Dreikurs Observation In The Classroom

Mainly, teachers become frustrated when they fail to effectively manage their classroom. Hence, the instructors and the learners can meet their emotional needs and educational goals when instructors deal effectively with student’s negative attitude and encourage the self-control of the learners, since inappropriate behaviour and disruptions may inhibit student’s engagement in the learning process. Besides, pupils can’t understand and learn the concepts of the lesson in a chaotic poorly managed classroom. It is very essential, to have a balance between teacher’s actions that provide adequate and clear consequences for negative behaviour and her actions that recognize and reward positive behaviour. According to Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt …show more content…
In addition to that, Dreikurs believes, as do other humanists, that if children feel that they are getting their needs met, or who feel they are on a definite way to meet their needs, are less likely to misbehave (Tauber, 2007).
Practically, teachers cannot decide what actions to take to stop the misbehaviour until they identify which goal misbehaving students are seeking. Dreikurs had identified four goals that describe the purpose of children’s misbehaviour. They include from least to most serious, bids for attention, power struggle, revenge seeking, and displays of inadequacy. So, in order teachers define which goal of misbehaviour a student is seeking, Dreikurs described several different clues that teachers can use to help them in identifying the student’s goal for misbehaviour. These clues include the teachers’ feelings when a student misbehaves, his/her response to the student’s misbehaviour, and the response of the student to the teachers attempt at correcting the misbehaviour. For instance, a teacher feels annoyed when a student makes a constant bid for attention such as, clowning, showing off, and being late. However, teachers feel their authority has been threatened when a