SCHOOL PLACEMENT 1 2016/2017

Student: G00353771 Class Observed: 2ND TO 6TH

Date: 10/11/17 Topic: The importance of rules and routine in the

class.

OBSERVATION CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE OBSERVATION

A software engineer was On my second school placement both the students and I were
introducing the scratch introduced to the scratch programme. From the start of the
programme to the students. class the importance of rules and routine were coming into
play. As each student entered the class they took off their
jackets firstly and then sat down in an orderly manner at
their allocated tables. This simple routine made life easier for
the engineer (who was new to the class) for from the minute
he walked in, all the students were seated, and he had their
attention from the start. The routine of taking off the jackets
as soon as the students entered the classroom ensured there
was no distractions later in the class, such as a student
getting too warm and disturbing the class taking off his/her
jacket. Having a daily routine also kept the students busy
when they came into the class, this allowed the teacher time
to get her class plans together before the students would get
bored and start looking for something to do. It appeared to
me that the students liked the idea of having set rules and
routine each day at school. Perhaps this was because the
rules were fair, or maybe the students created the rules
themselves with the teachers assistance. Research indicates
that rules and procedures should not simply be imposed on
students, they should be created with students. (Marzano,
et al., 2003). This may cause the children to be more
cooperative with the rules for when students are involved in
this process, they are more likely to make classroom rules
and procedures their own. (Marzano, et al., 2003). This is
understandable for the children are setting some of their
own rules rather than just being told/ordered what to do.