I applied to Newcastle College as I am hoping to move to the North East, I found this course through researching online. Through extensive research I found that Newcastle is one of the very few places that do this particular course in the UK, in the end I only applied for this one as I fell in love with Newcastle and I discovered that this is the place that I really feel I have to be. Out of this qualification I am hoping to gain a job and further than that a future, which will allow me to stay in Newcastle. ¬¬
I am a very kind, patient, understanding and caring person, which I feel are vital skills to have when working with children I recognised the importance of these attributes when growing …show more content…
‘This could range from students merely talking in class to obstructive, violent or subversive behaviour that prevents learning in the classroom environment (Hannah, 2012).’ In the beginning of this statement I agree that disruptive behaviour could be a student talking in class, however I am unsure where the line is to be drawn between disruptive and challenging. I believe that disruptive behaviour could be anything that distracts the teacher’s attention from the front of the classroom however anything that is violent or subversive surely would be seen as challenging behaviour. For example a child could be angry but would not be necessarily violent towards anyone, it is only when the child gets up and his or her body language changes that the behaviour would cause concern and would be deemed challenging, furthermore I believe that disruptive behaviour is usually very easily solved as it is usually minor things and the child is usually not intentionally aggressive towards others. However upon reading the article further, I can now see how disruptive behaviour can be seen as challenging and extremely difficult and I can understand how one can turn into the other as disruptive is a wide term. When I am speaking of disruptive I am speaking of minor disruptive children such as talking and throwing paper balls, but I can see that others are speaking of children who cause bigger disruptions. When people speak of difficult students, I imagine a student who is being uncooperative and refusing instructions completely, I find that these kinds of students would be hard to work with and I also imagine that this student could also be a disruptive student so again I believe that there are parallels between all three types of