EPC 2403 Teaching Practicum 2a

Observation Task 4-A

Classroom Management – Classroom Rules

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Observation Task 4-A: Classroom Management

Task Description
From your teaching practice experience you will analyze, in a short report, how you formulated
appropriate classroom rules. Reflect on the effectiveness of these classroom rules. Explain how
you taught and implemented these rules in the classroom.

You will need to support your essay with at least 2 academic articles.

REMEMBER: analysis of the lesson should include:

a. the lesson aims
b. the role of the classroom rules
c. what factors influenced your classroom rules choices
d. How did you implement these?
e. Support from literature
f. include any relevant pictures

Length/Word Limit: Minimum 500

Before the observation:

1. Kyriacou, C. (1997) Effective Teaching in Schools. Cheltenham : Nelson Thornes

Read this text pages 105 -107

2. Research another article about creating rules.

Consider:
 the importance of rules
 strategies for writing effective rules
 what factors help you to choose particular rules?
 How can you have children involved in creating these rules?

3. Plan and resource some possible materials ideas to present rules in your classroom.

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During Teaching Practice:

Create a set of effective rules and implement these in your classroom. Include evidence of the
materials you used to present your rules and how you teach/reinforce these rules daily. How
did you teach/implement these rules?
Think about their effectiveness.

After the Observation:

Task 4-A: Classroom Management – Classroom Rules
PART 1
Kyriacou, C. (1997) Effective Teaching in Schools. Cheltenham : Nelson Thornes
Read this text pages 105 -107

authority The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce
obedience.
chaos Complete disorder and confusion.
conflict A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
rapport a close and harmonious relationship in which the people
understand each other’s feelings or ideas
precedence The condition of being considered more important than
someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or
rank.
vigilance The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger
or difficulties.

What is an important aspect of teacher’s authority?

- The important aspect of teacher’s authority is is his or her control over classroom
activities

Why do we need rules and procedures?

- We need rules and procedures to not lead to chaos in the class and during the
activity

What 2 aspects are very important in a lesson to establish authority?

- How lessons are started and ended has major significance for establishing
authority.
It is important for lessons to start _____ Quickly ______.

While it is part of good rapport between teacher and pupils for some social __ interchange _
to take place, the need for the teacher to establish __ Order _ quickly must take
_ Precedence _.
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How should students exit?

- The students should exit from the class by being orderly and reasonably quiet
What is the simplest way to ensure an orderly exit?
- The simplest way to ensure an orderly exit to establish a routing governing how
pupils leave the room
What must teacher regulate during the lesson?
- Teacher needs to effectively regulate classroom activities and teacher
- pupil interaction
How is effective teaching facilitated?
- Effective teaching facilitated if clear classroom rules are laid down and enforced
so that pupils act in accordance with them almost as second nature.

What are pupils sensitive to?

- Pupils sensitive to the teacher’s ability to establish such as rules

Almost every classroom activity has a _Potential ____ for pupils to challenge the teacher’s
authority and __ Control ___ over behavior.

List some activities where teacher could lose control.

- Handing in or giving out book
- Moving furniture about collecting equipment, closing a window
- Even sharpening a pencil & closing windows
What is a major issue related to control?
- The level of classroom noise.
Explain what a teacher needs to do to manage this.
- Once the teacher has asked pupils to pay attention, it is important to wait
momentarily for quite before commencing the verbal exchange, so that no one has
to speak loudly to be heard over a level of background noise.
Control over classroom activities requires ___ vigilance_____.

What does a teacher need to do continually?

- The teacher needs to monitor pupil’s behaviour continually, as it is easier to
regain control if one acts quickly rather than tackles undesirable behaviour

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A.
Article 2 - Creating Rules
Consider:
 The importance of rules
 Strategies for writing effective rules
 What factors help you to choose particular rules?
 How can you have children involved in creating these rules?

You can simply tell the learners what the rules are – you have complete control in this case,
they are YOUR rules and it is your responsibility to enforce them. By letting them decide the
rules learners have a greater commitment to keeping them. This latter approach sounds good,
but it’s likely that the rules won’t meet your perceived needs: words like ‘silent’ and ‘respect’
and ‘on-time’ might be missing!
Better that Rules are agreed between teacher and learners, and best that they are established
‘up front’.
Rules should be simple (I recently attended a session where rules were no more than four
words each, and there were only six of them), thus easy to remember; they should be written
up in big letters on a classroom poster, and thus always to mind; and they should be written
down as the class discuss what they understand by each, and are thus ’embedded’ in each brain
as they are accepted by the group.

There’s no doubt that the clearer the rules and expectations are, the more likely students will
be to learn. Rules define the parameters of behaviour for students, so they know what’s
expected of them and also what behaviours are “Out of bounds.” When these rules are clearly
defined, students are more likely to understand and abide by them.

Whatever the extent students play a role in establishing the classroom rules and expectations,
make sure that you leave room for establishing policies for yourself as well. When teachers
invite input and feedback regarding their own manner of conduct, this helps students feel like
they have more ownership and control over their learning and additional helps teachers better
model how one abides by a set of expectations.

1- Classroom Management: Develop Clear Rules, Expectations. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management-developing-clear-rules-expectations

2- The Importance Of Classroom Rules. (2015, November 03). Retrieved from

http://education.co.za/the-importance-of-classroom-rules

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PART 2:
Task 4-A: My Effective Classroom Rules
From your teaching practice experience you will analyze, in a short report, how you
formulated appropriate classroom rules. Reflect on the effectiveness of these classroom
rules. Explain how you taught and implemented these rules in the classroom.

Paragraph 1
Give an introduction about classroom management – classroom rules
During TP I made some classroom rules for my lesson, I printed my rules and I stick it in the
classroom My rules were:

1. Lesson to the teacher and stop talking

2. Respect other people and their property (e.g., no hitting, no stealing).
3. Raise your hand when you want to speak
4. Be responsible for your own learning.
5. Do not disturb people who are working
6. Clean up and return things to their places

Why did you create these rules? Manage

Most teachers agree that it's best to select only a few rules, those that contribute to successful
learning and an orderly environment. It's too hard to remember a long list! Make your rules as
clear and specific as possible. Then decide with your students' help what the consequences will
be for breaking those rules. And Discuss each rule individually, explaining the rationale
behind it and ask for examples of how it could be broken. Explain that rules help make
everyone's time in school more enjoyable, and use examples to illustrate this point. It's also a
good idea to post the rules as a reminder and send a copy home with each student.

Paragraph 2
How did you teach and implemented these rules in the classroom.
According to Kyriacou the teacher needs to effectively regulate classroom activities and
teacher-pupil interaction.
At beginning of TP, I presented my rules on a poster and I told them the rules that I had one by
one and explained it for them, then I showed them some examples of how will they use these
rules and fro what. Also, I told the students that these rules will help them to be focus and love
each other and to know how they respect the others. I explained the rules and discussed with
the students to keep them know what they are doing and to know that these rules are important
in the classroom.

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Paragraph 3
How did the rules help you to be effective? Why do teachers need rules

Teacher need rules because the rules will help the teacher to manage her class and the class
will be quite, so the teacher can manage on the students while she give them a lesson and she
will not face any problems and the students will understand the lesson quickly, even it help the
teacher to teach the students how to be organized inside the class and it will help the teacher to
have a control on the students. It helped me to listen to the students when they talk to express
themselves and this will improve their social skills as well as their English language even if
they had a spelling mistake I will help them to fix the mistake that in next time they will speak
in a good way.

You will need to support your essay with at least 2 academic articles.
Length/Word Limit

1- Creating Classroom Rules Together. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/creating-classroom-
rules-together/

2- Leon, I. D., & Donoso, J. F. (1970, January 01). Why Do We Need Intellectual
Property Rules? Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-
54906-4_1

Minimum 500