Khawla Al-Nuaimi

23/11/15

Behaviour Management
Strategies used by
teacher
The teacher used
intrinsic and extrinsic
motivation. This was by
rewarding the students
who did well and
followed the rules by
praising them and giving
them a sticker to put
under their names on
the sticker chart in the
classroom.

What children did

How useful it was

The children who

did not get stickers
copied what the
children who got
stickers did because
they wanted to be
praised by the
teacher.

This was efficient in making

the students motivated and
more engaged in the lesson
because they were always
looking for ways to prove to
their teacher that they
deserved a sticker or a word of
praise.

In addition to positive
reinforcement the
teacher also used
negative reinforcement.
However, the teacher
did not start with
punishing the children
from the beginning. She
told the students about
the consequences of
their action and then
when the misbehaviour
kept on going on, the
teacher started to carry
on punishment on the
students who were not
following the rules.

Almost all the

students stopped
misbehaving from
the first warning
except for one
student who did not
listen to the teacher
so; the teacher
punished her by
telling her to sit on
a chair outside the
circle.

The teacher used

positive language such
as we speak using our
inside voices and we
walk in the classroom,
as supposed to negative
language such as dont
shout or dont run.

The children
followed the
teachers
instructions and
were happy to
follow the rules.

This management strategy

was efficient at first; however
the students started to
misbehave more because the
wanted to get out of the circle
time area and play outside of
the teachers supervision. This
strategy could have been
better by letting the student
sit next to the teacher so that
she gets more engaged in the
lesson and is away from other
distractions. This will be more
useful because, it will not let
the students think of this
punishment as a reward to
play away from the whole
class.
This strategy was useful and
the children were happy to
follow the rules. The children
were happy because they
were not told off and they
were informed of what they
were expected to do in the
classroom.

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1. Did the teacher maintain good order in the class? How did
she do this?
The teacher maintained good order in the classroom by maintaining
eye contact with all the students and reminding the students of the
classroom rules and its consequences. The strategies the teacher
used were efficient in making all the students engaged and kept the
misbehaviour to the minimum. This was efficient because the
children knew what they were expected to do and tried to avoid
being punished.
2. Is the teacher clear and consistent in establishing rules and
expectations regarding behaviour?
The teacher was clear and consistent. She had the rules of the walls
and she reminded the student of the classroom rules and the
playground rules contentiously. Also, the teacher always told the
students what they should do instead of shouting. These strategies
worked positively on the students, because they showed good
behaviour and respect to the rules.
3. Which of these strategies would you use/not use? Why?
I would use the positive language strategy instead of telling off the
children and shouting all the time. Because, I saw how efficient it
was when no one in class was misbehaving and causing chaos in the
class.
4. Was there anything that could have been done differently?
I change the reinforcement chart because I thought of it as a dull
and demotivating in terms of layout and colours. I will improve the
sticker chart by using happier colours such as red and yellow.
Moreover, I will bring a different range of stickers and each type of
stickers will be for a certain thing. For example, students who are
showed great improvement will get a star while the students who
are always sitting nicely will get a thumb up sticker.
5. What surprised you?
I was surprised when I learned that children are capable of following
the rules without being reminded and corrected every moment, if
they were told and informed of the rules beforehand.
6. What shocked you?
I was shocked when the teacher did not act on and change the
punishment when she saw that it was only efficient for a while and
then the children treated it as a reward to stay away from the
lesson. I think the teacher should have changed the punishment to a
better strategy that will engage all the class. For example, the

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teacher could change the discussion to another about the

importance of rule and why do we have to follow the rules.
7. What delighted you?
I was delighted to see positive language being used inside the
classroom by the students because they learned to use it from the
teacher. This delighted me because the children learned something
from the teacher that was learned by observing and the continuous
use of the positive language inside the classroom.