Techniques' comments

The article “Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline” by Thomas R.McDaniel, Phi Delta Capan, provides us many tips which are vital for our teaching development. Also, it gives us some tips that I disagree with. The text is about eleven topics that have direct relationship with the work we will develop inside of classrooms. The first topic that it talks about is “focusing”. I do agree with the tips it gives me because I think it is so important to establish the silence in the classroom. If students are talking, is not possible that a teacher talk because students may think that teacher does not have any problem with their behaviour. Another theme is named “Low-profile intervention”. “If she sees a student talking or off task, she simply drops the youngster’s name into her dialogue in a natural way. “And you see, David, we carry the one to the tens column.” David hears his name and is drawn back on task. The rest of the class doesn’t seem to notice.” This exercise is not corrrect in the sense that if a teacher says the name of one of his students, the whole class will notice it, not just the named student. For instances, this exercise could work, but if a teacher do this repeatedly with the same child, he/she may feel affected by the teacher.