Week2+Issues+Summary+and+Reflections

= SUMMARY and THOUGHTS ISSUES // Week 2  // =

It was very interesting to hear about discipline from a person involved in reasearching this subject. It was easy to absorb the information in this engaging and humerous style. We were not overloaded with information.

After reading the article on this research, it was easy to relate to what was being said. The main focus was to make sure we understood that student responsibility is the key to classroom management, not obedience. We spoke about the power of the teacher and how it relates to the 4 types of students. 4 types of students:
 * those that can have their behavior managed in the classroom
 * those that are sometimes disruptive
 * students that need to be separated
 * those that seem to be unable to be managed

It was interesting to hear about the 4 types of power and how they apply to the classroom. 4 types of power:
 * Legitimate - legal eg policeman
 * Expert - egsurgeon
 * Referent - elationship eg real estate agent
 * Coercive - punishment eg skinhead

We then applied the 4 types of power to particular senarios of students in a classroom.

In our workshop, we were able to do an activity to enable us to apply our understandings of the powers of a teacher and the behavior types of students, which was really helpful as well as entertaining! Our group involved the studentd in deciding on classroom rules, to engage the students in effective learning. We had discussions about their rights in the classroom and made a list of what they thought were the important points about: respect, speaking, listening, behavior, responsibility. It was lots of fun!

AUTHOR: ANITA DINON