Chapter 3: Classroom Behavior

"Do you treat us with respect, in both personal and academic matter?" p. 37

"It's a teachers responsibility as a as a student's to speak and act in ways that show mutual respect." p. 39

This chapter discusses how to provide clear expectations for classroom behavior. The chapter describes various situations that may occur as behavior issues in the classroom, and also suggests ways to handle a problem when it occurs. My mentor teachers often talks about developing a good student-teacher relationship with all students. He emphasizes that kids act the way you treat them; if you treat them like children they will act like children, but if you treat them like adults they are more likely to act like adults. I agree with my mentor and the two quotes I chose from this chapter. I believe treating students with respect is the only way to receive respect in return. Creating relationships with students that have mutual respect for one another is also a way to prevent classroom behavior problems from occurring in the first place.