Classroom Management and Discipline Dilemma

Classroom Management and Discipline Dilemma

Introduction

Class room management is one of the key aspects of education and entails various interrelated concepts. This essay aims to cascade light on one of the integrated aspects of class room management that is discipline and misbehaviour of the students in the class room. The problem is that disciplinary issues in the class room are significant owing to the negative impact they have on the learning of the students. Despite of the fact that misbehaviour of students has negative impacts, but the teacher's strategies in reaction to such behaviour proves to be ineffective. The issue is how to resolve this dilemma of discipline in the class room while preventing the use of counterproductive strategies.

The essay uses various researches and studies carried out regarding the misbehaviour of children in the class room and the techniques used by the teachers to counter such behaviour. The researches and studies used entail the point of view of both the sides that is the students and the teachers to avoid any biased view or solution regarding the problem of discipline which forms the basis of this essay. The essay considers the reasons of misbehaviour and disciplinary issues and the impact of various techniques used by teachers to solve this dilemma of discipline in the class room. The essay aims to provide that dilemma of discipline in class room is a critical factor in the class management; however use of appropriate strategies and techniques by the teachers and schools can essentially contribute towards improving the behaviour of the students in the class room.

Discussion

Class room management is a vast topic which has been researched and investigated by many researchers and theorists since many years. An important consideration of this topic of class room management is the misbehaviour and disciplinary issues being constantly incurred in the class rooms. A lot of debate has been raised in this regard as to what are the most appropriate techniques to be adopted by the teachers in responding to or preventing the misbehaviour of the students, are the aggression strategies adopted by teachers apposite, what are the reasons behind discipline issues and several other similar concerns.

Discipline in the class room is critically imperative for a number of reasons. An effective and proper discipline in the class room, facilitate an effective subject learning of the students. Students are better able to learn and absorb anything that is being taught in the class if the class room is disciplined and properly managed. Without complete and considerable discipline in the class room, the teachers are not able to deliver the lesson or the subject in the best manner even if they are prepared prior with the best lesson plans. Other than the academic learning and ability, class room discipline is also significant for the purpose of fostering good citizenship in the students. Positive class room management and discipline allows the students to reflect good citizenship behaviour and act as a responsible and disciplined citizen (Balson, ...