How to Maintain Discipline in a

Classroom

Examples of Disruptive Behaviour

Too much noise and private talk between

learners
Students talking without permission/
without raising their hands
Laughter
Being unpunctual
Use of mobile phones during a lesson
Students asking questions not concerning
the lesson
Students do not adhere to the rules

Source of discipline problems

CONTROLLED
Not well-prepared
lesson
Boring or discouraging
exercises
Lack of teaching aids
Teachers personality
(teacher as a friend,
without authority)

UNCONTROLLED
Problems at home
Peer influence
Too many students in
the classroom

How to Manage a Classroom

Effectively

Have a set of rules regulations will help to

maintain classroom discipline and management.
Introduce the rules at the very beginning so that
the students know what are the consequences of
missing or late assignment
Be firm and consistent- When you make your
rules to manage your classroom, make sure that
they are realistic. Do no let students to
manipulate you, avoid any exception of the rules.
Get order in the classroom before you start
talking; make students calm down. Don't try to
talk over students; you'll be initiating a
competition to see who can speak louder and also
let them know it's okay to talk while you are
talking.

Be well prepared and control your lesson

Use students names
Maintain an eye contact with the students
(even when writing on a board try to turn
to the class from time to time)
Vary you teaching methods
Adjust pace of your lesson to students
abilities ( neither too fast nor too slow)
Have additional materials for early
finishers

Respect all the students regardless of their

language skills and behaviour
Walk around the classroom
Use positive reinforcement praise
students from time to time

If the problem has already occured

Limit yourself to short comments do not argue

with the students. The more you talk, the more
you distract from the lesson
Act immediately when you see a problem
Do not show your anger
Treat students misbehaviour individually; do not
let it to have influence on the whole class
Apply non-verbal methods of getting
Don't hand out lots of warnings without following
through on consequences. Lots of warnings tell
students that you won't enforce a rule
Do not shout if you start doing it all the time, it
becomes less effective

 Do not humiliate: Humiliating students will only

cause teachers to lose their authority in the
classroom and contribute to psychological damage in
children, as well as fear and resentment.

Questions

Should teachers use short tests to

punish students for their misbehaviour?
Does the rule Never smile until
Christmas work? Are students more
respectful for serious teachers?
Teacher who becomes a victim and is
abused by the students is the one to
blame for that situation . Do you agree?
What is you experience with students
misbehaviour? Do you apply any tricks?