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