One of the possible classroom scenarios anyone in the teaching profession have confronted with, are unruly students. Disruptive behaviors are very common in classroom situations and there have been several case studies conducted with regard to this in which these kinds of behaviors among student have been categorized.
Educators could easily point out students ith disruptive behaviors. According to Hubell (2010), the kinds of behavior that a disruptive student might exhibit include sleeping in class, arriving late, engaging in conversation either with other class members on their cellphones, arguing with the teacher, playing video games or even in rare cases becoming hostile.
This is the challenge every teacher may deal ith every single day. As stated by Anderson (1999), Nordstrom, Bartless and Bucy (2009) and Siedman (2005), facing disruptive behavior seems to be an inevitable part of the orking environment of many educators. The question is, who do teachers deal with students who have obvious manifestations of disruptive behaviors? Educators should have wider understanding of what constitutes disruptive behaviors among the students. To understand disruptive behavior disruptive and vie it from the perspective of the parties involve (Holton, 1999).
Kuhlenschmidt and Layne (1999), noted that student misbehavior may be caused by physical problems, emotional challenges or environmental factors. While it is true that disruptive behaviors rooted from these factors, teachers should be firm in imposing disciplinary actions the moment they start to exhibit behaviors inappropriately. Furthermore, Kuhlenschmidt and Layne stressed that disruptive uncivil behavior must be dealt quickly because the entire classroom will be impacted if the behavior is ignored because this may escalate to intolerable levels.
But sometimes, despite the efforts of the teachers to deal with disruptive behavior, it continues that eventually disrupts the whole process of teaching and learning. If such behavior persists, there are administrative measures that can help educators stop disruptive behavior. Young (1999) noted that one way to deal with disruptive behavior in the classroom is to write rules on how to deal disruptions, and to stick to these rules. It is equally important that parents must get involve and be aware of these rules to avoid conflict with the teacher. Therefore, there must be an agreement between two parties on how to properly handle students who misbehave in order to avoid these kinds of behaviors that potentially affect other students and lead to more serious behavior.
By: Maileen G. Ocampo | Teacher III | BNHS | Balanga, Bataan
