Understand The Importance Of Classroom Management

Firstly when in cooperating classroom management before you even meet your pupils there are a few thinks to consider such as the design of your classroom to meet the holistic goals of your class. As the teacher you will have to structure your classroom that it will give off an welcoming feeling to the pupils, so they will be comfortable to work in that environment. As humans we sometimes get carried away when we are doing well, anything! However when setting up your classroom it is important not to clutter the walls especially with un useful charts and posters that are not relevant to what the pupils have learnt. Clutter walls are not welcoming but overwhelming and sever more as a disruptive distraction against your goal of managing your class

Other aspects of safety should be handle by the school administrator however you should make sure that they are see too. Example, the room has windows so fresh air can circulate in the classroom and also that fire extinguisher is where it should be. It is also very important that you as the teacher will be able to move freely between the children for safety reason and for productivity, so if needed to can assist or check on anyone it will be easy. Picking the most flexible seating arrangement for you and the children is something you must give serious consideration and it also flexibility for group work. Think of who your pupils are; because we are all different in not just our learning styles but also in our capabilities as the teacher you will need to assess your pupils so wherever you assign them to sit they as able to received the information you present in your lesson equally as all the other pupils in the class. Example some children may need to sit closer to the front of the class, either to hear or see want you at you are saying/doing

F. Skinners' (1940-1990) Operant Conditioning theory is does not carry much weight with the humanist as B. F. Skinner theory was originated from Edward Thorndike (1905) studies of learning using a puzzle box to propose the theory known as the 'Law of Effect'. According to (McLeod, Skinner - Operant Conditioning, 2015) "Skinner introduced a new term into the Law of Effect - Reinforcement. Behavior which is reinforced tends to be repeated (i.e. strengthened); behavior which is not reinforced tends to die out-or be extinguished (i.e. weakened)." He studied this by doing experiments using animals in a 'Skinner Box' (see figure 1below). The 'Skinner Box' is similar to Thorndike's puzzle