EPC 2403 Teaching Practicum 2a

Observation Task 4-A: Classroom Management

Task Description
From your teaching practice experience you will analyze, in a short report, how you formulated
appropriate classroom rules. Reflect on the effectiveness of these classroom rules. Explain how
you taught and implemented these rules in the classroom.

You will need to support your essay with at least 2 academic articles.

REMEMBER: analysis of the lesson should include:

a. the lesson aims
b. the role of the classroom rules
c. what factors influenced your classroom rules choices
d. How did you implement these?
e. Support from literature
f. include any relevant pictures

Length/Word Limit: Minimum 500

Before the observation:

1. Kyriacou, C. (1997) Effective Teaching in Schools. Cheltenham : Nelson Thornes

Read this text pages 105 -107

2. Research another article about creating rules.

Consider:
 the importance of rules
 strategies for writing effective rules
 what factors help you to choose particular rules?
 How can you have children involved in creating these rules?

3. Plan and resource some possible materials ideas to present rules in your classroom.

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During Teaching Practice:

Create a set of effective rules and implement these in your classroom. Include evidence of the
materials you used to present your rules and how you teach/reinforce these rules daily. How
did you teach/implement these rules?
Think about their effectiveness.

After the Observation:

Task 4-A: Classroom Management – Classroom Rules
PART 1
Kyriacou, C. (1997) Effective Teaching in Schools. Cheltenham : Nelson Thornes
Read this text pages 105 -107

authority The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce
obedience
chaos complete disorder and confusion.
conflict a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

rapport a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups

concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and
communicate well
precedence the condition of being considered more important than someone or
something else; priority in importance, order, or rank

vigilance the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or
difficulties

What is an important aspect of teacher’s authority?

The power of the teacher is more important than teaching itself because if the teacher's
capability is strong, he will be able to control the students, which will affect positively to the
students.
Why do we need rules and procedures?

To be more organised and leave everything controllable, and to achieve the desired goal.

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What 2 aspects are very important in a lesson to establish authority?

Being respectful - Respect time - Balance everything

It is important for lessons to start ________________.

While it is part of good rapport between teacher and pupils for some social
_____vigilance____ to take place, the need for the teacher to establish __precedence____
quickly must take ____authority______.

How should students exit?

What is the simplest way to ensure an orderly exit?

get used to a particle arrangement.

What must teacher regulate during the lesson?
Organizing ideas and information that students want to understand in order to arrive in the
desired way.
How is effective teaching facilitated?

planing.

What are pupils sensitive to?

Comparing them to their peers

Almost every classroom activity has a ____vigilance_________ for pupils to challenge the
teacher’s authority and ___chaos____ over behavior.

List some activities where teacher could lose control.

Time of play or time of going out of the class

What is a major issue related to control?

Explain what a teacher needs to do to manage this.

The teacher must be serious to avoid the wrong behavior from students

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Control over classroom activities requires __________________.

What does a teacher need to do continually?

helping students

A.
Article 2 - Creating Rules
Consider:
 The importance of rules
 Strategies for writing effective rules
 What factors help you to choose particular rules?
 How can you have children involved in creating these rules?

PART 2:

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Task 4-A: My Effective Classroom Rules

From your teaching practice experience you will analyze, in a short report, how you
formulated appropriate classroom rules. Reflect on the effectiveness of these classroom rules.
Explain how you taught and implemented these rules in the classroom.

Paragraph 1
Give an introduction about classroom management – classroom rules
During TP I made some classroom rules for my lesson. (combined) My rules were
 Respect each other
 Raise your hand if you want to answer
 no talking during the lesson
Why did you create these rules? Manage
I chose these rules to prevent chaos in the classroom and to communicate with students in a
good way, and to deliver the information to the students well because Ithink that the
classroom cannot be regulated only by the rules that make students abide by, classroom
organisation is very important because the teacher must provide an organized and good
environment to give a lesson.

Paragraph 2
How did you teach and implemented these rules in the classroom.

I have implemented these rules in my training in organizing the class I did the traffic sign to
control the students behaviour also in organisation I was training the students very day how
yo move from the carpet to the corners. Every day I train the students to stand in the line and
let them do it by them self in the break time also in the playground i let them play one by one
the hate this rule but its safe and safety first.

Paragraph 3
How did the rules help you to be effective? Why do teachers need rules
You will need to support your essay with at least 2 academic articles.

Length/Word Limit
Minimum 500

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Experienced teachers don’t deal with problems, they prevent them from occurring’ – so
begins Geoff Petty’s section on classroom organisation in his book ‘Teaching Today – A
Practical Guide” (Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd, 1998). Ground rules are fundamental to
order in the classroom, and order in the classroom is essential if effective teaching and
learning are to take place. Here we will consider how to prevent problems from occurring
through the establishment of appropriate classroom rules.

You can simply tell the learners what the rules are – you have complete control in this case,
they are YOUR rules and it is your responsibility to enforce them. By letting them decide the
rules learners have a greater commitment to keeping them. This latter approach sounds good,
but it’s likely that the rules won’t meet your perceived needs: words like ‘silent’ and ‘respect’
and ‘on-time’ might be missing!

Listening to the teacher is about respect for other people – allowing classmates to hear,
developing a skill sadly lacking in much of society, listening and learning. Listening so that you
understand another’s point of view, or the content of a teaching session. It’s about
remembering that we have one mouth but two ears and using the two channels in
proportion.

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