Strategies for Encouraging Productive Behaviors & Discouraging Undesirable Behaviors
Stacey Frizzell &Janelle Chong
October 14, 2013
Think: What is Appropriate Classroom Behavior?
Students
Teachers
Think: What is Inappropriate Classroom Behavior?
Students
Teachers
Discussion:
What is appropriate?
What is inappropriate?
How Can the Teacher Encourage Students to Be Productive? Always be prepared
If the teacher is not prepared, it shows the students that preparation is not necessary
Avoid overexposure to material Students may become bored
Expect the best behavior Positive reinforcement for good behavior
Roleplay Issues with organization Time management and direction
How Can the Teacher Encourage Students to be Productive? (2) Remain calm at all times
Students will pick up and often mimic emotion
Use humor in the classroom
Give reminders of correct behavior
Learning Styles Incorporation
of mixed learning styles encourages participation from all students
Reinforce ideas in different ways, rather than simple repetition
Encouraging New Behaviors Reinforce behavior that
is similar to ideal Move on by ceasing
reinforcement of “close” behavior, while encouraging behavior that is closer to ideal
Continuing gravitating towards perfect behavior
End with only reinforcing entirely ideal behavior
How Can the Teacher Discourage Undesirable Behavior? Always model positive behavior
Reasonable and consistent consequences Students will test their limits More likely to act out if they believe they can
Avoid behavior discrimination Students should know that undesirable behavior
is never desirable
Punishment
Set specific guidelines for punishment and give explanation
Try to punish privately Avoid placing blame on the student by
focusing on the behavior, not the individual
Monitor the effectiveness of specific punishments and only use ones that work
Coach Carter—Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
V1wAemvxNaM
Discuss observations
Harry Potter—Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doxxfXqpKYA&feature=youtu.be&t=15s
Resources to Help Address Particularly Problematic Classroom Behavior School social workers School psychologists Special education
teachers Student’s former
teachers Administrators Current teachers
(both academic and
elective) SROs Parents/guardians Parole officers Child and Family
Services External social
workers External therapists
Resources http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/site/hicela-m
artinez/appropriate-inappropriate-student-behavior
http://raider.mountunion.edu/~schnelpl/ME200Wwebsite/Disciplinegurustheories.pdf
http://newteachers.tes.co.uk/content/top-10-strategies-encouraging-good-behaviour
http://voices.yahoo.com/5-easy-tricks-stop-bad-behavior-quickly-8686669.html?cat=25
Textbook 301-307
Top Related