Creating Positive classroom environment 5240 Uni 3 Written Assignment
Instructor: Dr. Claude Anama- Green
Topic
Discuss how certain rules and procedures can promote or hinder a positive classroom
environment?
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Examine why types of rules and procedures should be encouraged and
discouraged?
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Analyze how a teacher can assess whether or not he/she has created a positive
classroom environment by implementing rules and procedures?
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Analyze how a teacher can assess whether or not he/she has created a positive
classroom environment by implementing rules and procedures?
Introduction
One of the most indispensable elements of a positive classroom is developing and
reinforcing classroom rules and norms that support safe and respectful behavior. Having
classroom rules helps you create a predictable, safe classroom environment for both
teachers and students. Rules provide clear boundaries and opportunities to practice self regulation and make good choices amongst students. When students feel safe and
respected both emotionally and physically, they can perform better academically and
socially.
Creating classroom rules help provide order and clarity for all students. It also helps to
frame the way students behave and how the classroom operates Mather (2005). However,
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there are pros and cons to having students create or help create classroom rules; the
advantages outnumbered the disadvantages.
Examine why types of rules and procedures should be encouraged and discouraged?
Several experienced teachers recommend having minimum rules for middle school and
secondary students to reduce the chances of confusion and disorder. We have a limited
number of classroom rules that we can all create, but we can choose the practical and
efficient once’s. Some rules experienced teachers have used successfully. Adapt them to
meet the needs of your students. Let’s examine a few practices by Partin (2009). :
➢ Always be on time.
➢ Listen to the teacher.
➢ Keep your classroom clean and organized.
➢ Complete homework and daily tasks.
➢ Respect everyone
We publicize rules in the classroom for everyone to have access to them daily. We
always make sure that they are highly visible and appealing. Retrieved from:
https://www.google.com.hk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teacherspayteachers.c
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These are the straightforward rules that will assist teachers and students precede in a
well-organized and systematic way and reflect good classroom discipline. It is a set of
precepts that play a vital role in setting a structure for classroom management. They also
need to be discussed frequently and reminded how important it is to obey the rules.
Teachers are also encouraged to respect the rules as there is the leading example.
We also have some rules that are not merely important to be emphasized and
encouraged. Martine's (2021) discussed the type of rules that doesn't contribute to
positive classroom management.
➢ Hall pass limitations
➢ No jackets are allowed
➢ No backpacks allowed
➢ Everyone in a fight will get suspended
➢ The hair accessory ban
I believe there are unnecessary classroom rules that might cause chaos in the classroom.
No jackets are allowed is one of the weirdest rules because we all have different physical
health systems. Even the hair accessory rule is not an important rule to be practiced. I
believe if students are clean and hygienic doesn't matter what accessories they use.
Barnhill (2005) emphasized that rules should create and establish a positive classroom
environment to accelerate students' learning abilities.
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Analyze how a teacher can assess whether or not he/she has created a positive classroom
environment by implementing rules and procedures?
Effective teachers manage and organize classroom rules more appealingly from the
beginning of the academic year. They have timely evaluation based on the classroom
environment starting from the class design, organization, and teaching techniques. There
is a significant and profound evaluation method to examine how practical your classroom
is; Marzano (2005) mentioned:
➢ Cooperative behavior.
➢ High understanding of student diversity.
➢ Increased implementation of unified expectations, rules, and procedures.
➢ teach social skills and self-control; and
➢ meaningful and interactive curriculum and a range of individualized
➢ instructional strategies
Conclusion
To conclude, classroom rules provide an environment that fosters student learning and
promotes an effective and healthy relationship amongst the team members. As we have
mentioned, they limit distractions, chaos, confusion, misunderstanding, disrespect, and
inappropriate behavior.
All students need an appropriate classroom structure that will have a positive impact on
their learning. No rules, no structure. I believe it is a teacher’s responsibility to create
order by leading by example and obeying the classroom rules, and students will follow
suit. Effective teachers take time at the beginning of the year, especially on the first day
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of school, to establish classroom management, classroom rules, and expectations for
predictable behavior.
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References
Martines, A., (2021). People Shared the Dumbest Rules Their Schools Had And I Have
So, So Many Questions. Retrieved from:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamartinez/dumbest-school-rules.
Mather, N., & Goldstein, S., (2005). Behavior Modification in the Classroom. Retrieved
from:
http://www.ldonline.org/article/60.
Marzano, R., J., Gaddy ,B. B, Maria, C. Foseid , M. P., & Marzano, J, S.,
(2005).Handbook for Classroom Management that Works. Retrieved November
30, 2020 From
http://www.ascd.rog/publications/books/105012/chapeters/Section-1@Rules-andProcedures.aspx.
Partin, R. L (2009).Classroom teacher’s survival guide: practical strategies.
management techniques and reproducible for new experienced teachers. John
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
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