Module 8 Activity 1 Classroom Management Principles

As a practitioner for quite a number of years, I have come to realize that effective management of any classroom requires putting measures in place to reduce or prevent disruptions from occuring rather than to use alot of time to try and quel the disruptions. This would involve employing certain measures in the classroom that would focus the students' attention on the tasks at hand rather than to have time on their hands for disruptive behaviour. I believe in having an orderly classroom and I enforce this by setting rules and ensuring that they are understood and adhered to. Another measure that I practise is that of ensuring that I have all students attention before commencing a task. This gets them ready and focused for the task at hand. This is quite an effective measure for my classroom since I do not have to wait for the students to focus. As soon as I step into the classroom, the students become attentive. Another good practice is that of calling students by name to answer questions.  In this way, they will not know when they will be called to respond to a question and as a result will have to keep abreast of what is happening in the classroom.