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Learning about the 4 classroom management styles is so important and even if the guide style is the most desirable, it was realistic to understand how you can shift slightly towards the controller or the buddy if needed for certain situations
I learned the 4 instructor management styles. I honestly believe I am more of a "guide" now because of my experience. I am determined to make some positive changes in time management, though.
during this course I have learned that I will be implementing the guide class management style. Right now I feel like I am in between a controller and a buddy. This course definitely gave me a few different things that I will start using to manage my classroom a lot better and get all of the students engaged in the assignment.
Classroom management is imperative to student learning. Once you loose control of a class, it's very difficulty to get it back.
I learned the 4 teaching styles and how to improve the Buddy and Controller to become a Guide. It is important to learn how to be a guide but we may in actuality be a combination of different teaching styles. The Guide is ideal and we should strive to have more attributes of a Guide to improve our classroom and interaction with our students. The suggestion of how to improve ourselves if we are the Controller was very beneficial. I found out I have a little of the controller and guide, I may need to include more of the Buddy to become well rounded.
Found all interesting, especially learing the different management styles and how to implement them.
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Michael these 4 types of classroom management, are very answer.
I feel that I am a guide with a little buddy. I always make expectactions clear with guidance along the way.
Over the years of being an instructor, I have been molded into the guide. In the beginning I was not.
Lots of really good information in this module. I worried that I was a dictator but was happy they didn't offer that category. Close enough... The way I look at it is that I am learning as much or more as my students are learning. And I have a long way to go.
I didn't know about the different types of instructors but I now know the type of instructor that I want to be. Thank you! Great information!
I believe it is possible to have some qualities of all 4 types of instructors. Structure is very important, however, if the students do not feel that you respect and value them it is hard to teach them. It is important to be a balance of all the types of instructors in order to acheive an environment where students are set up for success and can master the learning objecetives.
I was not aware that classroom management was number to a student's sucess. I will definitely place a greater role of management into my lesson plans!
What I have learn from the 4 different types of instructors in this lesson. Most of us are of the guided type. We have a plan and set of guide lines for the students to follow as close as we can trying not to help them. This will allow them to follow that guide line to succeed in obtaining their goal (a passing grade). We know not to expect anything too much cause of how they were brought up. Sometimes we expect to high. But that is the only way that they can succeed if we push them.