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Student Behaviour Problems Need More Than Removal
Classroom discipline should go beyond stopping behaviour — it must help students understand, repair, and change it.
A disruptive student leaves the classroom, and the room then goes quiet. The lesson goes on, and for a moment it seems as though the problem has been solved. But has it?
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We teachers at times fail to distinguish between stopping a behaviour and getting to the root of the problem. It may be necessary to remove a student if safety, the possibility of learning, or the well-being of other people is in danger. Yet merely removing the student seldom teaches the student what kind of behaviour to show the following time.
The actual work usually starts once the classroom has grown quiet.
1. Make safety a priority before looking for answers.
If a child’s behaviour becomes aggressive, threatening, or seriously disruptive, the teacher’s first duty is to ensure safety.
It might be necessary to take immediate action if a student throws an object, threatens another student, damages property, or continuously stops others from learning. In such a case, the student may have to leave the classroom for a while so…
