Motivation, organization, discipline and an effective teaching style are all essential elements of a successfully functioning classroom that acts as appositive learning environment for students. When considering your approach to these four elements, you should take into account the age and development level of your students, your resources as a teacher, and the goals you have for the year. When all four of these factors are working in tandem, the result is an effective learning space.
The organization in the classroom can affect how your students learn and your own ability as a teacher to reach everyone successfully. Consider the set up of the students’ desk-are some students are difficult to see than others? Can student students` communication effective in the space? With the rest of the classroom space, think about visually stimulating students with bright, colourful posters and graphics that relate to the topics they will be learning about. Think about setting up separate areas for different subjects so as to keep students focused on that subject when working on that space.
Motivation in the classroom is an important aspect of successful learning. Their desire to progress in the class should motivate students and keeping them focused on their own learning goals is a part of your job as a teacher. Motivators such as positive feedback and regular encouragement can help keep students enthusiastic about learning and motivated to work during class. You can also reply on more tangible motivators such as stickers and stars on papers, a point system or rewards such as getting extra free time.
Discipline is another element essential for a well functioning classroom. Establish classroom rules in the very beginning of the year and familiarize students with your system for disciplining those who break the rules. Make sure students understand the way rules and rule breaking works in your classroom and stick to the system when it does come time to discipline a student. Many teachers use a three strikes approach to discipline and have such as removal of recess time, extra work and parent conferences.
Although organization, motivation and discipline are all part of your teaching style, elements such as how you convey information , give test, and manage the gaily lessons constitute teaching style. Ideally, you teaching style should focus on reaching the student as effectively as possible and creating a classroom that is a positive learning environment for everyone. Teaching styles can be flexible, firm, open or strict but the overall goal to keep in mind is having students learn.
By: Elvie R.Mendoza | Teacher III | Saysain Elementary School | Bagac, Bataan
