Sunday, March 27, 2016

Reviewing How To Article #1 - The Importance of Classroom Dynamics

Start                : 07:48 pm - 07:59 pm
Title                 : The Importance of Classroom Dynamics
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Topic               : Creating a positive learnind experiences through setting up a
positive learning environment
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It is very importance for a teacher to create a positive learning experiences for the students through setting up a positive learning environment. the teacher should recognize students' emotions, students' backgrounds, and students' characteristics. 
Classroom dynamics includes student behaviors, emotions, and imagination; teachers’ behaviors, emotions, and imaginations; teachers’ ways of presenting academic materials; students’ interactions with teachers; and students’ interactions with other students. Good classroom dynamics consist in the engagement of everybody in the classroom. Classroom dynamics are the products of a teacher’s interactions with the entire class. In many ways, positive classroom dynamics result from the intersection of professionalism with a dedication to connect with students and make a difference in their lives. Here are some ways to make a good classroom dynamics :

1.    Routines
·     Starting the lesson with something familiar will make students feel safe, secure, and more confident in their abilities.
·     Students should be part of the first 5 -10 lessons of a course.
·     The teachers should join in the activity themself
·     Ending the lesson with something you know they can do, something that’s familiar and easily achievable will ensure they finish their English lesson on a positive ‘I can do it’ note, rather than an ‘English is hard and I don’t like it’ negative note.

2.    Interactions
Good classroom dynamics involve interaction, and practice at interacting is a key element in learning and being able to speak a language.
·      Set the tone early to improve teachers’ ability to comunicate with students
·      Start by giving your students some ground rules for discussion, and engage them with comfortable, simple discussion topics and tasks early in the semester.
·      Later, when effective class rapport is established, you can move more easily to more challenging problems, subjects, and discussion formats.

3.    Positive Learning Environment
One of the most important aspects a teacher can foster for a positive classroom environment is the overall attitude. Remember that even an unsupportive parent, or an argumentative student does not have to affect your feelings or make you angry unless you allow them to.

4.    Classroom Contracts
The Classroom Contract serves as a collaboratively-created framework for behavior expectations in the classroom. Students and teacher work together to design an agreement for classroom norms, rules and consequences.
·      Every classroom has contracts in place, some explicit, some implicit.
·      The explicit contracts are usually found in the syllabus: what the course is about, what has to be read when, what and when papers or exams are due, what the grading scheme is.
·      Implicit contracts at work: who gets to speak, for how long, how do they get to speak, who sets the agenda, what kind of learning is expected, how is success measured.
How To Use Classroom Contracts?
·      Ask students’ opinions
·      Ensure the ideas will nurture a safe learning environment.
·      Teacher actions.
·      Reinforcing it.
·      Signature.

5.    Be Fair
Treating students fairly does not mean treating them the same.

6.    Be Yourself

Purpose of Writer        : To help teachers to create a good classroom dynamics
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Opinion                       : The article is very good for the teacher who feels hard to set a

positive learning environment and to create a good classroom dynamics.




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