What is the best way for teachers to handle student?

Question

I need to know how i can handle a student who creates problems in class.

Answer 1

Chickyle gives good advice....I too, would need more detail to answer this question but if you have access to any literature by Bill Rogers his books are good to read.

Observations are useful....A, B, C

Next time he/she is disruptive.....make a quick note of....

ANTECEDENT - what happened before the incident

Behaviour - what did the child do?

Consequence - what happened after the incident?  How did you handle it?

I do this for children who I have had difficulties with....when I reflected on some of the incidents I realised that I had caused some of the situations by reactions...(not cool for me to discover but it gave me the power to change)...in other reflections I was able to prevent further situations by moving the child away from another student or by enlisting the help of a senior teacher....

There's no hard and fast rule but I did find that observation and reflection helped me heaps....next staff meeting ask other teachers how they would deal with this situation you may get some good ideas....

Answer 2

If it is just one student, I would take some extra time to form a bond with that student.  Take an extra interest in them.  be sure to praise him/her when they are doing well and when they do something that is good.  Try to ignore mild behavior issues.  

Find out what their interests are outside of school.  sports, books, music, whatever and promote learning for that student through that interest.  Say they like sports, you could promote reading by bringing in the sports section or sports illustrated (non swimsuit issue, LOL).  You could create story problems that relate to sports.  

Spend some extra time with that student to evaluate the causes for the behavior.  Is it boredom, for attention, are they tired, hungry.  

There are a ton of books out there about discipline in the class.  My fav is Teaching with Love and Logic by Jim Faye.  

If you add details I might be able to come up with more concrete method.

Answer 3

you should take the student aside and talk to him/her.try to figure out why they act that way.or look at their apperince,and thare parents,there may be abusment in the house.the child may also be stressed.

Answer 4

I have a really quick temper (unfortunately) and it's taken me many years to realize that my anger magnifies problems instead of solving them.  Also, I've realized that threatening, unnatural consequences, and yelling absolutely do not work, but it's amazing how often we used them without thinking.  "If you speak out of turn one more time you can spend the whole recess picking up trash!"

The main thing that has helped me is to realize that most children are the product of their environment.  I would say that in about 99% of cases you can trace disruptive or inappropriate behavior back to the parents or home situation.  There may be a few children out there who actually have psychological issues that are completely separate from their environment, but I truly believe that number is smaller than most people imagine.  So, your job as the teacher is to become an investigator.  What sort of home situation does the child have?  Are there rules and regulations at home?  Are the parents particants in their child's life?  Is there drug/alcohol abuse going on?  Is there any physical or verbal abuse going on at home?  Is the child being bullied by some one else?  Is a learning disability disrupting the child's school experience?  

Ask a million questions and see what you can find out about the child.  Children are not innately bad or evil ... there is a reason for the behavior and you've got to find it.  

For behavior management, here are some suggestions:

1.  On the first day of class have the children discuss class rules, write a class "constitution" and sign it.  A few basic rules might be something like "respect others, respect the classroom, respect other people's right to learn, respect the teacher's right to teach."  

2.  Speak in a direct, explicit manner.  Do not say "Do you want to take out your math book?"  Instead say "Please take out your math book."  Don't say "It's circle time" say "Come to circle."   Don't imply a choice when there's really no choice.  Some children need adults to tell them explicitly how to behave.  Don't assume that they know innately.

3.  Set up a "3-strikes" system or something similar.  First inappropriate behavior - student signs the behavior log and writes down what they were doing wrong, second behavior - student stays in at recess for conference with teacher, third behavior - teacher calls parents.  This must occur consistently for students to buy in.

4.  Avoid unnatural consequences (i.e. you talked in class so you have to pick up trash at recess).

5.  Avoid bribes (stickers, ice cream parties, no homework night, etc.)

6.  Model appropriate behavior (speak respectfully all the time, don't run in class, keep your classroom neat and tidy, return work in a timely manner, etc.)

Hope this helps!  Good luck.

Answer 5

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