Sixth Entry

Class management is a very important competence a teacher must have. We must be fond of learning how to read different contexts and adapt ourselves to the particular necessities of each. A proper management is not settled upon a harsh authority; conductist like managing, nowadays, can lead to demotivation and in the case of preservice teacher, as I am, this can even lead to mayhem. Children can be blind to your authority strategies if there is a mono directional force that obeys you to work. I believe, kids have unlimited access to so much information they can be starting to get in touch with kind of deeper understanding, even thought they might not be completely conscious of it. That is why we should not overthink how much input we will put but also be able to comprehend they will bring a lot of output with one plus: stuff they are interested on. If management was based upon listening and hearing, in this case listening is what we do to understand a context and grasp the way to control the processes and the behaviours. While hearing is what students do when our basic activity is to talk, talk, talk. We do not need to verbalize to students we are on control, that is obvious, nevertheless it must have to be shown with different actions than always calling for the "Observador". When "shown" it means students are able to understand when you are compromised to their processes. If a student can tell without doubt that you are part of the process, you can lead them effectively. To lead is to manage, not always being the boss around threatening them. Leading is the key, and we think we must carry hard work as if we were researching or writing a novel. Sometimes, a simple question, a simple detail you can catch, can make a difference regarding the students' behaviour and efforts.