I just completed the ED113 course on classroom Management styles. This course really helped me think about what I do as an instructor to managed my own classes. It also reinforced that things that I am doing right in interacting with my students. I have been teaching for over 20 years, and it can become easy to slip into an apathetic role if you are not careful. If you are a person that is not opened to change, then you will keep doing the same old thing the same old way. This class has taught me that I am at a time in my teaching career that I could slip into this role if I am not careful.
I would like to think that I am more of a guide to my students, which is what I strive to be. However, I think after taking this course that I need to create some fresh ways of approching some of my lessons.