Managing the classroom
by Katerin Salmeron
1. The voice is an instrument
2. You need to try to moderate or modify you behaviour
3. Proximity
3.1. Teachers have to be aware about the closeness with their students.
3.2. To close students are going to feel umconfortable.
3.3. If teachers are too much far, students are going to feel coldness.
4. This about how a classroom works, it includes teachers, students and activities development.
4.1. Some Variables
4.1.1. Organize classroom space
4.1.2. Students are working
4.1.3. Organize classroom time
5. The teacher in the classroom
6. Awarenss
6.1. Means assessing what students have said and responding appropriately.
6.1.1. Teachers are able to percive success and the failure
6.1.2. Teachers must do self_aware
6.2. Aspects to consider:
6.2.1. Teacher´s physical approach.
6.2.2. Personality
7. Using the voice
8. Audibility
8.1. Teachers need to speak clearly and loudly, in order to students can hear their voice.
8.2. They must use a good volume of voice
9. Movement
9.1. They have to be in movement, because some teachers do the same places:
9.1.1. To the side
9.1.2. In the middle
9.1.3. They walk side to side
9.2. If teacher are in the same place, students get bored.
10. Appropriacy
10.1. Behavior Inappropriated
10.1.1. Sit on the floor
10.1.2. Take sitting on the edge of tables
10.1.3. Standing behind a lectern
10.1.4. Standing on raised dais
10.2. Take care about relationship
11. Variety
11.1. Teachers have to change the tone of voice to different activities.
11.2. They have to try to moderate the loud voice, because some students feel intimidated.
12. Conservation
12.1. Take care of vocal chords
12.2. To avoid shouting
12.3. An advice is to try to concerve vocal energy and follow the right process to speak in a clearly way.
13. Talking to students
13.1. Be careful in the way that you talk with your students
13.2. Speak with less complex grammatical stuctures.
13.3. Teachers need to be aware about three things:
13.3.1. Kind of language
13.3.2. Think about what they wish
13.3.3. The manner in which they will speak
13.4. Teachers have to take care about your facial expressions
14. Giving instructions
14.1. There are two general rules:
14.1.1. They must be kept as simple as posible
14.1.2. They must be logical
14.2. To ask yourself if you have give clear instruction
14.2.1. Am I trying to convey?
14.2.2. What is the important information?