Final Project: Personal Attitude Statement Regarding the Management of Student B

Final Project: Personal Attitude Statement Regarding the Management of Student Behavior
Someone once said that managing furniture is much easier than managing people’s behavior. People talk back. They disagree. They have their own ideas about what should be done and how it should be done. Sometimes other people are not feeling well or are in a bad mood. Sometimes when you give directions to other people they don’t hear you or they just don’t listen because they are thinking of something else. Interpersonal relationships are difficult. Sometimes you might feel like you’d just like to have a relationship with a chair that would stay wherever you put it and wouldn’t complain when you sat down. We all react differently to the behavior of others. Behavior that might drive one person to fits of anger might make another person laugh.
Knowing our boiling points and what makes us reach them is one of the first steps in becoming an effective manager of student behavior. Individuals who come to teaching with a well-developed understanding of the many dimensions of human nature, who recognize the purposes behind the placement of people in social structures, and who possess a sense of humor and an appreciation of human behavior from the absurd to the sublime, have a better chance of being able to manage a group of elementary students’ behavior than someone who just can’t figure out the reasons that people act the way they do.
We can all name specific behaviors that we like or dislike (you know, the one where the kid scrapes his fingernails on the blackboard) but knowing the genesis for these likes and dislikes may help us as teachers move from good teachers to great teachers.
This assignment asks you to reflect on your own reactions in specific situations. Pick one situation below that relates to some experience you have had—or describe a situation that I haven’t mentioned here.
• Have you ever been trapped in an argument with a student?
• Have you ever seemed to be unreasonably angry with a student or a child?
• When students haven’t completed their assignments, have you ever blamed yourself?
• How do you feel when students ignore you when you are giving directions?
• How do you feel when students interrupt you when you are talking?
• How do you react to the student who constantly tries to play the clown at inappropriate times in the
classroom?
• If you have, how did you learn to control your reactions to disturbing circumstances—to stay calm
in the face of chaos?
Your personal attitude statement should be 2-3 pages in length, and include the following:
Describe the situation in detail. How did you feel? How did you react? How did you control your emotions? How did you control your reactions?
Analyze the possible reasons for your reactions.
Consider where your reaction to this behavior may have come from.
Describe what you learned from this experience/situation and how it has helped you better understand student behavior.
What have you learned about managing student behavior from this experience?
To conclude, relate the experience back to your personal philosophy on classroom management and how this experience has helped you grow as an educator.
Demonstrate your insightfulness by offering critical opinions that are defended and supported by at least 3 of the readings or videos.
FORMATTING:
Papers must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and type 12 font, following APA format. This written assignment must be submitted as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF only. No other formats will be accepted. Please name your assignments as Course_Your Name_Assignment Name, FINAL PAPER. (e.g., EDEL 408_John Smith_ Classroom Management.FINAL PAPER.)
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