Entry # 7 - Discipline and Procedures

Wong's focal point in this lecture were discipline and procedure inside the classroom. Discipline is just something that comes natural when a good classroom manager takes over the class. It is how the students generally behave inside the classroom. On the flip side, procedure is how the teacher executes his strategies and techniques inside the classroom, more of like the flow and step by step process. Implementing discipline inside the classroom has should have some sort of a reward or merit if they have done the task or activity well or a penalty or demerit if they have done the task wrong. This will reinforce the minds of the students to exert their very bests when doing an activity inside the classroom.

Classroom management is crucial for it holds the key whether your student will actually learn something or just hear you inputs on one ear and release them to the other side. It is imperative for a teacher to have good, if not great managing skills because it is such a vital component in the teaching-learning process. The teacher should have some sort of a plan, like a lesson plan, daily lesson log, weekly plan, a curriculum guide, a syllabus, etc. This will be the teachers game plan, but he should expect some changes because at the end of the day, a plan is just a plan. You must need back ups, when you encounter slip-ups while discussing. Plans should be flexible enough to adapt to any response inside the classroom in order to achieve quality education.