n order for students to be able to engage deeply with content, the classroom environment must be orderly; the atmosphere must feel buissnesslike and productive, without being authoritarian. In a productive classroom, standards of conduct are clear to students; they know what they are permitted to do and what they can expect of their classmates. Even when their behavior is being corrected, students feel respected; their dignity is not undermined. Skilled teachers regard positive student behavior not as an end in itself, but as a prerequisite to high levels of engagement in content.
Knowledge of content and the structure of the discipline
Knowledge of prerequisite relationships
Knowledge of content-related pedagogy
I have studied the book Setting Limits in the Classroom in multiple times while a student at BYU-Idaho. In my most recent study, I read the book and then discussed its content, chapter by chapter, with a group of other teacher candidates I was working with. We took notes on what we learned and presented to each other. At the end of our discussion, we would set goals to better our behavior management in class.
During Junior Practicum I was able to review students' behavior plans (BIPs) and classroom management systems, and complete behavior.
One of my favorite "take-aways" from these experiences was learning about self-monitoring behavior. There were a couple students I worked with who were on BIPs and had a system to track their own behavior. One reason I think that this was effective was that because these students were responsible for carrying the progress monitoring sheets and evaluating themselves throughout the day, they were more aware of and felt more responsible for their own behavior.
This document is a reflection of the experiences I had learning about behavior.