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Responding to Violations of Rules and Procedures
Classroom Management EST 213 Session 22
Appropriate and Effective responses to Student Misbehaviour: Punishment or Logical, Instructional Consequences?
While teachers respond to incorrect academic behaviour giving prompts, cues and further instructions, they respond to disruptions in ways that are critical and penalizing instead of reinforcing and redirecting students This is understandable because academic mistakes have much less of a negative impact on the classroom than do errors in behaviour
Eg:
Academic
Assume student is trying to make correct responses
Diagnose the problem Adjust presentation. Focus on rule. Provide feedback. Provide practive and review
When considering how to respond to
undesirable student behaviour, teachers need to consider the relationship between their classroom management methods and their educational and instructional goals. It is common practice among educators to
approach academic problems differently from social problems.
Social Assume studetn is not trying to make correct responses
Disadvantages of Punishment Punishment for misbehaviour has several
serious problems.
Assume error was accidental Assume student has learned the wrong way
One question that is frequently asked by teachers is “What should I do when students misbehave?”
Assume error was deliberate Assume student refuses to cooperate
1) It does not teach the student alternative
methods of behaviour that can be used to prevent future behaviour problems. 2) It appears to inhibit learning
Provide more negative consequences Maintain student removal from normal context
3) Research suggests it is not an effective
method for changing student behaviour
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4) Allows the student to project blame rather than to accept responsibility for the behaviour 5) Using such activities as writing sentences, assigning additional homework, and lowering a student’s grade as punishment may create a negative attitude regarding these activities. Tips for handling minor disruptions: Misbehaviour occurs because students find acting out to be more interesting than a boring lesson or a better option than another failure experience
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