In this course, I have had the
opportunity to learn about and apply classroom management strategies to my own teaching
practice at my current internship. With my teaching situation of physical
education, I have found positive discipline and planned ignoring to be the most
useful classroom management strategies. Fay
and Funk (1995)’s Discipline with Love and Logic teaches educators that
intervention strategies, “Focus on developing, to the extent possible under our
concurrent conditions, a sense of responsibility within each student that
leaves that student with a feeling of shared control. What we wind up with is a
set of principles, based on our core beliefs” (p. 262). In order to utilize
these types of strategies, this course has taught me building rapport with
students is critical.
For that reason, one thing that really stood out to me in
this course was developing a classroom management philosophy, as shown in Figure 1. Throughout this process, I
had to think about not only how I wanted my classroom to make me feel but how I
wanted my classroom to made my students feel. “I have hope that my classroom
management philosophy creates a space where students are willing and wanting to
experience physical activity. Ultimately, guiding students towards experiences
that they will grow and learn from” (Figure
1).
References
Fay, J. & Funk, D. (1995). Teaching with love and
logic: taking control of the classroom. Golden, CO: The Love and
Logic Institute, Inc.
