There is a big difference between conflicts and challenging behaviors, especially in the classroom. Conflict is “an expressed disagreement between children, usually involving property, territory, and/or privilege; or a mistaken behavior by a child or children, disagreed with by a teacher” (Gartrell, 2014, p. 512). Conflict is a natural and daily occurrence. While challenging behavior is define as “conflicts that cause harm or serious disruption; the term often connotes a continuing pattern of such conflicts shown by individual children” (Gartrell, 2014, p. 511). Challenging behavior is not usually found as an everyday occurrence. Unfortunately both of these can be found in most classrooms. It is typical for young children to experience conflict over toys, friends, space, and not comprehending the material which was taught. The classroom observed had its fair share of conflicts and a few challenging behaviors.
Challenging Behavior
This particular class has morning work to complete as the educator does what she needs to do before the day really begins. On this day the students had to color words that began with the letter …show more content…
172). An alternative strategy can include role playing. When students are positioned in opposite roles in the situation that happened, it can teach the other student empathy and forces them to look at their actions from the student’s point of view. Role playing is better than asking “how would you like it if they did that to you?” Conflicts can be seen from a more objective view from a role playing standpoints. This can teach all the students different ways to handle different conflicts. A conflict does not need to arise to have conflict role playing activities. These can be done throughout the year reminding the students on how they
Challenging Behavior
This particular class has morning work to complete as the educator does what she needs to do before the day really begins. On this day the students had to color words that began with the letter …show more content…
172). An alternative strategy can include role playing. When students are positioned in opposite roles in the situation that happened, it can teach the other student empathy and forces them to look at their actions from the student’s point of view. Role playing is better than asking “how would you like it if they did that to you?” Conflicts can be seen from a more objective view from a role playing standpoints. This can teach all the students different ways to handle different conflicts. A conflict does not need to arise to have conflict role playing activities. These can be done throughout the year reminding the students on how they