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My name is Justin Ingram, I am a Freshman Biology teacher at Gardendale High School in Gardendale, Alabama. I am also the Freshman Head Basketball Coach and a Varsity Football Coach. I am also the advisor of the Junior Civitan Club at our school.

I have done some research on classroom management. I had researched two individuals by the name of Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg and their views on discipline.


Student’s role and behaviors are linked together in a classroom Redl & Wattenberg believes that if teachers can identify the basic causes of misbehavior and conflict they can correct most of the causes thus providing classroom management. They state that students are torn between their own personal desires and society expectations. Students will behave differently in a group as oppose to being alone. So teachers must be able to understand the behaviors of the group as well. A group will form conditions so that its members will act in a certain way since fit into it. Although how each member of the group act will affect the group as a whole. Group expectations can have a dominant impact on the individual and the individual has an impact on the group.

**Student Roles ** There are several student roles that are taken up as students start to function in groups. These roles are used to sever their own personal needs and at times are reinforced by the group.

**Leadership:** Can be found in almost every group, although the leadership role will vary from class to class. Most leaders will share some similar characteristics such as responsible, smart, good social skills, confident, trustworthy.

**Clowns**: This job is assumed by the entertainer of the classroom or group. This portion of the group maybe the work of someone who hides their feelings of inadequacy by making fun the situation or themselves before others do so.

**Fall Guy:** this is the person who takes the blame for everyone just so that they will think he/she is a cool person to be in the group. A fall guy will give the members of the group motive and opportunity to act out.

**Instigators:** these are people who cause trouble but act as if they’re not involved. They may solve their inner conflict by getting others in trouble. At times they may feel as if they are benefiting the victim in some form or another.

**Group Dynamics ** Group Dynamics: is when groups crate their own psychological forces that bring strong pressure to bear on individuals. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This will produce an unwritten code of classroom behavior, when these codes run counter to the teacher’s outlook then misbehavior will occur.

**<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Effects of Group Dynamics ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Negative Contagious Behavior:** when unwanted behavior migrates across the classroom. This can be reduced by pinpointing the negative factors that house this behavior such as boredom, fatigue, seating arrangement, poor student manners, and lack of purpose in the lesson

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Positive Contagious Behavior:** this is seldom seen in the classroom as oppose to negative contagious behavior. Nonetheless this behavior can be encouraged by the teacher thru approval & reinforcement

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Scapegoating:** this is when the group seeks to displace their frustrations onto an unpopular individual. The person who gets the blunt of this is someone of a weaker stature, may not cope well with the classroom, or outcast.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Teacher’s Pet:** this is when the group feels that the teacher has his/her favorite student. This can cause jealousy and resentment. These emotions may be harvested as hostile behavior toward the teacher and the individual who is favored.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Reaction to Strangers:** When a stranger comes in the classroom it can causes tension in the room with the teacher and students. When it’s a new student then the students may exaggerate the group code to show the new student how to act. If the stranger is an adult the students may act on their best behavior if they respect or like the teacher or they may act out more offensively and rowdily if they don’t like the teacher.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Group Disintegration:** this is when the group loses its interrelated focus. This is due to jealousness or cliques are formed within the group.

**<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Psychological Roles of Teachers ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Representatives of Society://** Teachers reflect values, morals, attitudes

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Judges://** Teacher judge student’s behavior, progress, work

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Sources of Knowledge://** primary source of knowledge

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Helpers to learning://** help students learn by giving directions, providing information, promote problem solving

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Referees://** make decisions when conflict arise in class

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Detectives://** identify guilty students, provide security in classroom, and impose penalties

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Models://** model good manners, customs, beliefs, values

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Caretakers://** reduce anxiety by having standards of behavior,

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Ego Supporters://** build up students self confidence

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Group Leaders://** Lead the class efficiently

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Surrogate Parents://** provide protection advice, approval

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Targets of Hostility://** a student may lash out their frustrations onto the teacher

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Friends/ Confidants://** talked to and confided in

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**//Objects of Affections://** ideal people for affection, self-esteem