This document discusses classroom discipline and provides tips for effective teaching. It identifies causes of indisciplinary behavior such as overcrowded classrooms and mental attributes like family background. Preventive measures include using group-oriented methods and activity switching. Good discipline involves establishing a positive learning environment through techniques like verbal praise and private conferences. Teachers should be prepared, know their students, use humor, and be humble. Acceptable ways to deal with problems include non-verbal cues, dialogues, merits and demerits while unacceptable methods involve scolding, ridicule, or shaming students.

1. DIPLOMA
IN
EFFECTIVE TEACHING
UNIT - 2
BUILDING CLASSROOM
DISCIPLINE
Trainer :
Ms.B.Sakthimala
Assistant Professor,
Marudhar Kesari Jain College for
Women.

2. CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
– INTRODUCTION
• Classroom Discipline is the business of enforcing
classroom standards and building patterns of
cooperation in order to minimize disruptions and
maximize learning.

3. CAUSES OF
INDISCIPLINARY
BEHAVIOUR
• PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
• Over-Crowded Classes
• Poor Lighting and Inadequate Ventilation
• Disorderly Positioned Furniture and Storage
• Sources of Distractions like Noise prone areas

4. CAUSES OF
INDISCIPLINARY
BEHAVIOUR
• MENTAL ATTRIBUTES
The students bring to the classroom asurprising record
of individual attitudes, interest andabilities.
Characteristic could betraced to their differences in:
a. Family background
b. Physical and mentalcapacities
c. Emotional traits among others

5. CAUSES OF
INDISCIPLINARY
BEHAVIOUR
• TEACHER ATTRIBUTES
a. Classroom strategies and procedures.
b. Subject Matter
c. Teacher dominated Learning Vs Student
Centered Learning
d. Positive Relationship with Students
e. Personality and Appearance

6. PREVENTIVE MEASURES
1. Depending onastudents abilities and interests,
teachers can implementgrouped-oriented
methodologies such as:
1. Cooperative learning approach
2. Team learning
3. Peer tutoring
4. Group project and collections

7. PREVENTIVE MEASURES
2. ACTIVITY SWITCHING
 Going on a fieldtrip
 Inviting resource speaker
 Viewing a film
 Downloading information
 Performing simple
investigations
 Setting up a learning center
 Forming groups for an activity

8. PREVENTIVE MEASURES
3. TEACHER’S PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
a. Patience
b. Compassion
c. Concern and caring attitudes
d. Respect and trust by others

9. Common practices for
Classroom Discipline
a) Discipline is not the students responsibility.
b) Discipline is a teacher’sway of establishing a
desirable student-oriented environment for learning.
c) Discipline is a coupled with effective teaching
strategies and techniques.
d) Discipline is achieve through the effects of group
dynamics on behavior.
e) Discipline in believed to be exclusive
responsibilities of teachers.

10. TIPS TO BE A GOOD
DISCIPLINARIAN
• Be Prepared to face the class
• Know your students
• Have a good Sense of Humor
• Be Brisk
• Be humble

11. Common Ways of Dealing with
Discipline Problem
• Acceptable and effective:
 Use verbal reinforces that encourage goodbehavior
and discourage bad tendencies.
 Use non verbal gestures, frown or a hard look to
dissuade them from mischief.
 Dialogues could help in discovering problems
andagreeing onmutuality beneficial solutions.
 A w a r d merits for goodbehavior and demerits for
inconsistencies and lapses.

12. Common Ways of Dealing with
Discipline Problem
• Acceptable and effective:
 Focus attention on one who is unruly andis about
to disturb theneighbors. Lead him/her to asecluded
areaandnicely convince him/her to bequiet.
 A private one-on-one brief conferencecould
lead to a better understanding of mistakes that
needto beremediedand improved.
 A l l o w the students the freedom to express agitated
feelings and misgivings rather than censure them right
away.

13. Common Ways of Dealing with
Discipline Problem
Unacceptable and Ineffective
 Scolding andharsh words as a reprimand will have a
negative effect onthe entire class.
 Nagging andfaultfinding.
 Denying a student some privileges dueto unnecessary
hyperactivity could all the more encourage repetitions.
 Use of ridicule or sarcasm could humiliate and
embarrass a for mentor.

14. Common Ways of Dealing with
Discipline Problem
Unacceptable and Ineffective
 Keeping a student in a “detentionarea”during or after
classes as apenalty for misbehavior is awaste of time
and occasion for learning. The shameful experience is
not easy to forget.
 Assignment of additional homework, compared to
the rest could make them dislike the subjects.
 Grades for academic achievementshould not be
affected dueto misdemeanor.

15. A FINAL THOUGHT