add to the list. If the teacher is unsure of what they want in their classroom they may be tempted to approve of some things that may be detrimental to the learning in the classroom.

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