fiel experience

The other school that I observed was Scotland High School in Laurinburg N.C. This was a different experience than North Laurinburg Elementary School. The class that I observed was a ninth grade science class for two periods. When I arrived at the classroom, I met the teacher and she shows me where to sit. During the second period class, I observed how the teacher and the students interact with each other. The students were well mannered and had a very strong vocabulary. It was no problem for the teacher to teach the class because the students were prepared and knew the material. I was very impress with the students. But when the third period class came in, it was just like night and day. The same lesson was being taught, but the atmosphere of the classroom change. Many of the students were not prepared and had a hard time paying attention in class. The main thing I learned from this observation during third period was classroom management. For example, I watch how the teacher uses sitting arrangement to keep certain students from talking to each other. That way she can teach without losing control over her class. She did not allow her students to frustrate her or get her upset. I think that she handle her classroom the way that a teacher can be affective to her students.